S11 E1: Focus On Psychological Traits When Da...

Today, we’re talking about the promises, perils, and psychology of changing how we eat. In Magic Pill, Johann Hari explores the new weight-loss drugs transforming medicine—and raising big questions about risk, desire, and what happens when appetite suddenly goes quiet. And in Anx ...  Show more

Work is full of strange little humiliations: trying too hard, caring too much, asking for what you want, or realizing you’ve accidentally become the person who always pours the metaphorical water. Today, Laura Mayer, author of Tryhard: A Cautionary Tale of Clocking In and Spinnin ...  Show more

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is the author of Don't Trust Your Gut and Everybody Lies. In this conversation, we spoke about how Bill Gates read Seth's first book, why you should flood the market, and the surprising data behind who's *really* rich in the United States. (0:00) Coming u ...  Show more

The biggest decisions in life aren’t made through spreadsheets or endless analysis—they’re made with heart, intuition, and courage. Jeff Bezos once said his best decisions weren’t based on data but on instinct, and that realization connected some dots for me. When it comes to ...

In this episode, I dig into the art of decision-making, especially when it comes to those pivotal, life-altering choices that define who we are. Jeff Bezos once shared that his best decisions have come not from data and analysis but from heart, intuition, and guts. Sure, numbe ...

We all have eureka moments, sudden bursts of certainty that seem to come out of nowhere. What if you could summon that feeling on command? Laura Huang, a business school professor, has been studying that question. She’s found that for the world's most successful people, intuition ...  Show more