Amy Leneker’s research identifies five distinct types of work stress — and the one doing the most damage isn’t the one that shows up most often. Here’s why sorting them matters more than solving them.
A retreat isn’t a reward for hard work — it’s part of the work. Here’s why retreat as practice matters more than retreat as place, and the five ways most people sabotage their own reentry.
Anthony Klotz, who coined “the Great Resignation,” joins the show to explain what a career “jolt” actually is — and why the smartest move after one is usually to wait.
Not every realization is an epiphany. Mike Vardy and Patrick Rhone break down the difference between a small aha moment and the kind of epiphany that reorganizes everything else.
Princeton cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths joins the show to talk about why logic fails most human decisions, David Hume’s riddle of induction, and why AI thinks in “jagged” ways we don’t.
Gary John Bishop’s new book, Now What, argues that “now” isn’t a moment moving through time — it’s a location. Here’s why that distinction matters more than it sounds.
Inbox zero was never about the number in your inbox — it was about the space your email takes up in your head. Here’s why the goal should be “Inbox Today,” not zero.
We treat procrastination like a willpower leak, but Robin J Emdon argues why we procrastinate is emotional — a survival instinct you can’t discipline your way past. Here’s why goals can quietly make it worse, and why a clear sense of who you’re becoming pulls you forward when motivation runs dry.
We treat “tolerance” as a moral word, but it’s also an engineering one — the range of variance you’ll accept before something stops working. Mike Vardy and Patrick Rhone explore why tolerance is a range, not a target, and how knowing yours changes everything from minimalism to your next trip to Costco.
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