All Episodes

Eric Ries: Why 76% of Founders Regret Selling Their Company

A CIA Hacker's Take on Fixing Your Brain - Dr.Eric Cole

Harvard Psychologist: The Reason Your Arguments Always Fail (Do This Instead) - Dr. Julia Minson

Stop Caring About What Doesn’t Matter - Melani Sanders

370. The Dangerous Cost of Not Understanding Each Other - William Doherty

369. We've Declared War on Kindness Around the World - Jamil Zaki

368. NFL LEGEND: If You Keep Loving Like This, Every Relationship Will Fail

367. Poems, Prayers, and the Courage to Believe with Matthew McConaughey

366. Ward Clapham on The Secret Weapon for Solving Crime

365. The Systems Leader with Robert Siegel

364. The Power of Being Shameless, Selfish, and Nosy with Jenny Wood

363. Maximal Fitness with Minimum Time with Ben Greenfield (Part 2)

362. Maximal Fitness with Minimum Time with Ben Greenfield (Part 1)

361. The Journal as a Superpower with Derek Sivers

360. What's Essential: The Disciplined Pursuit of Home with Drew & Linda Scott (Replay)

359. Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want with Courtney Carver

358. Inside the Mind of a CIA Operative with Jeffrey Sanow

357. The Art of Listening with Anna McKeown

356. Becoming the Family Hero: Revolutionary Ideas for Legacy Building with Moses Kagan

355. How to Find Your Purpose and Master Essentialism with Tim Ferriss

354. Anti-Time Management with Richie Norton (Part 1) (Replay)

353. The Art of Asking More Beautiful Questions with Warren Berger

352. Turning Chaos Into Clarity with Alison Jones (Replay)

351. Discover Clarity with the Essentialism Planner

350. Discovering Personal Agency Through the Panic Proof Protocol with Dr. Nicole Cain

349. Toxic Productivity with Israa Nasir

348. Family History and the Search for Meaning with Stephen Riggio

347. Unlocking AI's Potential with Jeremy Utley, David McRaney, and Henrik Werdelin (Part 2)

346. Unlocking AI's Potential with Jeremy Utley, David McRaney, and Henrik Werdelin (Part 1)

345. This is Strategy with Seth Godin (Part 2)

344. This is Strategy with Seth Godin (Part 1)

343. 10 Years of Essentialism

342. How Limits Make You Limitless (Replay)

341. Machine Living: Operating System for Your Life with Rob Dyrdek (Part 2)

340. Systems You Need to 10X with Rob Dyrdek (Part 1) (Replay)

339. Navigating Ethics in Afghan Journalism with Saad Mohseni (Part 2)

338. Navigating Ethics in Afghan Journalism with Saad Mohseni (Part 1)

337. Why Polarization is a Bigger Threat than You Think with Tim Shriver (Part 2)

336. Why Polarization is a Bigger Threat than You Think with Tim Shriver (Part 1)

335. Leading Through: Activating the Soul, Heart, and Mind of Leadership with The Clark Family (Part 2)

334. Leading Through: Activating the Soul, Heart, and Mind of Leadership with The Clark Family (Part 1)

333. Inside the Trump Administration with Wilbur Ross (Part 2)

332. Inside the Trump Administration with Wilbur Ross (Part 1)

331. You Only Die Once: The Ultimate Guide to a Life with No Regrets with Jodi Wellman (Part 2)

330. You Only Die Once: The Ultimate Guide to a Life with No Regrets with Jodi Wellman (Part 1)

329. Hyperefficient with Dr. Mithu Storoni (Part 2)

328. Hyperefficient with Dr. Mithu Storoni (Part 1)

327. How to Maximize Your Legacy: Insights from Marshall Goldsmith (Part 2)

326. How to Maximize Your Legacy: Insights from Marshall Goldsmith (Part 1)

325. The Strength of Weak Ties (Replay)

324. Designing a Day that Really Matters (Replay)

323. Humans Weren't Designed For This (Replay)

322. A Tale of Two Billionaires (Replay)

