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What if engaging with great ideas could become one of your daily habits? What if some of the best tips for living better and working smarter were served up with your morning coffee, a hit of motivation guaranteed to start your day right? That’s the idea behind The Next Big Idea Daily. We work with hundreds of non-fiction authors — experts in productivity, creativity, leadership, communication, and other fields. They distill their big ideas into bite-sized chunks, and we offer you one each morning. For ad inquiries, please reach out to: [email protected]

S26 E4: Add Constraints to Your Future Behavior (Hal Hershfield)

11 mins; July 27, 2023

S26 E3: Make Your Future Self Seem Closer (Hal Hershfield)

15 mins; July 26, 2023

S26 E2: The Better You Know Your Future Self, the Better Your Long-Term Decisions Will Be (Hal Hershfield)

12 mins; July 25, 2023

S26 E1: Your Future Self Is an Entirely Different Person (Hal Hershfield)

13 mins; July 24, 2023

S25 E5: Surf When You Can (Brett Crozier)

11 mins; July 21, 2023

S25 E4: Play Small Ball (Brett Crozier)

9 mins; July 20, 2023

S25 E3: Focus on the Closest Alligator (Brett Crozier)

10 mins; July 19, 2023

S25 E2: Pull Like a Clydesdale (Brett Crozier)

10 mins; July 18, 2023

S25 E1: Never Turn Down an Espresso (Brett Crozier)

15 mins; July 17, 2023

S24 E5: "Friendship in the Age of Loneliness: An Optimist's Guide to Connection” by Adam Smiley Poswolsky

11 mins; July 14, 2023

S24 E4: “Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life” by Dacher Keltner

12 mins; July 13, 2023

S24 E3: "How to Prepare for Climate Change" by David Pogue

11 mins; July 12, 2023

S24 E2: “Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—a Cool History of a Hot Commodity” by Amy Brady

10 mins; July 11, 2023

S24 E1: “Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs” by Jamie Loftus

10 mins; July 10, 2023

S23 E5: The Prosperity Trap (Ben Ansell)

14 mins; July 07, 2023

S23 E4: The Security Trap (Ben Ansell)

13 mins; July 06, 2023

S23 E3: The Solidarity Trap (Ben Ansell)

15 mins; July 05, 2023

S23 E2: The Equality Trap (Ben Ansell)

16 mins; July 04, 2023

S23 E1: The Democracy Trap (Ben Ansell)

17 mins; July 03, 2023

S22 E5: Take the Scenic Route and Give Yourself Grace at the Finish Line (Shelby Stanger)

12 mins; June 30, 2023

S22 E4: Use Humor to Deflate Fear (Shelby Stanger)

11 mins; June 29, 2023

S22 E3: Map Your Trail, but Start as Soon as You Can (Shelby Stanger)

9 mins; June 28, 2023

S22 E2: Have a Strong Why (Shelby Stanger)

14 mins; June 27, 2023

S22 E1: A Little Adventure Can Go a Long Way (Shelby Stanger)

16 mins; June 26, 2023

S21 E5: We Mistake Information for Intimacy (Marcus Collins)

16 mins; June 23, 2023

S21 E4: The World Is Culturally Constructed (Marcus Collins)

10 mins; June 22, 2023

S21 E3: Our Approach to Market Segmentation Needs an Upgrade (Marcus Collins)

15 mins; June 21, 2023

S21 E2: The Future of Brands Will Be Communal (Marcus Collins)

14 mins; June 20, 2023

S21 E1: There's No Greater Force Than Culture (Marcus Collins)

15 mins; June 19, 2023

S20 E5: Diversify Your Identity Beyond Work (Simone Stolzoff)

15 mins; June 16, 2023

S20 E4: Define What Good Enough Means to You (Simone Stolzoff)

13 mins; June 15, 2023

S20 E3: Be a Satisficer Not a Maximizer (Simone Stolzoff)

14 mins; June 14, 2023

S20 E2: Value Time, Not Money (Simone Stolzoff)

15 mins; June 13, 2023

S20 E1: How to Reclaim Life From Work (Simone Stolzoff)

14 mins; June 12, 2023

S19 E5: You Only Know What You Make (Tiago Forte)

12 mins; June 09, 2023

S19 E4: Prune the Good to Surface the Great (Tiago Forte)

13 mins; June 08, 2023

S19 E3: Diverge Before You Converge (Tiago Forte)

13 mins; June 07, 2023

S19 E2: Think Small (Tiago Forte)

11 mins; June 06, 2023

S19 E1: Capture the Insights All Around You (Tiago Forte)

15 mins; June 05, 2023

S18 E5: Optimize Your Regrets (Daniel Pink)

13 mins; June 02, 2023

S18 E4: Science Offers a Systematic Way To Deal With Our Regrets (Daniel Pink)

13 mins; June 01, 2023

S18 E3: To Understand What People Regret, Look Beneath the Surface (Daniel Pink)

14 mins; May 31, 2023

S18 E2: Done Right, Regret Makes Us Better (Daniel Pink)

17 mins; May 30, 2023

S18 E1: Regret Is Universal (Daniel Pink)

15 mins; May 29, 2023

S17 E5: We Find Ourselves Through Connecting With Others (Sharon Salzberg)

12 mins; May 26, 2023

S17 E4: Cultivating Positive States Creates Resilience (Sharon Salzberg)

13 mins; May 25, 2023

S17 E3: Loving Presence Transforms Our Relationship With Painful Emotions (Sharon Salzberg)

