Your Attention Is Being Hijacked. Here’s How to Take It Back.

Your Attention Is Being Hijacked. Here’s How to Take It Back.

Does this sound familiar: You sit down to do some real focused work, and within minutes you’ve checked your phone, opened three browser tabs, and mentally planned your lunch — all without realizing it. Our attention doesn’t just wander anymore. It’s being quietly, relentlessly pulled apart by a world designed to fragment it, and most of us have forgotten what real focus even feels like. Zelana Montminy is a behavioral scientist who advises Fortune 500 companies and her new book is called Finding Focus: OwnYour Attention in an Age of Distraction. 📚 Get a signed copy of Brené Brown's new book, Strong Ground when you sign up for an annual subscription to the Next Big Idea Club. Code DAILY gets you 20% off 📱 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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Reclaim Your Physical Power. Transform Your Life.

Reclaim Your Physical Power. Transform Your Life.

Anne Marie Chaker went from journalist to competitive bodybuilder at 50. Now, with her book Lift, she wants to change how we think about aging, power, and what our bodies are capable of. 📱 Follow T...

16 Jul 202514min

Like, Get Over It Already

Like, Get Over It Already

The most hated word in English might just be a storytelling superpower—and a tool for empathy, nuance, and emotional truth. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever y...

15 Jul 202510min

Human History on Drugs

Human History on Drugs

When we talk about the forces that shape history, we usually hear about wars, revolutions, inventions… maybe the occasional love affair. But there’s one powerful force that’s rarely acknowledged—becau...

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The Pleasures of Suffering

The Pleasures of Suffering

Celebrated psychologist Paul Bloom shares five key insights from his book The Sweet Spot. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized...

11 Jul 202517min

Who Designed Design?

Who Designed Design?

Once just a word, now a worldview — how a 20th-century invention came to shape everything from your phone to your future. Support the show!

10 Jul 20259min

Ambition is a Trap. Here's How to Get Out.

Ambition is a Trap. Here's How to Get Out.

Ambition. We celebrate it, chase it, and reward it. But for many of us, ambition has become a double-edged sword—fueling overwork, perfectionism, and self-neglect. What if the problem isn’t having amb...

9 Jul 202514min

Magic Is Real—And It’s Living in Your Computer

Magic Is Real—And It’s Living in Your Computer

How code became the most powerful spell humans have ever cast. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new...

8 Jul 202513min

Your Life Plan Fell Apart. Now What?

Your Life Plan Fell Apart. Now What?

Life changes can sneak up on all of us, and sometimes they hit pretty hard. Cassidy Krug spent 20 years training to be one of the best divers in the world. She made it to the Olympics. And then, in a ...

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