321. Curiosity Is a Discipline (Replay)

320. Choose Purpose Over Position (Replay)

319. Design a Personalized Essential Daily Routine With the Help of AI (Replay)

318. The 1-2-3 Method (Replay)

317. Good Power: How Ginni Rometty Redefined Leadership and Influence (Part 2)

316. Good Power: How Ginni Rometty Redefined Leadership and Influence (Part 1)

315. The Art of Meaningful Relationships (Fewer But Deeper Series: Part 4) (Replay)

314. The Formative Power of Attachment (Fewer But Deeper Series: Part 3) (Replay)

313. Bringing Relationships into Focus (Fewer But Deeper Series: Part 2) (Replay)

312. The Paradox of Connectivity (Fewer But Deeper Series: Part 1) (Replay)

311. Essential Trade-offs and Saying Yes with Sam Bridgstock (Part 2)

310. Essential Trade-offs and Saying Yes with Sam Bridgstock (Part 1)

309. The Hidden Power of Opting Out from Technology with Erin Loechner (Part 2)

308. The Hidden Power of Opting Out from Technology with Erin Loechner (Part 1)

307. The Power of Radical Kindness in Modern Leadership: A Conversation with James Rhee (Part 2)

306. The Power of Radical Kindness in Modern Leadership: A Conversation with James Rhee (Part 1)

305. Living Life in Crescendo: Lessons from Matt Gutman's Journey (Part 2)

304. Living Life in Crescendo: Lessons from Matt Gutman's Journey (Part 1)

303. Rethinking Purpose with Ken Coleman (Replay)

302. The Energy Clock with Molly Fletcher (Replay)

301. Greg on The Genius of Routine (Replay)

300. Carey Nieuwhof on Getting Time, Energy, and Priorities in Your Favor (Replay)

299. From Problem Solving to Problem Finding (Part 1, Replay)

298. The Power of Persistence with Ryan Kugler (Part 2)

297. The Power of Persistence with Ryan Kugler (Part 1)

296. The Power of Mindset with Dr. Josh Axe (Part 2)

295. The Power of Mindset with Dr. Josh Axe (Part 1)

294. Mastering Personal Productivity: Lessons from an Executive Advisor at Google with Laura Martin (Part 2)

293. Mastering Personal Productivity: Lessons from an Executive Advisor at Google with Laura Martin (Part 1)

292. Crafting Authentic Connections with Topaz Adizes (Part 2)

291. Crafting Authentic Connections with Topaz Adizes (Part 1)

290. Million Dollar Weekend with Noah Kagan and Taylor Wallace (Part 2)

289. Million Dollar Weekend with Noah Kagan and Taylor Wallace (Part 1)

288. Life Ignition Tools with Jeff Karp (Part 2)

287. Life Ignition Tools with Jeff Karp (Part 1)

286. Daring to Ask with Jeff Wetzler (Part 2)

285. Daring to Ask with Jeff Wetzler (Part 1)

284. The Art of Subtraction with Leidy Klotz (Part 2)

283. The Art of Subtraction with Leidy Klotz (Part 1)

282. What's Essential: Deep Listening with Dean Helen Williamson (Replay)

281. What's Essential: The Disciplined Pursuit of Home with Drew & Linda Scott (Replay)

280. What's Essential: The Power of Systems with Rob Dyrdek (Replay)

279. Strength in Belonging with Sue Johnson (Part 2)

278. Strength in Belonging with Sue Johnson (Part 1)

277. Think Remarkable with Guy Kawasaki (Part 2)

276. Think Remarkable with Guy Kawasaki (Part 1)

275. Supercommunicators with Charles Duhigg

274. Cultivating Mindful Relationships and Creative Growth with Leo Babauta (Part 2)

273. Cultivating Mindful Relationships and Creative Growth with Leo Babauta (Part 1)

272. The Invincible Power of Choosing to Choose

271. The Power of True Connection with Erik Newton

270. Essential Happiness with Mo Gawdat (Part 2)

269. Essential Happiness with Mo Gawdat (Part 1)

268. What's Essential: David Allen on Getting the Right Things Done (Replay)

