S17 E1: Contraction Limits Creativity and Connection (Sharon Salzberg)
Sharon Salzberg has been meditating since 1971 — “since before it was cool,” she likes to say. That practice has inspired a series of books, most recently “Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Ope...
22 Maj 202314min
S16 E5: The Most Durable Habits Are Elastic (Katy Milkman)
All week, Wharton professor Katy Milkman has been giving us research-backed tips for making changes that stick. Now, in the final installment of her mini masterclass, she explains why the most durable...
19 Maj 202313min
S16 E4: You Might Want to Form an Advice Club (Katy Milkman)
Struggling to achieve a goal? Form a club with people who have your back.
18 Maj 202310min
S16 E3: The Enjoyable Path Is Better Than the Effective One (Katy Milkman)
How do you make change fun? By bundling an arduous task (exercising) with an enjoyable one (binge-watching lowbrow TV). --- Have you heard about our book boxes? Every quarter, we’ll send you the seaso...
17 Maj 202310min
S16 E2: Use Fresh Starts to Kick-Start Change (Katy Milkman)
New Year’s. Your birthday. The start of a new season. These are days when the slate is wiped clean. Which makes them perfect for establishing new habits, like going to the gym or writing in your diary...
16 Maj 202310min
S16 E1: To Make a Change, Plan a Tailored Attack (Katy Milkman)
How do you get from where you are to where you want to be — from procrastinator to optimizer, couch potato to gym rat, night owl to worm-getting early bird? That's the question Wharton professor Katy ...
15 Maj 202315min
S15 E5: You Will Botch It (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)
Have you figured out how to live the good life? Don't worry if you're still working on it. It's only been a week. And you haven't even heard the final piece of advice from Matt Croasmun and Ryan McAnn...
12 Maj 202311min
S15 E4: The Good Life Is Not a Buffet (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)
You can’t take bits and pieces of different philosophical traditions and put them together into a roadmap to the good life. --- • Have you downloaded our app? It’s loaded up with hundreds of book summ...
11 Maj 202312min
