How to Be a Grown Up

How to Be a Grown Up

Adulting is hard. Lucky for us Raffi Grinberg, author of How to Be a Grown Up, is here to help. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

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Bears!

Bears!

Teddy bears. Paddington. Winnie-the-Pooh. Somewhere along the way, bears wandered out of the wilderness and straight into our imaginations — and our hearts. But outside of the storybooks, the remaining species of bear face a difficult reality: shrinking habitats, poaching, and deadly encounters with our species.  Reuters journalist Gloria Dickie explores that reality in the book Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

2 Mai 7min

Economic Cheat Codes for Life

Economic Cheat Codes for Life

Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin, shares some big ideas from her new book, Hate the Game. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

1 Mai 15min

Put Some Muscle Into It

Put Some Muscle Into It

Bonnie Tsui, longtime contributor to The New York Times, shares key insights from her new book On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

30 Apr 8min

The Only Job Search Advice You'll Ever Need

The Only Job Search Advice You'll Ever Need

Madeline Mann's new book is Reverse the Search: How to Turn Job Seeking into Job Shopping. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

29 Apr 15min

Life Is Unpredictable. Here's How to Thrive Anyway.

Life Is Unpredictable. Here's How to Thrive Anyway.

Sir David Spiegelhalter offers a data-driven guide to managing risk and uncertainty. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

25 Apr 13min

On Privacy

On Privacy

In an age of constant connectivity, privacy can feel like a relic of the past. But Lawrence Cappello says it's vital for free societies and essential for a fulfilling life. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

24 Apr 10min

Do You Have the 'Wild Courage' to Go After What You Want?

Do You Have the 'Wild Courage' to Go After What You Want?

After nearly two decades at Google, where she went from entry-level to executive and helped generate billions in revenue, Jenny Wood realized the secret to success isn’t being nice, modest, or agreeable—it actually might call for being a little bit selfish, a little bit shameless, and just manipulative enough to get what you want. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

23 Apr 17min