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Matthew McConaughey - The Power of "No, Thank You," Key Life Lessons, 30+ Years of Diary Notes, and The Art of Catching Greenlights | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Helix Sleep mattresses, and Magic Spoon cerealMatthew McConaughey (@McConaughey) is a Texas native and one of Hollywood's most sought-after leading men.

#474: Matthew McConaughey - The Power of "No, Thank You," Key Life Lessons, 30+ Years of Diary Notes, and The Art of Catching Greenlights

Last year, my business partner Chris and I sat down to think about what we wanted to achieve at Tiny. We thought up all sorts of lofty goals, but when we really got down to it our true goal was...

The Power of Anti-Goals

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Listen to this episode from Reply All on Spotify. PJ and Alex open up the hotline again to tackle listener problems and mysteries, no job too weird. This time - a Waze vortex, a tribunal for HawtNugz, and a powerful mystery cure that could topple the world into dystopia. www.helpwiththecure.com

#156 The Cure for Everything

Browse more videos from the famous John Cleese training company: www.videoarts.com In this lecture-style presentation, John Cleese claims that creativity is ...

John Cleese on Creativity In Management

In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with poet David Whyte about the importance of work and relationships, the balance between training and expressing of one's talents, the lessons of mortality, and other topics. SUBSCRIBE to continue listening and gain access to all content on samharris.org/subscribe.

#184 - The Conversational Nature of Reality

Listen to this episode from The Tim Ferriss Show on Spotify. "Get bored. Just put away all of your things. Maybe go clean up the garage or whatever it is. Right? Through that, you're going to start to think differently. You're going to act slightly differently and your mind might open up to other sources of inspiration, other problems..."

#403: Tony Fadell - On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity

Listen to this episode from Song Exploder on Spotify. Jon Hopkins is an electronic music producer whose been nominated twice for the UK's Mercury Prize. Along with his frequent collaborator, Brian Eno, he co-produced Coldplay's Grammy-award winning album, Viva la Vida. In May 2018, Jon Hopkins released his fifth album, Singularity.

Jon Hopkins - Luminous Beings

Tyler, the Creator spent three days this summer in Italy with Rick Rubin. At the end of the three days they sat down to record a conversation about Tyler's new album, "Igor". They play through some tracks off the album and Tyler even plays some piano. Learn more about your ad choices.

Tyler the Creator Talks Igor

Listen to this episode from The Tim Ferriss Show on Spotify. "A true creator knows that you follow the thing to where it's going, not to where you think it ought to go."- Adam SavageAdam Savage (TW: @donttrythis IG: @therealadamsavage FB: therealadamsavage) has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what's in his brain and make it real.

#370: Adam Savage on Great Tools, Great Projects, and Great Lessons

Listen to this episode from Agile Atelier on Spotify. Agile Atelier listeners! Welcome to a very special episode today, where I talk to Marty Cagan about Empowered Engineers on Product Teams. Widely recognized as the primary thought leader for technology product management, Marty is the founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG).

Episode 26: Empowered Engineers on Product Teams with Marty Cagan

Listen to this episode from The Tim Ferriss Show on Spotify. "Your head's for having ideas, not for holding them."

#384: David Allen - The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD)

Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it's not too early to ask why, and what we need to do about it... Our nation and our civilization were built on production, on building.

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Wait But Why

"Dedicated to WORDS and their beautiful hidden and beckoning uncertainty." I was plunged deep into the depths of Whyte's luminous reflections, awash with awe at the kindness he treats his words with. Reading this was a healing experience. A salve to the bitterest soul wounds. A delicate weaving of poetic magic.

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Ep3. I went to Sweden to learn how to make Swedish Meatballs aka Köttbullar. Very different from Italian meatballs. Big thanks to Chef Niklas Ekstedt for hav...

Swedish Meatballs : The Secret I Did NOT Expect...

Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) is the author of the blog Wait But Why and has become one of the Internet's most popular writers. According to Fast Company, Tim has "captured a level of reader engagement that even the new-media giants would be envious of."

#283: Managing Procrastination, Predicting the Future, and Finding Happiness - Tim Urban

Founding Brockhampton member Kevin Abstract and music legend Rick Rubin got together to have an entirely epic conversation. The two have a wide-ranging conve...

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