Dr. Charan Ranganath discusses the science behind our brain’s capacity to remember (and forget) and how it can help you make better decisions and impressions. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How emotions shape memory

2) How to hack your brain for enhanced retention 

3) The 4 C's of memorable messaging 

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— ABOUT CHARAN — 

Charan Ranganath is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California at Davis. For over 25 years, Dr. Ranganath has studied the mechanisms in the brain that allow us to remember past events, using brain imaging techniques, computational modeling and studies of patients with memory disorders. He has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship. He lives in Davis, California. 

• Harvard Business Review Article: "How to Craft a Memorable Message, According to Science" 

• Book: Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini 

• Book: The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind 

• Book: All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera 

• App: Khan Academy 

• Past episode: 1012: Triple Your Learning through Productive Failure with Dr. Manu Kapur

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Anna Dearmon Kornick shares essential tools and tricks for managing your time and energy well. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) What most forget when planning out their day 

2) How to keep little tasks from distracting you 

3) How to arrange your week to maximize energy 

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— ABOUT ANNA — 

Anna Dearmon Kornick is a highly sought after time management coach and keynote speaker, top 1% globally ranked podcast host of It's About Time, and founder of the It’s About Time Academy. A true Louisiana firecracker who has become known for making time management fun, Anna helps busy professionals and business owners struggling with overwhelm manage their time using her personality-driven HEART Method.  

Building on more than a decade of experience in the fast-moving, high-stakes world of political and crisis communications, it’s no surprise that Anna thrives on creating order out of chaos. Early in her career, she wrangled media for a Lt. Governor and managed the hectic schedule of a U.S. Congressman. Her rapid response background and relentless approach to problem-solving position her as the go-to expert for purpose-driven time management for busy professionals. 

• Podcast: It's About Time 

• Website: AnnaDKornick.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Author: Laura Vanderkam 

• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen 

• Book: Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters (Getting Art Done) by David Kadavy 

• Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan 

• Book: Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg 

• Past episode: 052: Mind Management for Productivity with David Kadavy 

• Past episode: 317: How to Form Habits the Smart Way with BJ Fogg, PhD 

• Past episode: 482: David Allen Returns with the 10 Moves to Stress-Free Productivity

• Past episode: 617: Enhancing Your Productivity by Managing Your Mental Energy with David Kadavy

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Francesca Sipma shares breathwork practices to help access more purpose and flow. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How breathwork leads to greater clarity 

2) The science supporting breathwork 

3) The most important question to ask yourself 

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— ABOUT FRANCESCA — 

Francesca Sipma is the author of Unblock Your Purpose:  Breathwork, Intuition, and Flow State. She is the founder and CEO of Mastry, the creator of HypnoBreathwork®, and an international speaker who offers courses and training programs for C-suite executives, world-renowned producers, celebrities, artists, and athletes. She has led sessions for Deloitte, Snap, Upwork, and Athletic Brewing, and her work has been featured by Bloomberg, Forbes, NBC, and ABC. She lives in San Diego.

• App: Mastry 

• Book: Unblock Your Purpose: Breathwork, Intuition, and Flow State 

• Instagram: @francescasipma 

• Website: FrancescaSipma.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

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•Book: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 

•Past episode: 954: Rewriting Your Source Code: How to Identify and Cure the 12 Patterns Holding You Back with Dr. Sam Rader 

•Past episode: 957: How to Push Past Discomfort and Expand Your Comfort Zone with Dr. Marc Schoen

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Shira Miller reveals the harmful effects of overapologizing—and shares powerful advice for owning your greatness. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How overapologizing hurts you personally and professionally 

2) Five steps to stop unnecessary apologies

3) How to tame your inner saboteur

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— ABOUT SHIRA — 

Shira Miller is an award-winning keynote speaker, Certified Executive Coach, author of Free and Clear: Get Unstuck and Live the Life You Want and works as the Chief Communications Officer of National DCP, the $3 billion supply chain company serving Dunkin’ franchisees. The two-time TEDx speaker, who delivered a talk called Stop the Apology Speak, has helped thousands of leaders instill optimism and purpose at work, stop making unnecessary apologies, eliminate self-sabotage and own their greatness. 

