Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener shares powerful insights on how to listen well and deepen your connections.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The hidden barriers to listening

2) Why we should interrupt more

3) The secret to handling disagreements better

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— ABOUT ROBERT —

Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is a researcher, author, and consultant with 75 peer-reviewed academic articles and has over 27,000 citations. His previous books include The Upside of Your Dark Side (New York Times Bestseller, 2014), and the 2007 PROSE Award winner, Happiness. He has presented keynotes to Lululemon, Deloitte, Humana, AARP, The World Bank, and others. In 2024, Thinkers50 named Robert one of the “50 Most Influential Executive Coaches in the World.” He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he enjoys drawing and rock climbing.

• Book: Radical Listening: The Art of True Connection, with Christian van Nieuwerburgh

• Website: IntentionalHappiness.com

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• Book: Dracula by Bram Stoker

• Book: They Ask You Answer: A Revolutionary Approach to Inbound Sales, Content Marketing, and Today's Digital Consumer by Marcus Sheridan

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Sumit Paul-Choudhury shares the science behind optimism and why it gives people an advantage in the long term.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The case for optimism

2) How to train your brain to become an optimist

3) How to direct your optimism to where you need it most

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— ABOUT SUMIT —

Sumit Paul-Choudhury writes, thinks, and dreams about science, technology, and the future. A former Editor-in-Chief of New Scientist, he trained as an astrophysicist, has worked as a financial journalist, and, at the London Business School, received a Sloan Fellowship in strategy and leadership. Currently, he devotes most of his time to his creative studio Alternity, which puts the ideas in this book into scientific and artistic practice. He lives and works in London.

• Book: The Bright Side: How Optimists Change the World, and How You Can Be One

• LinkedIn: Sumit Paul-Choudhury

• Website: Alternity.com

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• App: Roam Research

• Book: Candide by Voltaire

• Past episode: 992: How to Break Free from Cynicism and Reclaim Hope with Jamil Zaki

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Ethan Kross shares simple, science-backed tools for managing your emotions.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) When avoidance is actually helpful

2) Effortless strategies for quickly shifting your mood

3) The emotional regulation framework used by the Navy SEALs

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— ABOUT ETHAN —

Ethan Kross, PhD, author of the national bestseller Chatter, is one of the world’s leading experts on emotion regulation. An award-winning professor in the University of Michigan’s top ranked Psychology Department and its Ross School of Business, he is the Director of the Emotion and Self-Control Laboratory.

Ethan has participated in policy discussion at the White House and has been interviewed about his research on CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper Full Circle, and NPR’s Morning Edition. His research has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Science. He completed his BA at the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD at Columbia University.

• Book: Shift: Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You

• Book: Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It

• Study: “Remotely administered non-deceptive placebos reduce COVID-related stress, anxiety, and depression” with Darwin A. Guevarra, Christopher T. Webster, Jade N. Moros, and Jason S. Moser

• Website: EthanKross.com

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• Book: The Lincoln Letter: A Peter Fallon Novel (Peter Fallon and Evangeline Carrington) by William Martin

• Book: Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life by Susan David

• Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Book: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel by Michael Chabon

• Past episode: 023: The Power of Workplace Humor with Michael Kerr

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