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Master your anxiety to unleash your genius, with Jesse Eisenberg

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Jesse Eisenberg

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Adam Grant’s #1 phrase to unlock potential

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It doesn’t matter if you fail. It matters how you fail.

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Gary Vee: Rules of billion-dollar brands

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Gary Vaynerchuk

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Berkeley professor explains gender theory

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The CEO playbook: 3 critical tips from 1,000 interviews

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How to future-proof your career

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You probably won’t retire when your parents did—here’s why that’s not all bad news

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Employees over customers.

Work culture in the U.S. is broken. It’s on employers to fix it.

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President Barack Obama delivers a persuasive speech from a podium.

The psychology of persuasion, as told by an Ivy League professor

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The #1 cause of burnout is not what you think

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How to deal with Debbie in HR — and other terrible coworkers

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A Harvard career coach’s “unspoken rules” for getting promoted

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Failure is the key to “ultimate success”

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Kevin O’Leary: I invested in FTX. Here’s the big problem with crypto.

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Kevin O’Leary

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Fix hidden conflict — before it’s too late

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Ask smarter questions in 5 minutes

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Give up on happiness. Go hard at wonder.

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5 “signal emotions” we suppress at work

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Cassandra Worthy

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7 steps to profit hypergrowth

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3 rules of persuasion for empathic leaders

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Stoicism: How to turn your sadness into strength

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The happiness paradox, explained in 7 minutes

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What the Navy’s TOPGUN program really teaches you

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workplace inclusion

“I don’t have imposter syndrome and neither do you”

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Ruchika Tulshyan

Mind hack: Revive your focus with this 12-minute exercise

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the power of branding

10,000 years of branding explained in 6 minutes

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How to learn from failure and quit the blame game

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flow state

How ‘flow state’ can treat anxiety and depression

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mental chatter

What to do if your inner voice is cruel

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What geniuses get wrong about being “smart”

With great genius comes great rigidity. Professor Barabara Oakley on how to stay mentally agile — and get smarter as a result:

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Sex in 3 places: Your brain, your bedroom, and in society

Mating, monogamy, and maximizing your sexual potential explained by 3 sex experts.

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The 4 biggest ideas in philosophy, with legend Daniel Dennett

“Forget about essences.” Philosopher Daniel Dennett on how modern-day philosophers should be more collaborative with scientists if they want to make revolutionary developments in their fields.

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Debunking the ‘billionaire = genius’ myth

Why most billionaires aren’t geniuses and most geniuses aren’t billionaires, explained by political scientist Brian Klaas.

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From bullied to brilliant: How Temple Grandin embraces autism

Dr. Temple Grandin shares how we can unlock the hidden gifts of neurodivergent minds.

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