267. Grit and Growth with Brian Murphy (Part 2)

266. The Strength of Weak Ties

265. Grit and Growth with Brian Murphy (Part 1)

264. Family, Trauma, and Hope with Jennie Allen (Part 2)

263. Family, Trauma, and Hope with Jennie Allen (Part 1)

262. The Art of Meaningful Relationships (Fewer But Deeper Series: Part 4)

261. Greg Wells on Optimizing Your Life with Deliberate Recovery (Replay)

260. Q&A on The Power Of Small Wins (Replay)

259. Simon Sinek on The Power Of Finding Your Why (Replay)

258. The 85% Rule (Replay)

257. Purpose with Samuel Wilkinson (Part 2)

256. The Formative Power of Attachment (Fewer But Deeper Series: Part 3)

255. Purpose with Samuel Wilkinson (Part 1)

254. Bringing Relationships into Focus (Fewer But Deeper Series: Part 2)

253. Clear Thinking with Shane Parrish (Part 2)

252. The Paradox of Connectivity (Fewer But Deeper Series: Part 1)

251. Clear Thinking with Shane Parrish (Part 1)

250. Higher Contribution for Large-Scale Change with Dr. Rajiv Shah (Part 2)

249. Understanding the Trap of Negative Leverage (10X Series: Part 5)

248. Higher Contribution for Large-Scale Change with Dr. Rajiv Shah (Part 1)

247. One-Time Decisions (10X Series: Part 4)

246. Experience Vs. Expertise with Eduardo Briceño (Part 2)

245. The Power of Unique Knowledge (10X Series: Part 3)

244. Experience Vs. Expertise with Eduardo Briceño (Part 1)

243. The Best of What Others Know (10X Series: Part 2)

242. Strategic Quotients with Rich Horwath (Part 2)

241. The Lever You Need to Break Through (10X Series: Part 1)

240. Strategic Quotients with Rich Horwath (Part 1)

239. The Relentless Elimination of Noise (Part 4)

238. Understanding Generational Trends in Today's Society with Mauro Guillén (Part 2)

237. The Relentless Elimination of Noise (Part 3)

236. Understanding Generational Trends in Today's Society with Mauro Guillén (Part 1)

235. The Relentless Elimination of Noise (Part 2)

234. 10 Years of Creativity, Inc. with Ed Catmull (Part 2)

233. The Relentless Elimination of Noise

232. 10 Years of Creativity, Inc. with Ed Catmull (Part 1)

231. The Disciplined Pursuit of Doing Nothing (Replay)

230. Entering the World of Another with Nate Walkingshaw (Part 2)

229. The Most Important Question in Any Language (Replay)

228. Entering the World of Another with Nate Walkingshaw (Part 1)

227. The Vasa – Define Your Done (Replay)

226. The Finitude of Life with Oliver Burkeman (Part 2)

225. The 1-2-3 Method

224. The Finitude of Life with Oliver Burkeman (Part 1)

223. What Would You Do With an Extra Day Each Week? (Replay)

222. From Geek to Genius with Ron Johnson and Jeremy Utley (Part 2)

221. A Tale of Two Billionaires

220. From Geek to Genius with Ron Johnson and Jeremy Utley (Part 1)

219. Curiosity Is a Discipline

218. The Timeless Quest for Success with Hitendra Wadhwa

217. Design a Personalized Essential Daily Routine With the Help of AI

216. A Shared Strength of Three Microsoft CEOs with Brad Smith

215. Say No Effortlessly and Gracefully With the Help of AI

214. Is AI A Tool or Weapon with Microsoft's Brad Smith

213. Leveraging AI for an Essentialist and Effortless Lifestyle

212. Transitions with Anna McKeown (Part 2)

211. Essentialism and Transitions

210. Transitions with Anna McKeown (Part 1)

209. It's Not Too Late (Replay)

208. Perspective, Happiness & Social Friction with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee (Replay)

207. The Bottleneck to Everything You Want (Replay)

206. The Jobs-to-be-Done Theory with Tony Ulwick (Part 2)

205. 10X Your Results with Less Effort (Replay)

