The Next Big Idea Daily

Neuroscientist TJ Power provides a powerful framework for enhancing your quality of life through the regulation of four key hormones: Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins (DOSE). 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Today, five big ideas from "You Don’t Need a Budget: Stop Worrying About Debt, Spend Without Shame, and Manage Money with Ease" by Dana Miranda. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Algorithms have penetrated the most intimate aspects of our psychology. Here’s what you can do about it. 📕 Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior by Sandra Matz 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Check out our Substack

To close out the week, we're joined by Natalie Kerr and Jaime Kurtz, who are going to share five key insights from their book "Our New Social Life: Science-Backed Strategies for Creating Meaningful Connection." 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

From the remarkable power of flowers to the surprising health effects of touching wood or smelling lavender, Kathy Willis blends cutting-edge research with practical advice to help us tap into the healing power of the natural world. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Steve Dennis has held senior leadership roles at two Fortune 500 companies. He shares what he learned in "Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption." 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Kelly Weinersmith and her husband Zach set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements. After years of research, they aren’t so sure it’s a good idea. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Why has so little progress been made on the wealth gap? 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Michael Chad Hoeppner has coached presidential candidates, prominent CEOs, and Ivy League deans on their communication skills. Now he's going to share his wide‑ranging knowledge with you. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Seventy percent of the U.S. economy relies on consumer demand, yet nearly 40 percent of Americans earn less than the cost of living. John Driscoll wants to change that. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Health and science journalist Chelsea Conaboy explodes the concept of “maternal instinct” and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

The dramatic story of an ingenious man who explained nature and created a country. 📕 Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Forget flashy startups — the real path to wealth is buying the local car wash. Today, former Wall Street investor Codie Sanchez reveals how acquiring unsexy but profitable businesses can build more reliable wealth than chasing the next unicorn. 📕 Main Street Millionaire 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

When a loved one dies, can their words live on? 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

The title says it all. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

American history is kinkier than you think. 📕 Fierce Desires by Rebecca L. Davis 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

Eliot Stein, journalist and editor at BBC Travel, has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving some of our most extraordinary cultural rites. Today, he shares their stories. 📕 Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

Want to write emails people will actually read? Author Jenn Bane is here to show you how. Her new book, which she co-wrote with Melissa Harris, is “Everybody Needs an Editor: The Essential Guide to Clear and Effective Writing.” 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

A storage unit fire destroyed everything Helen Chandler-Wilde owned and forced her to re-evaluate her relationship with material things.

Patrick Hutchison quit his office job and moved to a cabin in the woods. Here's what he learned.

Why does living in the so-called Information Age only seem to make life more confusing? Amanda Montell has some surprising answers.

Jim VandeHei co-founded two highly influential news outlets, Politico and Axios. But as he explains in today's episode, his path to success was far from straightforward.

Adam Alter, author of "Anatomy of a Breakthrough," offers up a groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and business models that are preventing you from achieving your full potential.

In the early days of the Covid lockdown, many of us took up new hobbies, like playing guitar or baking bread. But Peggy Orenstein went a little further. A lifelong knitter, Peggy decided to try making a sweater from scratch. She taught herself to shear sheep, spin and dye yarn, and other skills. The surprising life lessons she learned are the subject of her new book, "Unraveling: What I Learned Ab...

Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and former administrator of President Barack Obama’s United States Agency for International Development, shares a dynamic new model for creating large-scale change.