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What if engaging with great ideas could become one of your daily habits? What if some of the best tips for living better and working smarter were served up with your morning coffee, a hit of motivation guaranteed to start your day right? That’s the idea behind “The Next Big Idea Daily.” We work with hundreds of non-fiction authors — experts in productivity, creativity, leadership, communication, and other fields — boil down their big ideas into bite-sized chunks, and then offer you one each morning.
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"The Power of Ethics: How to Make Good Choices in a Complicated World" by Susan Liautaud
Today, a few big ideas from Susan Liautaud, who teaches cutting-edge ethics courses at Stanford University.
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"How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: An Unexpected History" by Samantha Cole
"How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex." The title says it all, doesn't it? Author Samantha Cole stops by to tell us why we have sex to thank for the internet we know and love.
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"The Stoic Mindset: Living the Ten Principles of Stoicism" by Mark Tuitert
"As a top athlete," says today's guest, Mark Tuitert, "you can easily be blinded by the goal: winning." Mark would know. He won the gold medal in speed skating in the 1500-meter event at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. When he woke up the next day, however, a worrying thought shot through his head: Now what? What do I focus on now? To answer those questions, he turned to the ancient philosophy of Stoicism.
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"The Generous Leader: 7 Ways to Give of Yourself for Everyone’s Gain" by Joe Davis
Today, Joe Davis, managing director and senior partner at the Boston Consulting Group, explains why gernosity is the key attribute of a modern leader.
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"This Beauty: A Philosophy of Being Alive" by Nick Riggle
You didn't choose to live this life, but you can still make it beautiful.
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“Nuclear War: A Scenario” by Annie Jacobsen
If you're living in a city in America right now, there's a nuclear weapon pointed directly at you.