204. The Jobs-to-be-Done Theory with Tony Ulwick (Part 1)

203. Being Understood Is Not the Same As Feeling Understood

202. Making Communication Memorable with Matt Abrahams

201. From Problem Solving to Problem Finding (Part 4)

200. From Problem Solving to Problem Finding (Part 3)

199. Finding King Richard III with Philippa Langley (Part 2)

198. From Problem Solving to Problem Finding (Part 2)

197. Finding King Richard III with Philippa Langley (Part 1)

196. From Problem Solving to Problem Finding (Part 1)

195. The Shape of Life with Bruce Feiler (Part 2)

194. Trust (Effortless Work Series)

193. The Shape of Life with Bruce Feiler (Part 1)

192. Increase Productivity in the Workplace (Effortless Work Series)

191. Navigating Life's Biggest Decisions with Abby Davisson (Part 2)

190. Make Email Effortless (Effortless Work Series)

189. Navigating Life's Biggest Decisions with Abby Davisson (Part 1)

188. Make Meetings Effortless (Effortless Work Series)

187. Reframing Your Problems with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg (Part 2)

186. Cambridge Series – Friends

185. Reframing Your Problems with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg (Part 1)

184. Cambridge Series – Cycling

183. Utilizing Neurodiversity with Sir Simon Baron-Cohen (Part 2)

182. Cambridge Series – Newton

181. Utilizing Neurodiversity with Sir Simon Baron-Cohen (Part 1)

180. Cambridge Series – King's College Chapel

179. Experiential Intelligence with Soren Kaplan

178. Leadership Essentials

177. Psychological Safety in Today's Workplace with Dr. Amy Edmondson (Part 2)

176. Eliminate the Nonessentials (Replay)

175. Psychological Safety in Today's Workplace with Dr. Amy Edmondson (Part 1)

174. Transforming Mental Clutter into Clarity

173. Protecting Your Peak Attention Windows with Dr. Gloria Mark (Part 2)

172. The Most Important Question in Any Language

171. Protecting Your Peak Attention Windows with Dr. Gloria Mark (Part 1)

170. Reduce Your Stress in Two Minutes a Day

169. How to Fall in Love with the Solution, Not the Problem with Uri Levine (Part 2)

168. Designing a Day that Really Matters

167. How to Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution with Uri Levine (Part 1)

166. The Disproportionate Power of Language

165. Turning Chaos Into Clarity with Alison Jones

164. The Human Desire to Be Heard

163. Identifying Your Circle of Competence with Kyle Westaway (Part 2)

162. The Quiet Person with the Answer

161. Identifying Your Circle of Competencies with Kyle Westaway (Part 1)

160. It's Not Too Late

159. Humans Weren't Designed For This

158. One Decision That Makes 1000

157. See Through People's Masks

156. The Man Who Couldn't Show Weakness

155. Confronting Conflict with Amy Gallo

154. The 85% Rule

153. What Great Listeners Actually Do with Jack Zenger (Part 2)

152. What Great Listeners Actually Do with Jack Zenger (Part 1)

151. How To Be Okay When You're Not Okay

150. The #1 Way To Remove Resistance In Your Day

149. Agreeing vs. Understanding with Matthew McConaughey (Part 2)

148, Agreeing vs. Understanding with Matthew McConaughey (Part 1)

