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An exploration of how modern technology and digital distractions are transforming America's personality, revealing declining conscientiousness, extroversion, and agreeableness among younger generations while increasing neuroticism.
In this episode of Hidden Brain, psychologist Adam Alter explores why people get stuck in various aspects of life and offers insights and strategies for breaking out of ruts, understanding the psychological barriers that prevent progress, and finding ways to move forward.
Arthur Brooks shares insights on happiness, well-being, and personal optimization, discussing the science behind emotions, morning and evening routines, relationship dynamics, and the importance of understanding one's psychological and biological drivers.
Rick Rubin offers an illuminating exploration of creativity as a way of being, sharing insights on developing habits, trusting intuition, breaking rules, and making art that prioritizes personal excellence over external validation.
Sam and Shaan discuss the best things they've read and discovered over the past 12 months, including books on time management, investing, leadership, and storytelling, while sharing personal insights and reflections on decision-making, reading strategies, and life lessons.
James Clear discusses the best ways to build better habits and break bad ones by focusing on making habits obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying, emphasizing the importance of environment, identity, and social context in habit formation.
Greg McKeown discusses strategies for personal growth, meaning, and effectiveness in 2026, exploring concepts like essentialism, radical gratitude, finding purpose through meaningful work and mastery, and the importance of deep listening and connection.
A deep dive into habit formation, personal growth, and productivity, exploring how small, consistent actions can lead to significant life changes and meaningful success.
A powerful year-end compilation featuring insights from celebrities like Selena Gomez, Cardi B, Madonna, and Novak Djokovic, exploring personal growth, resilience, spirituality, and the transformative power of embracing life's challenges with intention and self-awareness.
Dan Koe shares insights on building a future-proof skill stack, emphasizing the importance of learning how to learn, think, and earn, while navigating the changing landscape of work and creativity in the age of AI.
Cal discusses the power of using single-purpose notebooks for creative exploration, highlighting how dedicating a small notebook to a specific idea can help focus cognitive context, reduce friction in capturing thoughts, and create a ritualistic approach to developing creative insights.
Rich Roll reflects on the year's most impactful podcast conversations, sharing insights from guests on personal growth, mental health, creativity, and finding purpose across a diverse range of topics and experiences.
Jay Shetty and Rob Dial discuss how to approach 2026 by focusing on one thing for 100 days, creating a dopamine reward system, and developing discipline as a form of self-love to achieve personal growth and success.
Chris Williamson offers a candid exploration of goal-setting, personal growth, and navigating life's challenges, emphasizing the importance of self-reflection, breaking down big goals into small steps, and giving yourself grace while maintaining agency and resilience.
A deep dive into the science of habit formation, exploring how small, consistent changes in behavior can lead to significant personal transformation by focusing on identity, environment, and incremental progress.
A revealing conversation with behavioral scientist Dr. Katie Milkman explores the seven hidden barriers preventing personal change and provides evidence-based strategies to overcome impulsivity, procrastination, forgetfulness, lack of confidence, and other obstacles to achieving personal goals.
Dr. James Doty reveals how to effectively manifest by shifting from fear-based thinking to compassionate, purpose-driven intentions, explaining the neuroscience behind creating synchronicities and aligning brain networks to transform your life.
A Christmas special episode where Chris, Johnny, George, and a virtual Youssef reflect on their life hacks, lessons learned, and personal growth from 2025, discussing topics ranging from meditation and gratitude to decision-making and emotional intelligence.
Lewis Howes reveals seven intentional daily habits that truly happy people practice: taking responsibility for their life, practicing gratitude, setting boundaries, moving their body, surrounding themselves with supportive people, having a vision with life-fulfilling goals, and practicing emotional honesty.
In this episode, Arthur Brooks explores the meaning of life, discussing how to find purpose through self-transcendence, managing suffering, developing right-brain creativity, and focusing on love and relationships as key sources of significance.
The Knowledge Project's final episode of 2025 features insights from world-class leaders and experts on decision-making, leadership, relationships, trust, and personal growth, offering practical wisdom to help listeners prepare better and build momentum for the year ahead.
A deep dive into Gen Z's worldview, exploring their experiences with technology, economic challenges, dating, and institutional trust through the lens of a generation shaped by smartphones, the pandemic, and financial uncertainty.
A retrospective episode featuring Tyler Cowen and producer Jeff Holmes reflecting on the year's podcast highlights, discussing the most popular episodes, AI's impact, listener questions, and Tyler's pop culture picks from 2015.
