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CM 154: Laura Huang On Finding Your Edge

What happens when you actively shape how you’re seen, rather than leaving it to chance? At some point, many of us have felt overlooked, underestimated, or even ignored in our work. We may have responded by putting our heads down and working that much harder, in the hope that someone would finally recognize our talents…

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CM 153: Janelle Shane on How Artificial Intelligence Works

What happens when you teach an AI to write knock-knock jokes, recipes, and pick-up lines? It’s a rare week that goes by without someone talking about the power, and the perils, of artificial intelligence. But if you’re not an expert in machine learning, how do you separate fact from fiction? That’s where Janelle Shane’s expertise…

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CM 152: Wendy Wood on the Science of Habits

What if our success was less about channeling willpower and more about building sustainable habits? Too often, when we think about goals we’ve failed to achieve, we blame it on a lack of willpower. Yet research has shown when we rely primarily on willpower, we’re bound to fail. Willpower takes energy, and it’s when our…

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CM 151: James Clear on Making and Breaking Habits – Rebroadcast

We all have trouble changing our habits, but the problem isn’t us. It’s our systems. Whether we want to adopt good habits or avoid bad ones, we need to think beyond willpower or setting bigger goals. According to James Clear, author of the book, Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits…

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CM 150: Marc Brackett on Permission to Feel

How can recognizing, understanding, and managing our emotions contribute to our happiness, success, and well-being? Emotions play a big role in our lives. Yet, for most of us, they’re viewed as something to ignore or overcome. For these reasons, we often have little experience identifying our feelings. We say we’re stressed out, when what we…

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