147. The Changemaker Mindset with Alex Budak (Part 2)

146. Bad Is Stronger Than Good

145. The Changemaker Mindset with Alex Budak (Part 1)

144. One Habit to Change Every Aspect of Your Life

143. True North Leadership with Bill George (Part 2)

142. The Only Business Metric That Matters with Jeremy Utley

141. True North Leadership with Bill George (Part 1)

140. One Phrase For Achieving Psychological Safety

139. Anti-Time Management with Richie Norton (Part 2)

138. The DNA of Human Motivation

137. Anti-Time Management with Richie Norton (Part 1)

136. What If You Could Be 1% More Intelligent Everyday?

135. How To Live Life In Crescendo with Cynthia Covey Haller

134. The Highest Leverage Activity In The World

133. Why 10X Is Easier Than 2X with Dr. Benjamin Hardy (Part 2)

132. The Disciplined Pursuit of Doing Nothing

131. Machine Living: Operating System for Your Life with Rob Dyrdek (Part 2)

130. The Vasa – Define Your Done

129. Systems You Need to 10X with Rob Dyrdek (Part 1)

128. Perspective Guessing Vs. Perspective Getting

127. How Limits Make You Limitless

126. The Surprising Secret to Extraordinary Influence

125. Striving For an Effortless Transition

124. What Would You Do With an Extra Day Each Week?

123. The Relationship Trap with Professor C Terry Warner (Part 2)

122. The Greatest Breakthrough in Psychology in 50 Years with Professor C. Terry Warner (Part 1)

121. Solve Problems Before They Happen with Dan Heath

120. What Residual Results Are You Getting in Your Life?

119. Understanding Each Other with Parker J. Palmer (Part 2)

118. Understanding Each Other with Parker J. Palmer (Part 1)

117. Turn Your Story into Meaningful Action with Dan Davis, Founder of Stiry

116. How Steve Jobs Always Got It Right

115. The Heavier or Lighter Path? with Chris Williams

114. How to Eliminate Social Tension

113. Perspective, Happiness & Social Friction with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

112. Meaning is More Powerful than Time

111. Where You Learned to Handle Conflict (with Anna McKeown)

110. How Much Relationship Capital Do You Have?

109. The Superpower You’re Not Using

108. The Bottleneck to Everything You Want

107. 10X Your Results with Less Effort

106. Eliminate the Nonessentials

105. Mediation & Creating A High Trust Agreement

104. Responding Instead of Reacting

103. Tell me: Where am I Wrong?

102. Choose Purpose Over Position

101. What's Essential: Come What May & Love It

100. What's Essential: What Happens Next Matters Most

99. What's Essential: Greg's Speed Coaching with Matthew McConaughey, Revisited

98. What's Essential: Greg on Rest

97. What's Essential: Trust & Inspire with Stephen M.R. Covey

96. What's Essential: Q&A on the Magic of Routines

95. What's Essential: Dr. Bjorn Lomborg on Radical Prioritization

94. What's Essential: Greg on The Genius of Routine

93. What's Essential: Dr. Amishi Jha on Protecting the Asset of Your Mind

92. What's Essential: The Perks of Being (Very) Unavailable with Adam Shoalts

91. What's Essential: Find Your People with Jennie Allen

90. What's Essential: Q&A on The Power Of Small Wins

89. What's Essential: Greg on The Power Of The Graceful No

88. What's Essential: The Power Of Regret with Dan Pink

87. What's Essential: How To Hear What Really Matters with Ximena Vengoechea

86. What's Essential: The Power of Systems with Rob Dyrdek

85. What's Essential: Greg on How To Create An Essential Intent: The One Decision That Makes 1,000

84. What's Essential: Chip Conley on How Airbnb Won and The Great Midlife Edit

83. What's Essential: Dr. Arthur Brooks on Living a Better and Happier Life - Repost

82. What's Essential: Greg on the Power of Inversion: What if This Could Be Easy?

81. What's Essential: Q&A on How to Discern More and Do Less

