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Today’s author (and clinical psychologist) promises to help us combine the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the surprising revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Join Joe & Mike as they attempt to navigate the essence of what those of us in the modern world need to know.

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Relying on willpower isn’t enough for us to reliably achieve our goals. But what are we supposed to use instead? Today’s author argues that motivation is energy, and what matters is the quality, not the quantity. Join Joe & Mike as they attempt to increase their choice, connection, and competence in a quest for optimal motivation.

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Mike's Rating: 4.5
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Today’s author argues that the pandemic taught us that the future we were promised wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. Join Joe & Mike as they consider the role of analog in today’s digital world.

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Mike's Rating: 3.0
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Today’s author argues that creativity has a place in everyone’s life and that we all have the potential to make that place larger. Join Joe & Mike as they endeavor to live a little more creatively.

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Mike's Rating: 5.0
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Today’s author (and clinical psychologist) promises to help us fortify and maintain our mental health, even in the most trying of times. Join Joe & Mike as they explore the depths of the human mind and consider their own mental well-being.

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Mike's Rating: 4.0
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Today’s author promises to help us find the missing piece to the productivity puzzle that leads our efforts to become sustainable over time. Join Joe & Mike as they embark to find presence and productivity in these anxious times.

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According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai — a reason for living. Join Joe & Mike as they embark on a journey to find theirs.

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Bookworm #44: Man’s Search for Meaning
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30 Lessons for Living by Karl Pillemer
Bookworm #96: Triggers
Mike’s Journaling in Obsidian video
Bookworm #37: Antifragile
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How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr. Julie Smith
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Leadership is complex, but the need for it has never been greater. Join Joe & Mike as they embark on a journey to reach their full potential by helping others reach theirs.

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Today’s author promises to distill three thousand years of human history into a single definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control. Join Joe & Mike as they venture into the amoral topic of power and attempt to better understand the “rules of the game.”

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48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
Bookworm #42: How to Read a Book
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How to Live by Derek Sivers
Lifeonaire by Steve Cook
Bookworm#28: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
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Someday is Today by Matthew Dicks
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Mike's Rating: 3.5
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Do you ever feel like the more time you save, the less time you have? Today’s author promises to help us stop struggling to get more out of our time and start effortlessly getting more out of our minds. Join Joe & Mike as they attempt to tune their work habits to maximize their creative energy.

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Mike's Rating: 4.0
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