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Postcasts & TED talks

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Best Podcast Episodes of all time

  • Naval Ravikant on The Knowledge Project

    A deep dive on reading, happiness, decision making, habits, and mental models.

  • Elon Musk: Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Dot

    A glimpse into what the future looks like, including Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Dot.

  • A deep dive into everything sleep by Matthew Walker

    “I think that sleep may be one of the most significant lifestyle factors that determine your risk ratio for Alzheimer’s disease.”

  • Balaji Srinivasan on The Tim Ferriss Show.

    Balaji lives at least 20 years in the future—this podcast gives you a sense of what that future looks like.

  • How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 1 day

    Josh Waitzkin on The Tim Ferriss Show.

  • Keith Rabois on the North Star Podcast.

    The future of education, how to find undiscovered talent in society, the power of accumulating advantages, and how to raise the level of ambition in society.

  • Annie Duke on the A16z Podcast.

    How to improve your long-term decision-making.

  • Your body language may shape who you are | Amy Cuddy

    Social Psychologist and ‘mother of body language’ Amy Cuddy teaches how the power of body language can change both self-perceived and outwardly confidence.

  • How great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek

    Simon Sinek loves starting with the question of “Why?” In his Talk, Sinek explores the model of the golden circle for inspirational and successful leadership.

  • The power of vulnerability | Brené Brown

    Brené Brown’s personal story and journey of vulnerability is just the beginning. She is passionate about helping everyone discover the true meaning of what it means to belong, love and be vulnerable.

    • 1:40 - a piece of her research that expanded her perception
    • 3:14 - connection
    • 4:40 - shame
    • 5:24 - vulnerability
    • 6:53 - worthiness
    • 8:05 - whole-hearted
    • 8:45 - courage
    • 9:43 - vulnerability (embracing it)
    • 11:17 - a “little” breakdown
    • 12:43 - vulnerability is the core of shame & fear but also the birthplace of joy/ creativity/ belonging/ love
    • 13:51 - people embrace vulnerability, but that’s not her (lol)
    • 14:31 - why do we struggle w/ vulnerability
    • 14:39 - numb
    • 16:21 - you can’t numb hard feelings w/o numbing other emotions
    • 17:03 - making everything uncertain, certain
    • 17:34 - perfection
    • 18:31 - pretending

  • How to make stress your friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED

    Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.

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