Cal recommends six books for starting 2025 deeper: Walden by Thoreau, Lincoln's Virtues by Miller, The Case for God by Armstrong, You Are Not a Gadget by Lanier, The Shallows by Carr, and Falling Upward by Rohr, each offering unique insights into living a more meaningful life.
After losing her job, a listener navigates health insurance options, manages expenses, and maintains a positive mindset while strategically searching for her next remote position.
Rich Roll and Adam Skolnick discuss navigating family dynamics during the holidays, reframing rock bottom as a transformative moment, and approaching goals and resolutions with a focus on direction and personal values.
Dr. Andrew Huberman explains the science of habit formation, introducing key concepts like linchpin habits, task bracketing, and a 21-day system for developing new behaviors while minimizing limbic friction across different phases of the day.
A deep dive into the science of happiness, exploring how our relationship with time, expectations, and social connections can profoundly impact our well-being and contentment.
Cal explores life advice from five legendary writers, transforming their writing insights into practical strategies for cultivating a deeper, more intentional life by minimizing distractions and focusing on meaningful progress.
In this episode of Tea with GaryVee, Gary discusses AI's potential to create opportunities, addresses fears about technological shifts, and provides practical advice on pursuing passions, overcoming self-doubt, and taking control of one's life.
In this episode, Hala Taha breaks down how creators can confidently sell their online courses by mastering sales funnels, buyer psychology, and transformative webinar strategies to turn audience interest into paying customers.
A comprehensive guide to household management from a professional butler, covering everything from creating a maintenance schedule and cleaning routine to managing home inventories and adding small luxuries to daily life.
In this episode, Adam Grant and digital anthropologist Rahaf Harfoush explore the concept of hypernormalization, discussing how people cope with unprecedented changes by pretending everything is normal while feeling internally destabilized and disconnected.
Rachel Lockett shares powerful insights on coaching, leadership, and interpersonal skills, demonstrating how leaders can build high-trust teams, have difficult conversations, avoid burnout, and design a more fulfilling career by focusing on their strengths, understanding emotions, and creating meaningful connections.
Stan Gibson shares his transformative journey from a walk-on college football player to a leadership coach, discussing how systems, authenticity, and self-awareness can help entrepreneurs navigate chaos and build personal and professional legacies.
A comprehensive guide to building career influence by developing confidence, likability, communication skills, embracing feedback, and strategically positioning yourself for growth and opportunity.
In this episode, Cal Newport explores the concept of "long thinking" - a critical cognitive skill being eroded by digital technology, and offers a notebook-based method for reclaiming the ability to generate original, meaningful insights through persistent and intentional thought.
Shonda Rhimes shares her transformative journey of saying yes to everything that scared her for a year, revealing how facing her fears helped her break free from a small, fear-driven life and discover her true potential, offering inspiration for anyone feeling stuck or afraid to step out of their comfort zone.
Gilbert Enoka, the mental skills coach of the All Blacks, shares his transformative journey from a challenging childhood to helping build one of the most successful sports teams in history, focusing on character development, mental resilience, and the importance of connection.
Dr. Marc Brackett, a Yale psychologist, discusses the critical importance of emotional intelligence, sharing insights on how to recognize, understand, and regulate emotions to create more fulfilling relationships, achieve personal goals, and break cycles of childhood trauma.
In this eye-opening episode, neuroscientist Dr. Amishi Jha reveals how just 12 minutes of daily mindfulness practice can strengthen your attention system, protect against stress, and help you become more present and focused in a world designed to steal your attention.
Former Israeli special ops officer Itamar Marani shares his playbook for scaling from $2K one-on-one coaching clients to six-figure annual engagements through strategic positioning, group sprint programs, and mastering the mindset barriers that actually hold entrepreneurs back.
Boyd Varty returns to discuss wilderness wisdom, personal transformation through nature, and stories of wildlife encounters including his experiences with persistence hunting among the Bushmen people and a mischievous baboon named Lunch.
Gary Vee addresses real questions about scaling businesses with limited time, finding motivation after setbacks, standing out in crowded markets, and managing self-doubt while navigating the path to entrepreneurial success.
Bob Proctor shares his transformative life journey from being a struggling, low-income worker to becoming a successful motivational speaker and personal development expert, revealing key insights about mindset, goal-setting, and the power of imagination and continuous learning.
In this episode, Cal Newport explores the neuroscience behind phone addiction, explaining how dopamine-driven reward systems in our brain make smartphones so compelling, and offering practical strategies to reduce phone overuse by eliminating strong reward signals and reducing the ubiquity of digital cues.
