The Self-Improvement Paradox: When Trying to Get Better Feels Worse
What do you do when trying to improve your life makes you feel worse? What if trying to be better comes across as ‘try-hard’? What if setting more goals is just your way of avoiding your own bullshit?...
31 Jan 202434min
Sex, Drugs, and Money Might Actually Make You Happier (ft. Sonja Lyubomirsky)
Imagine if you could sit down with one of the world’s leading happiness researchers and ask her, one by one, what actually makes people happier and what doesn’t? Well, that’s basically what I did. In ...
24 Jan 202456min
5 Life-Changing Lessons From Visiting 75 Countries
If you’ve ever been stuck working some BS desk job thinking there’s got to be more to life, then you were right. There’s travel. High-quality, intentional travel is one of the most transformational ex...
17 Jan 202442min
Why Everyone's Social Skills Are Getting Worse (ft. David Brooks)
People are becoming increasingly lonely and are unable to relate to one another. Yet we have more access to more people than ever before. What's going on? Is it technology? Is social media replacing o...
10 Jan 202455min
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Goals
It’s 2024 and hopefully you haven’t already given up on your goals for the year. Today, we’re going to talk about the best and worst ways to set goals. We’ll talk about the factors that make you more ...
4 Jan 202443min
How to Enjoy Doing Hard Things (ft. Ali Abdaal)
It’s easy to assume that the hustle culture or “the grind” is all about pain and suffering. But as you’ll learn today, this simply isn’t true. In today’s episode, I’m talking to Ali Abdaal, a former m...
27 Des 202352min
How to Stop Wasting Your Life (ft. Oliver Burkeman)
Do you worry that you might be wasting your life? That you’re doing things that don’t feel important? Are you constantly anxious about your to-do list? Is your mind blown that it’s 2024 already?!? Th...
20 Des 202343min
7 Paradoxes That Will Change How You See Everything
Some of the most important truths in life are found in paradoxes. Paradoxes seem like opposites on the surface, but once you look deeper beneath what are seeming contradictions, there are real grains ...
13 Des 202339min
