The Career Advice You Really Need
Three innovators offer a road-tested framework for career development that helps anyone make real progress on their path when they switch jobs.
Dec 17, 2024•16 min
The Next Big Idea Daily
What if engaging with great ideas could become one of your daily habits? What if some of the best tips for living better and working smarter were served up with your morning coffee, a hit of motivation guaranteed to start your day right? That’s the idea behind “The Next Big Idea Daily.” We work with hundreds of non-fiction authors — experts in productivity, creativity, leadership, communication, and other fields — boil down their big ideas into bite-sized chunks, and then offer you one each morning.
Episodes
How to Winter
It’s the winter solstice this week, which means we have officially hit the darkest time of the year. But dark doesn’t have to mean bleak. That’s the premise of “How To Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days,” a new book by Stanford-trained social psychologist Kari Leibowitz, who joins us today to share a few warming tips on how to beat the wintertime blues.
Dec 16, 2024•13 min
Are You Playing It Safe? Stop That.
Chase Jarvis shares five big ideas from Never Play It Safe. 🎁 Take 50% off a Next Big Idea Club express membership when you use the code DAILY50 at nextbigideaclub.com
Dec 13, 2024•14 min
"Playing from the Rough" by Jimmie James
When Jimmie James set out to become the first person to play all of America’s 100 greatest golf courses in a single year, he came face to face with the gulf between his impoverished childhood in the Jim Crow South and the successful executive he became.
Dec 12, 2024•15 min
The Surprising Biology of the Seven Deadly Sins
What if the seven deadly sins aren't moral failings? What if, instead, they're biological functions that humans need to survive? 📕 Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human by Guy Leschziner 🎁 Take 50% off a Next Big Idea Club express membership for yourself or as a gift when you use code DAILY50 at nextbigideaclub.com
Dec 11, 2024•16 min
How to Be a Likeable Badass
Today, key insights from Alison Fragale's "Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve," a book that our curator Daniel Pink says "shatters the conventional wisdom about power, status, and the path to professional success." *** 🎁 Take 20% off a Next Big Idea Club membership or gift when you use code PODCAST20 at nextbigideaclub.com
Dec 10, 2024•11 min
A Woodworker's Guide to Life
Today, master woodworker Callum Robinson on craft, history, family, and our relationship with the natural world. 📕 Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman 🎁 Take 20% off a Next Big Idea Club subscription or gift when you use code PODCAST20 at nextbigideaclub.com
Dec 09, 2024•13 min
Let's Talk About Sex, Baby
We all deserve great sex, according to relationship therapist Dr. Emily Jamea. And she joins us today to share the latest science on how to achieve it. 🎁 Take 20% off any Next Big Idea Club membership or gift when you use PODCAST20 at nextbigideaclub.com
Dec 06, 2024•15 min
How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together
A lot has been written about the downsides of tribalism, but could the forces that separate people also help build stronger teams and communities?
Dec 05, 2024•15 min
The Wellness Trap
What if modern wellness culture is standing in the way of true well-being? 🎁 Take 75% off a Next Big Idea Club express membership (for yourself or as a gift) when you use code DAILY75 at nextbigideaclub.com/gift
Dec 04, 2024•17 min
How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Cosmos
A $10 billion marvel of human ingenuity is rewriting the cosmic narrative right before our eyes. *** 🎁 Take 75% off a Next Big Idea Club express membership for yourself or as a gift when you use code DAILY75 at nextbigideaclub.com/gift
Dec 03, 2024•11 min
Is Your Job a Good Fit?
You’re probably used to looking for so-called good jobs and avoiding bad ones, but we might be better off looking for jobs that fit, that are a good match for our talents and personality. This approach would be better for employers and employees alike, according to Andre Martin, author of “Wrong Fit, Right Fit: Why How We Work Matters More Than Ever.” 🎙️ Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 🎁 Get 75% off a Next Big Idea express membership when you u...
Dec 02, 2024•10 min
The Wisdom and Wonder of Uncertainty
Google searches for "uncertainty" are at a five-year high, so it seems like the right time to revisit "Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure" by Maggie Jackson. One thing we are certain of? This is a great book. And don't just take our word for it. Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink named it one of the eight best books published last year. 🎁 Here's a Black Friday deal for you: take 50% off a Next Big Idea Club express membership when you use code DAILY50 at nex...