A couple discusses burnout, career changes, and the pros and cons of quiet quitting, featuring insights from a guest expert who quit her dream job without a backup plan.
A deep dive into the science of success, exploring how grit—a combination of passion and perseverance—can be developed through interest, practice, purpose, and hope, ultimately revealing that talent matters less than consistent effort and belief in one's ability to improve.
Billy Carson shares his insights on manifestation, consciousness, and personal growth, revealing how conscious thought, positive affirmations, and understanding the universe as a multidimensional, holographic matrix can help individuals transform their lives and create their desired reality.
In this episode, Cal Newport explores the internet's best advice for reinventing your life by analyzing five popular reset videos, extracting key insights about brain dumping, information consumption, goal-setting, reading, and multi-scale planning.
Mel Robbins explores why life feels less fun nowadays and offers six practical ways to bring more joy, playfulness, and laughter into daily life, emphasizing that fun is essential for mental health and resilience.
A conversation with Harvard professor Arthur Brooks exploring how high achievers can balance professional success with personal happiness, focusing on transitioning from fluid to crystallized intelligence and prioritizing love and relationships.
Lewis Howes shares six morning habits that transformed his life and helped him manifest wealth, including making his bed, exercising, setting intentions, practicing gratitude, prioritizing sleep, and creating accountability.
Brené Brown explores the importance of courageous leadership, vulnerability, values, and how leaders can create meaningful connections by having honest, direct conversations and understanding their core values.
In this episode, Mel Robbins discusses the four things you are not responsible for: other people's happiness, rescuing people from their problems, making people understand your choices, and proving your worth to others.
Mel Robbins shares eight powerful morning sentences designed to reprogram your mind for positivity, resilience, and hope. These scientifically-backed mantras help combat negative self-talk, reduce anxiety, and train your brain to expect and look for good things throughout the day.
In this episode, Cal Newport explores the phenomenon of declining IQ scores, known as the "reverse Flynn effect," attributing it to decreased reading habits and smartphone-induced attention degradation. He offers practical strategies for maintaining cognitive abilities in a world of increasing technological distraction, emphasizing the importance of focused work, attention training, and mindful technology use.
In this episode, Professor Debbie Millman shares a transformative three-step process for designing the life you want, emphasizing the importance of intentionally imagining your ideal future without constraints of probability or realism. Through a guided exercise of writing a detailed vision of your life ten years from now, Millman demonstrates how declaring and visualizing your dreams can help create meaningful change and unlock potential.
Tim Ferriss discusses creating Coyote, a fast-casual card game designed to be fun while also serving as a brain workout for players. The conversation explores the intricate process of game design, the importance of play in maintaining creativity, and Ferriss's journey of finding balance and depth in his professional life.
Gary Vee discusses navigating side hustles, workplace challenges, and personal growth, emphasizing the importance of authenticity, accountability, and being true to oneself while building content and pursuing passions. He advises listeners to focus on creating genuine, personal content, simplifying their lives, and making strategic career moves based on passion and potential rather than fear or external pressures.
In this episode of the Level Up Podcast, host Paul Alex emphasizes the critical importance of treating time as a valuable asset by auditing it similarly to how one would audit financial expenses. He provides practical advice on tracking time usage, cutting unproductive activities, and investing time in high-impact tasks to maximize personal and professional success.
Here's a 2-sentence description for the episode: In this episode of the Huberman Lab Podcast, professional rock climber Alex Honnold discusses his approach to goal-setting, training, and achieving extraordinary feats like free soloing El Capitan, emphasizing the importance of consistent effort, incremental progress, and staying motivated. Honnold shares insights into his climbing philosophy, training methods, and how facing mortality has shaped his perspective on living a fulfilling life.
Here's a two-sentence description for the episode: Tim Shurr, a high-performance coach with over 36 years of experience, reveals how ultra-successful individuals often struggle with deep-rooted unconscious beliefs that drive them to continually seek external validation, despite their achievements. Through his unique approach of quickly identifying and rewriting these core beliefs, Shurr helps high achievers break free from destructive patterns and find true inner peace and fulfillment.
Here's a two-sentence description for the episode: Jay Awal shares his transformative journey from selling drugs and feeling lost to becoming a successful international entrepreneur and speaker, detailing how a pivotal arrest at 23 became a turning point that motivated him to completely change his life trajectory. Through hard work, mentorship, and personal growth, Jay built multiple businesses, including a software platform called Intellectra, while also finding personal stability through marriage and challenging the negative patterns of his past.
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