Most companies fail not because they do too little — but because they do too much. First, former Tesla president Jonathan McNeill reveals how subtraction, speed, and radical simplification fueled hypergrowth at Tesla, Lululemon, and SpaceX. Then, two Amazon veterans share the inside playbook from Working Backwards on how the company scaled by obsessing over process and working from the customer backward.
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The Mental Health Tricks That Actually Work (From Someone Who's Tried Everything)
29-04-2026 | 26 Min.
When anxiety is running the show and your brain won't quit, humor might be more than a coping mechanism—it might be a survival strategy. Jenny Lawson kicks things off with hard-won tips for staying alive, happy, and creative in spite of it all. Then Meredith Arthur offers practical relief for overthinkers whose minds just won't stop.
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How to Get Rich: Take the Long View
28-04-2026 | 26 Min.
Americans have been hustling for financial wisdom for 300 years — but how much of that advice actually made anyone rich? First, historian Joseph Moore digs through centuries of money manuals, sermons, and get-rich schemes to separate the genuinely sound from the spectacularly absurd. Then, William Magnuson traces the rise of the corporation — the institution that may have shaped modern wealth more than any self-help book ever could.
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The Science of Tiny Habits: How Little by Little Becomes a Lot
27-04-2026 | 32 Min.
Going big is overrated — and Eric Zimmer makes a compelling case that the smallest changes are the ones that actually stick, building quietly into something transformative. Then in the second half, Jay Shetty draws on his experience as a former monk to show how training your mind daily can bring the peace and purpose that grand ambitions rarely deliver.
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Meganets and Megatrends
24-04-2026 | 28 Min.
David Auerbach kicks things off by explaining how massive digital systems he calls "meganets" have grown beyond anyone's control, reshaping our realities in ways we barely understand. Then trend analyst Marian Salzman zooms out to map the megatrends — from work to identity — that are emerging from all this disruption.
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