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268 The Best of Season 16

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267 Eric Nehrlich on How to Shape the Next Chapter of Your Career (When You're Already Successful)

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266 How to Get the Best Sleep of Your Life, According to Science

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265 Kate O'Neill on Navigating the Future of Technology Without Losing Our Humanity

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264 Tina Lifford on Achieving Inner Fitness in a Shifting World

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263 Jordan Grumet on Having More Than Enough

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262 Beyond Goals and Resolutions: 6 Strategies for a Better Year

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261 The Best of Season 15

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260 Chris Guillebeau on Escaping Time Anxiety and Building a Self-Directed Life

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259 Sieva Kozinsky on The Path from early failures to Enduring Ventures: lessons on fear, focus, and the long game

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258 Rand Fishkin on Escaping Status Anxiety, Rebuilding Identity, and Building a Business That Doesn't Break You

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257 Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant on Reinventing Yourself When the Life You Built Stops Working

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256 Jodi Wellman on the Mortality Math That Puts Your Life in Perspective

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255 Elaine Pofeldt on Building Wealth Without a Team or a VC Check

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254 Harvard Psychologist Tal Ben-Shahar's Guide to Being Happy with an Imperfect Life

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253 Anne-Laure Le Cunff on Using Brain Science to Design a Better Career

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252 Kajabi CEO Ahad Khan on Work-Life Integration, Values-Driven Leadership, and the Future of the Creator Economy

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251 Dr. Ellen Hendriksen on the Science-Backed Way to End Perfectionism Without Lowering Your Standards

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250 - Defying the Odds - Season 14 Recap

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249 Kevin Kelly on Living and Working at the Intersection of Passion, Purpose, and Profitability

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248 Jamila Souffrant on Redefining and Achieving Financial Freedom

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247 Andrew Barnes on why (and how) a 4 Day Work Week is the secret to success at work

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246 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsbord on the Science of Effective Problem Solving

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245 Simone Stolzoff on the better ways to integrate work, life, and identity for more success and satisfaction

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244 Dr. Valerie Daniels Carter on how she turned a vision into reality with 100+ franchise locations

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243 Executive and author Jim Fielding on the secrets to building world class teams in high stakes environments and how to build a values-aligned career

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242 Tyler Denk on the Serendipity of Startup Success

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241 Cin Fabré on How She Conquered Wall Street

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240 Dr. Andrew Newberg on The Science Behind Spirituality

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239 Achievement Hangover Recovery

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238 Emotional First Aid Kits

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237 Clock & Coin

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236 Victory Boards

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235 On Risk and Reward

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Season 12 Recap

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233 David Kessler on the Gifts of Grief

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232 Alua Arthur on Dying with Dignity and Living Intentionally

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231 T.A. McCann on The Secrets to Making Calculated Business Bets

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230 The Purpose and Power of Living Eulogies

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229 Chris Hutchins on Creating an Interesting Career Fueled by Curiosity

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228 Nina Westbrook on Boundaries, Grief, and Redefining Self-Care

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227 Justin Welsh on Designing A Values-Driven Career

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226 Kelly Edwards on Reinvention, Writing, and Recovering from Setbacks

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225 The Pre and Post Mortems You Didn't Know You Needed

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224 Ryan Allis on How Personal Purpose Creates Professional Profit

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223 Jessie Inchauspé on the Simple Sustainable Ways to Be Well

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222 Why You Should Use First Principles Thinking + Second Order Consequences

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221 Jonah Berger on How to Be a More Persuasive Communicator

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220 Comcast Executive Steve White on Climbing the Right Corporate Ladder the Right Way

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219 Q+A: Creating and Sustaining Adult Friendships

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218 Dr. Erin Westgate on How to Create a Psychologically Rich Life

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217 Prince's Creative Director Sam Jennings on Designing Great Work and a Creative Career

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216 Katrina Adams

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215 Katy Milkman on How to Change Your Habits (For Good)

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Season 12 Teaser: Uncharted Territory

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Season 11 Recap

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213 Mike Maser on surviving cancer, building companies, and finding purpose in life

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212 Dr. Emily Anhalt on Creating and Sustaining Mental Fitness

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211 Nick Seluk on Turning a Creative Side Hustle into a Thriving Enterprise

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210 Kirk Moore on Writing, Working, and Realizing His Potential

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209 Holley Kholi-Murchison on Charting a Path as a Multihyphenate

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208 Ayesha Selden on Wealth Building Her Way

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207 Designing Your Internal Scorecard

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206 Tamar Blue on the Art and Science of Mental Wellness

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205 Esosa Edosomwan on Designing Life for Wellness

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204 Strategic Life Design for 2021

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203 Mac Conwell on Hustle, Confidence, and Networking

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202 Aaron Hinde on the Highs and Lows of Building an 8 figure Brand

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201 GG Renee Hill on Rethinking Self-Care + Personal Success

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Season 11 Intro

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Season 10 Recap

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200 What's Behind Lisa's Brilliance

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199 Sam Sokolow on Making a Career out of Passion, Perseverance, and Finding Your Path

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198 J Michael Straczynski on Career Longevity, Overcoming Creative Blocks, and Diversifying Your Craft

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197 Sam Parr

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196 Bill Duke

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195 On the Shortness of Life

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194 Emily Nagoski on Sex, Self-Compassion, and Feminine Superpowers

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193 Zainab Johnson on Fear, Faith and Being Funny

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192 On Rest, Breaks, and Sabbaticals

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191 Nedra Tawwab on Therapy, Boundaries, and Self-Care

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190 Charlie Gilkey on Going from Idea to Done

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189 Major Questions for 2020

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188 Brian Portnoy on Connecting Money + Meaning

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187 Jessica Nabongo on Taking Risks + Seeing the World

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Season 9 Recap

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185 Elaine Pagels on Faith, Grief, and Starting New Chapters

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184 Vanessa K De Luca on Being Editor in Chief of Your Life and Career

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183 Mandela SH Dixon on Reinventing Herself and Flipping Failure into Success

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182 On Reinvention

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181 Tipsy Talk

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180 Laura Vanderkam on Productivity, Purpose, and Pleasure

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179 Q+A: Taming Impulse Buys

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178 Jamila Souffrant on Money, Mindset, and Motivation

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177 Going Deeper + Leveling Up

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176 Jonathan Jackson on Love, Lifestyle Design, and Living Intentionally

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175 Jonathan Jackson on Blackness, Blavity, and Emotional Bravery

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174 Paul Jarvis on Being a Company of One

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173 Andrea Barrica on Sex, Startups, and Success

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172 The Polymath Path