What if the answer isn’t to do more? What if the answer is to want less?
I’ve always believed that subtracting from your life can produce better results than trying to add something. Generally, quitting a bad habit, or a bad mindset, or anything distracting, will have a bigger impact on your life than learning more.
This episode covers a few things I think w ... Show More
Apr 15
Passion, Solved: Is It Really Worth Pursuing?
Nearly 60% of American workers are checked out at their jobs. Meanwhile, every graduation speech in history tells you to follow your passion and you'll never work a day in your life. So which is it? In this episode, Drew and I debate both sides. I argue for passion. He argues for ... Show More
2h 9m
Apr 8
Solved, Highlights: What Actually Makes People Happy
So here's the thing about happiness: the harder you chase it, the faster it runs. That's not some bumper sticker wisdom. It's basically the core finding of decades of research. In this highlight, Drew and I get into the stuff from our original happiness episode that I think peopl ... Show More
32m 23s
Apr 1
Self-Help, Solved
We pulled over 2,600 studies and ranked 19 of the most common self-improvement techniques across three dimensions: research quality, consistency of results, and actual effect size. Then we sorted them into four tiers: legitimately works, works sometimes, probably not helping, and ... Show More
2h 10m
Mar 2023
472: You Only Need to Change ONE Habit
<p>In the pursuit of becoming the best versions of ourselves, we often fall into the trap of trying to change several habits at once, hoping that'll get us faster to the finish line. But let's be real here, it rarely works out that way.</p> <p><br /> The truth is, when we try to ... Show More
55m 14s
May 2021
This One Thing Can Change Your Life
Have you ever heard the phrase “good in, good out. Bad in, bad out.”? The idea is simple, if you partake in good things you will get good results. If you partake in bad things... well, you see where we are going. But if practicing good things to get good results is so easy, why i ... Show More
33m 49s
Dec 2023
4 Important Life Lessons I Learned the Hard Way (So That You Don’t Have To)
<p>Want to know the 4 important life lessons that can make your life 10X better? </p><p>No matter what is happening to you, life is trying to teach you something. In this episode, Mel unpacks the 4 most important lessons life tries to teach everyone, and the sooner you learn them ... Show More
42m 50s
Apr 2023
How to quickly stop the negative habits and become a positive person.
This episode discusses why we struggle to stop negative habits and how to shift them into positive ones.How often have you started a workout program, new project, or endeavor to only fail a few weeks to months after starting? When we try to make a change, our current self wants u ... Show More
13m 27s