80. What's Essential: Crucial Conversations with Joseph Grenny

79. What's Essential: Greg's Solo Q&A Part 2

78. What's Essential: Greg's Solo Q&A Part 1

77. What's Essential: Rethinking Purpose with Ken Coleman

76. What's Essential: Q&A on Nurturing The Invincible Power of Power Of Choice

75. What's Essential: Simon Sinek on The Power Of Finding Your Why

74. What's Essential: Greg on Achieving Breakthrough Results Without the Burnout

73. What's Essential: Dave Hollis on Moving Closer to Purpose

72. What's Essential: Dorie Clark on How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World

71. What's Essential: The Energy Clock with Molly Fletcher

70. What's Essential: Greg on The Absolute Hell of Being Misunderstood

69. What's Essential: Carey Nieuwhof on Getting Time, Energy, and Priorities in Your Favor

68. What's Essential: Dave Noll on Enjoying Every Moment of the Journey

67. What's Essential: Greg on The Courage to Be Rubbish

66. What's Essential: Jeff Burningham on Learning to Define and Achieve Sustainable Success

65. What's Essential: Sergey Young on An Insider’s Guide to Growing Young

64. What's Essential: Q&A on Nurturing Your Highest Point of Contribution

63. What's Essential: Shannon Doherty on A Platform to Influence Happiness

62. What's Essential: Clay Drinko on The Intersection of Improvisation, Science, and the Everyday

61. What's Essential: Barry Eggers on The Power of Trust and Leverage

60. What's Essential: Luke Burgis on Why We Want What We Want

59. What's Essential: Ann Berry on Redefining Achievement Through Passion

58. What's Essential: Greg on The Engine of High-Leverage Teams

57. What's Essential: Jacob Morgan on The Future of Leadership

56. What's Essential: Dr. Arthur Brooks on Living a Better and Happier Life

55. What's Essential: Kim Scott on Caring Personally While Challenging Directly

54. What's Essential: Scott O'Neil on Keeping You Present, Grounded, and Thriving

53. What's Essential: Rachel Cooke on Navigating Leadership Through Burnout

52. What's Essential: Greg Wells on Optimizing Your Life with Deliberate Recovery

51. What's Essential: Greg on The Art of Doing Nothing

50. What's Essential: Q&A on Making it Easier to Do What Matters Most

49. What's Essential: Speed Coaching with Matthew McConaughey (Part Two)

48. What's Essential: Greenlights with Matthew McConaughey (Part One)

47. What's Essential: Jon Acuff on The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

46. What's Essential: Phil Randazzo & Matthew Griffin on Making a Successful Transition

45. What's Essential: Tanya Dalton on Productivity With Bespoke Solutions

44. What's Essential: John Hope Bryant on Making Every Moment Count

43. What's Essential: A Conversation on Essentialism with Maria Shriver

42. What's Essential: Judson Brewer on Overcoming Anxiety at the Source

41. What's Essential: Bruce Greyson on Exploring the Nature of Life and Beyond

40. What's Essential: Michael Hyatt on Winning at Work and Succeeding in Life

39. What's Essential: Nir Eyal on How to be Indistractable

38. What's Essential: The Beautiful No with Sheri Salata

37. What's Essential: Benjamin Hardy on The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals

36. What's Essential: An Essential Intervention with Matheus Moura

35. What's Essential: Ethan Kross on How to Harness the Voice In Your Head

34. What's Essential: An Essential Intervention with Elena Aguilar

33. What's Essential: When Life Says No with Thomas Dimitroff

32. What's Essential: An Essential Intervention with Caroline Achkar

8. What's Essential: The #1 Reason We Struggle with FOMO with Patrick McGinnis

5. What's Essential: The Montage at the End of Your Life with Rachel Hollis

4. What's Essential: What's Important Now with Arianna Huffington