Nov 29, 2024•15 min
From Hot Takes to Handshakes: A Thanksgiving Survival Guide
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! To celebrate, we’re bringing back Ian Leslie, a columnist for the New Statesman, who’s going to teach us how to transform the heat of conflict, disagreement, and argument into the light of insight, creativity, and connection. 🎁 Give the gift of big ideas! Take 50% off a Next Big Idea Club express membership when you use the code DAILY50 at nextbigideaclub.com/gift
Nov 28, 2024•15 min
Happiness That You Can Eat
James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen on the surprising history and magical properties of chocolate. 🎁 Save 50% on a Next Big Idea Club express membership when you use code DAILY50 at nextbigideaclub.com/gift
Nov 27, 2024•12 min
What Would Socrates Do?
What can the father of Western philosophy teach us about how to live today? A great deal, according to Donald J. Robertson, author of the new book "How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World." 🎁 Take 50% off a Next Big Idea Club express membership when you use code DAILY50 at nextbigideaclub.com/gift
Nov 26, 2024•15 min
How to Find Work That Works for You
A psychologist’s guide to finding your most fulfilling job yet. 📕 Job Therapy: Finding Work That Works for You by Tessa West 🎁 Use code DAILY50 at nextbigideaclub.com/gift to take 50% off a Next Big Idea Club express membership
Nov 25, 2024•13 min
Is Marriage Still Relevant?
Allison Raskin's new book is "I Do (I Think): Conversations About Modern Marriage."
Nov 22, 2024•9 min
The Urban-Rural Divide Is Smaller Than You Think
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, a public policy professor at USC, has spent years studying small-town America. What she's learned may surprise you. 📕 The Overlooked Americans 📬 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter
Nov 21, 2024•10 min
How Economics Explains the World
Andrew Leigh, a former professor of economics and current member of Australia's parliament, shares key insights from his timely new book How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity.
Nov 20, 2024•13 min
A Brief History of the Female Body
In "A Brief History of the Female Body," Dr. Deena Emera draws on her vast expertise as a biologist, her experience as a mother, and her love of teaching to look far into our evolutionary past, illuminating how and why the female form has transformed over millions of years and its effects on women's health.
Nov 19, 2024•13 min
How to Achieve Financial Freedom Without Sacrificing What Matters Most
Most entrepreneurs start a business seeking freedom but end up in a prison of hundred-hour workweeks isolated from their loved ones. Today: a guide for how to do entrepreneurship differently — letting go of the hustle and embracing a family-first mindset instead.
Nov 18, 2024•14 min
Is Technology the World's Most Powerful Religion?
Today, we're joined by Greg Epstein, Harvard and MIT's humanist chaplain, who shares a few key insights from his new book Tech Agnostic.
Nov 15, 2024•13 min
Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future
Award-winning journalist Jeremy Kahn shares his advice for staying on the right side of the AI revolution.
Nov 14, 2024•16 min
Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society. 📖 A Theory of Everyone by Michael Muthukrishna
Nov 13, 2024•15 min
A Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine
As an assistant professor, practicing psychiatrist, university wellness leader, and regular media expert, Jessi Gold was used to constant busyness. But when mental exhaustion led her to commit an unthinkable error during a patient session, she was forced to reevaluate everything that the medical system taught her. 📖 How Do You Feel?: One Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine
Nov 12, 2024•10 min
Your Journey to Financial Freedom
Jamila Souffrant offers a step-by-step guide to achieving wealth and happiness.
Nov 11, 2024•12 min
What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life
Happiness and meaning are usually seen as the two keys to the good life. But there's a third. Lorraine Besser is here to tell us more. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter
Nov 08, 2024•17 min
The Psychology Behind America's Political Divide
Can we find a way to mend the personal bonds that are fraying for so many of us? 📕 Good Reasonable People: The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide by Keith Payne
Nov 07, 2024•11 min
'The Art of Verbal Warfare' by Rik Smits
Value judgments, cultural relativism, and other conversation killers.
Nov 06, 2024•12 min