10 mins; May 24, 2023

S17 E2: Happiness Isn’t Where You Thought It Would Be (Sharon Salzberg)

11 mins; May 23, 2023

S17 E1: Contraction Limits Creativity and Connection (Sharon Salzberg)

14 mins; May 22, 2023

S16 E5: The Most Durable Habits Are Elastic (Katy Milkman)

13 mins; May 19, 2023

S16 E4: You Might Want to Form an Advice Club (Katy Milkman)

10 mins; May 18, 2023

S16 E3: The Enjoyable Path Is Better Than the Effective One (Katy Milkman)

10 mins; May 17, 2023

S16 E2: Use Fresh Starts to Kick-Start Change (Katy Milkman)

10 mins; May 16, 2023

S16 E1: To Make a Change, Plan a Tailored Attack (Katy Milkman)

15 mins; May 15, 2023

S15 E5: You Will Botch It (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

11 mins; May 12, 2023

S15 E4: The Good Life Is Not a Buffet (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

12 mins; May 11, 2023

S15 E3: You Can’t Tackle the Big Question All at Once (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

9 mins; May 10, 2023

S15 E2: Lean Into Disagreement (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

11 mins; May 09, 2023

S15 E1: Not Everything You Want Is Worth Wanting (Matt Croasmun & Ryan McAnnally-Linz)

15 mins; May 08, 2023

S14 E5: All Behavior Is Functional (Britt Frank)

13 mins; May 05, 2023

S14 E4: There Is No Such Thing as Self-Sabotage (Britt Frank)

13 mins; May 04, 2023

S14 E3: Mental Health Is a Physical Process (Britt Frank)

12 mins; May 03, 2023

S14 E2: Motivation Is Not a Mindset Issue (Britt Frank)

12 mins; May 02, 2023

S14 E1: We Need Anxiety (Britt Frank)

14 mins; May 01, 2023

S13 E5: Plan on Fridays (Laura Vanderkam)

15 mins; April 28, 2023

S13 E4: Effortful Before Effortless (Laura Vanderkam)

10 mins; April 27, 2023

S13 E3: Take One Night for Yourself (Laura Vanderkam)

10 mins; April 26, 2023

S13 E2: Have One Big Adventure and One Little Adventure (Laura Vanderkam)

10 mins; April 25, 2023

S13 E1: You Need a Bedtime (Laura Vanderkam)

14 mins; April 24, 2023

S12 E5: Build Bridges — and Keep Them Up (Mónica Guzmán)

11 mins; April 21, 2023

S12 E4: Ask How, Not Why (Mónica Guzmán)

11 mins; April 20, 2023

S12 E3: We Don’t See With Our Eyes, But With Our Whole Lives (Mónica Guzmán)

12 mins; April 19, 2023

S12 E2: We Need To Get Curious About Each Other, With Each Other (Mónica Guzmán)

11 mins; April 18, 2023

S12 E1: We’re So Divided, We’re Blinded (Mónica Guzmán)

15 mins; April 17, 2023

S11 E5: Do the Obvious Things That Bring Happiness (Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)

11 mins; April 14, 2023

S11 E4: Increase Your Luck Surface Area (Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)

9 mins; April 13, 2023

S11 E3: What the Data Says About Getting Rich (Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)

11 mins; April 12, 2023

S11 E2: The Secret to Raising Great Kids (Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)

10 mins; April 11, 2023

S11 E1: Focus On Psychological Traits When Dating (Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)

15 mins; April 10, 2023

S10 E5: Hindsight Bias Is Powerful (David Myers)

12 mins; April 07, 2023

S10 E4: Differences Seize Our Attention (David Myers)

12 mins; April 06, 2023

S10 E3: We Often Fear the Wrong Things (David Myers)

13 mins; April 05, 2023

S10 E2: The Happy Power of Micro-Friendships (David Myers)

13 mins; April 04, 2023

S10 E1: Our Expressions and Actions Are Self-Revealing (David Myers)

13 mins; April 03, 2023

S9 E5: Boxing, Dancing and Connecting (Adam Gopnik)

13 mins; March 31, 2023

S9 E4: Perfect Imperfection (Adam Gopnik)

12 mins; March 30, 2023

S9 E3: Mastering the Art of Baking (Adam Gopnik)

11 mins; March 29, 2023

S9 E2: Learning to Drive (Adam Gopnik)

12 mins; March 28, 2023

S9 E1: The Grammar of Mastery (Adam Gopnik)

15 mins; March 27, 2023

S8 E5: The Language of Creativity (Jonah Berger)

12 mins; March 24, 2023

S8 E4: Ask Questions (Jonah Berger)

14 mins; March 23, 2023

S8 E3: The Language of Confidence (Jonah Berger)

14 mins; March 22, 2023

S8 E2: When Nouns Are More Persuasive Than Verbs (Jonah Berger)

10 mins; March 21, 2023

S8 E1: Words Tell Us Everything (Jonah Berger)

13 mins; March 20, 2023

S7 E5: Put Your Own Life Jacket on First (Jessi Hempel)

14 mins; March 17, 2023

S7 E4: Show Up (Jessi Hempel)

8 mins; March 16, 2023

S7 E3: Center Other People’s Experiences (Jessi Hempel)

9 mins; March 15, 2023

S7 E2: When Someone Tells You Who They Are, Listen (Jessi Hempel)

11 mins; March 14, 2023

S7 E1: Memory Is Unreliable (Jessi Hempel)

16 mins; March 13, 2023

S6 E5: Small Actions Make a Big Difference (Myra Strober & Abby Davisson)

15 mins; March 10, 2023

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