The Next Big Idea Club

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Channel • 2 Shows

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Education

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Self-Improvement

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3D AGO

Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

Big ideas from Effortless by Greg McKeown and Friday Forward by Robert Glazer. 🔗 Sponsored By: Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

3d ago

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35 min
5D AGO

The Mental Health Tricks That Actually Work (From Someone Who's Tried Everything)

When anxiety is running the show and your brain won't quit, humor might be more than a coping mechanism—it might be a survival strategy. Jenny Lawson kicks things off with hard-won tips for staying alive, happy, and creative in spite of it all. Then Meredith Arthur offers practical relief for overthinkers whose minds just won't stop. Sponsored By: Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

5d ago

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26 min
APR 27

The Science of Tiny Habits: How Little by Little Becomes a Lot

Going big is overrated — and Eric Zimmer makes a compelling case that the smallest changes are the ones that actually stick, building quietly into something transformative. Then in the second half, Jay Shetty draws on his experience as a former monk to show how training your mind daily can bring the peace and purpose that grand ambitions rarely deliver. Sponsored By: Book of the Day — Sign up for our free newsletter at bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

Apr 27

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33 min
6D AGO

How to Get Rich: Take the Long View

Americans have been hustling for financial wisdom for 300 years — but how much of that advice actually made anyone rich? First, historian Joseph Moore digs through centuries of money manuals, sermons, and get-rich schemes to separate the genuinely sound from the spectacularly absurd. Then, William Magnuson traces the rise of the corporation — the institution that may have shaped modern wealth more than any self-help book ever could. Sponsored By: Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

6d ago

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27 min
4D AGO

The Tesla Playbook

Most companies fail not because they do too little — but because they do too much. First, former Tesla president Jonathan McNeill reveals how subtraction, speed, and radical simplification fueled hypergrowth at Tesla, Lululemon, and SpaceX. Then, two Amazon veterans share the inside playbook from Working Backwards on how the company scaled by obsessing over process and working from the customer backward. Sponsored By: Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

4d ago

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26 min
APR 23

Why Your Life Feels Empty (And the Neuroscience Fix You Haven't Tried)

Most of us are too busy making a living and amusing ourselves to ask the one question that matters most — what actually gives your life meaning? First, Arthur Brooks brings the science of happiness to bear on our modern emptiness crisis. Then Constantine Andriopoulos offers a tactical field guide for turning curiosity into real momentum — because finding meaning is one thing, but knowing which questions to ask next is another. Sponsored By: Book of the Day — Sign up for our free daily newsletter at bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

Apr 23

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35 min
APR 22

Why Your Doctor Gets It Wrong (and a Simple Shift That Would Fix It)

Almost all of us will be misdiagnosed at some point—a terrifying stat in an age of high-tech medicine. First, Alexandra Sifferlin digs into why doctors get it wrong so often and what her reporting for The Elusive Body reveals about the diagnosis crisis. Then, oncologist Ilana Yurkiewicz takes us inside the invisible handoff failures and systemic cracks that make American health care feel impossible to navigate. Sponsored By: Book of the Day — Sign up for our free daily newsletter at bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

Apr 22

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26 min
APR 24

Meganets and Megatrends

David Auerbach kicks things off by explaining how massive digital systems he calls "meganets" have grown beyond anyone's control, reshaping our realities in ways we barely understand. Then trend analyst Marian Salzman zooms out to map the megatrends — from work to identity — that are emerging from all this disruption. Sponsored By: Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

Apr 24

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28 min
APR 21

Your Brain Wants You to Be Happy

Happiness isn't just something you feel — it's a skill you can practice. Neuroscientist Richard Davidson kicks things off with research showing that flourishing can be trained in as little as five minutes a day. Then, in the second half, psychologist Dacher Keltner explores how everyday moments of awe can quietly transform your well-being from the inside out. Sponsored By: Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

Apr 21

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29 min
APR 17

Get Along, Get Ahead

The moment "I" becomes "we," something shifts—in our brains, our decisions, and our potential. First, Jay Van Bavel and Dominic Packer reveal how group identity shapes everything from performance to polarization. Then, evolutionary biologist Nichola Raihani zooms out to show why cooperation—not competition—may be the real engine of human success. Sponsored By: Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

Apr 17

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33 min

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