Good Life Project

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Jimmy Chin: The Cost of Risking Too Little

We spend a lot of time weighing the cost of risking too much. Jimmy Chin has spent most of his life on the harder question, which is what it costs to risk too little, quietly, for twenty or thirty years, until the years are gone.Jimmy Chin is an Academy Award-winning director, a ...  Show more

The Social Fear That Keeps Us Lonely (and the easy fix) | Nicholas Epley

Nicholas Epley studies how people misjudge each other, avoid conversations with strangers, and miss out on life-affirming relationships. It all started when he noticed something on a silent Chicago train that changed how he thinks about the strangers he avoids and the people he l ...  Show more

47 Doctors, Data Galore, and a Problem Only She Could Solve | Giorgia Lupi

She measured everything about her illness. The measuring turned out to be part of what kept her sick. Giorgia Lupi is an information designer and a partner at Pentagram in New York, and one of the few people alive who can take raw data and turn it into something you understand in ...  Show more

How 7 Core Beliefs Shape Your Health, Happiness, & Success | Shawn Achor

Shawn Achor spent twelve years at Harvard studying the science of belief and success, and his TED talk has been watched more than 25 million times. His new book, The Power of Beliefs, grew out of research with the NFL, NASA, and six Marine battalions at Camp Pendleton, and out of ...  Show more

Good Life Jam: Parenting Burdens & Self-Help Book Burials | Leah Smart

Today, we’re introducing a new conversation format that we’ll be working into the mix called Good Life Jams. These sessions take on 2-3 hot topics and go deep. Today’s conversation partner is Leah Smart, a senior editor at LinkedIn, a writer and speaker, and the host of Everyday ...  Show more