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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3009: Ellen Burgan explores how self-compassion can transform the way you respond to mistakes, stress, and self-doubt. By p ...  Show more

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3008: Chris Guillebeau challenges the common excuses people make for avoiding travel and argues that fear, comfort, and mis ...  Show more

Why should we believe in human goodness? Today we’re exploring the power of human kindness and why the theory that most people are governed by self-interest is possibly totally inaccurate. Our guest Rutger Bregman instead argues that history shows we are fundamentally altruistic ...  Show more

Remember the golden rule: treat others the way you want to be treated? You probably learned it in kindergarten. Chances are you haven’t really upped your kindness game since. Most of us haven’t. The older we get, the more responsibilities, anxieties, and personal pursuits take ov ...  Show more

We talk a lot about psychopaths - but rarely discuss their polar opposites, super altruists. These are people who go to extreme lengths to help others - even though their acts of kindness might cost them time, money or expose them to physical danger. These folk are also happier t ...  Show more

On today's episode of the Tuesday People Podcast, host Mitch Albom dives into the complex and often destructive emotion of envy. We explore the question: When is enough, enough? Mitch unpacks why people are so frequently plagued by envy and examines the makeup of those rare indiv ...  Show more