• LinkedIn: Shira Miller 

• Website: ShiraMiller.com 

• TEDx Talk: Stop the Apology Speak 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Study: “When and Why Women Apologize More than Men” by Karina Schumann 

• Study: “Mind the Gap” by KPMG 

• Researcher: Maja Jovanovic 

• Book: Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness 

• Past episode: 366: Mastering Conversations through Compassionate Curiosity with Kwame Christian 

• Past episode: 500: Building Unshakeable Self-Esteem and Confidence with Victor Cheng 

• Past episode: 699: Redefining Success for More Fulfilling Days with Brad Stulberg 

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Anne Marie Anderson shares expert tips for overcoming fear to achieve your most audacious goals. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The four reasons people get stuck 

2) Two ways to tame your inner critic 

3) How to break free from urgency 

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— ABOUT ANNE MARIE — 

Anne Marie Anderson is a three-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster for ESPN, keynote speaker and author. Anne Marie Anderson’s book, Cultivating Audacity - Dismantle Doubt and Let Yourself Win, releases in January 2025. She is also a mother of three, and enjoys playing beach volleyball, golf, hiking, swimming… and any game where you keep score!

• Book: Cultivating Audacity: Dismantle Doubt and Let Yourself Win 

• Website: AnneMarieAnderson.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Good Awkward: How to Embrace the Embarrassing and Celebrate the Cringe to Become The Bravest You by Henna Pryor 

• Book: Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind by Judson Brewer 

• Past episode: 599: How to Break the Habit of Anxiety Using Curiosity with Dr. Jud Brewer 

• Past episode: 914: Turning Awkwardness Into Your Greatest Asset with Henna Pryor

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Adam Galinsky reveals the core skills anyone can master for more inspiring leadership. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The easiest way to uplift the people around you 

2) The 15-minute exercise that makes you visionary 

3) The quick trick to feeling more confident and powerful 

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— ABOUT ADAM — 

Adam Galinsky is a celebrated social psychologist at Columbia Business School known for his research on leadership, decision-making, teams and ethics. His scientific research—consisting of over 1000 studies published in over 200 scientific articles—has been cited more than 64,000 times. In Galinsky’s latest book, Inspire, he weaves together his decades of research and global consulting experience to reveal the science of how to become more inspiring. His TED Talk, “How to Speak Up For Yourself,” has been viewed more than 7.5 million times and his book Friend and Foe, was an audible and eBook bestseller.

• Book: Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others 

• Study: “The Vicious Cycle of Status Insecurity” 

• Website: AdamGalinsky.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Study: “Considerations of Some Problems of Comprehension” by John D. Bransford and Marcia K. Johnson 

• Past episode: 279: How to Feel More Alive at Work with Dan Cable 

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Jodi Wellman shares how reflecting on our scarce remaining time of life helps us live free from regret. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why you need to befriend the Grim Reaper 

2) How to feel “astonishingly alive” 

3) How to break out of a rut 

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— ABOUT JODI — 

Jodi Wellman is a former corporate executive turned executive coach. She has a Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she is an instructor in the Master’s program and a trainer in the world-renowned Penn Resilience Program. She is a Professional Certified Coach with the ICF and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach from CTI. 

She has coached and spoken with clients like American Express, Fidelity, pwc, Royal Bank of Canada, BMW, and more, and runs her own business, Four Thousand Mondays. She’s also known for her inspirational TEDx Talk on how death can bring you back to life. She lives between Palm Springs and Chicago with her husband and cat, Andy.

• Book: You Only Die Once: How to Make It to the End with No Regrets 

• Mondays Calculator: Calculate how many Monday mornings you have left 

• Website: FourThousandMondays.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death by Irvin Yalom

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Cal Newport shows how to achieve more by doing less. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why we’re measuring productivity all wrong 

2) The surprising math showing how doing less means achieving more 

3) The trick to eliminating tasks that don’t serve you 

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— ABOUT CAL — 

Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University and a founding member of the Center for Digital Ethics. In addition to his academic work, Newport is a New York Times bestselling author who writes for a general audience about the intersection of technology, productivity, and culture. He is also a contributor to The New Yorker and hosts the popular Deep Questions podcast.

• Book: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World 

• Book: Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout 

• Book: So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin 

• Book: Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy 

• Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown 

• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen 

• Book: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein 

• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey 

• Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan 

• Book: The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel 

• Book: The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein 

• Past episode: 614: Making Smarter Decisions When You Can’t Know Everything with Annie Duke

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Demir Bentley reveals the five simple steps to successfully plan and execute vastly more satisfying and productive weeks. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why nobody really plans their week—and how to fix it 

2) The master key to getting ahead of your to-do list 

3) How to transform your calendar into a power tool 

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— ABOUT DEMIR — 

Demir Bentley is an executive productivity coach, co-founder of Lifehack Method and WSJ Bestselling author of Winning The Week: How To Plan A Successful Week, Every Week.

He teaches hard-hitting efficiency techniques and proven accountability strategies that have helped clients generate millions in revenue while saving thousands of hours.

In the past eight years, he’s helped more than 70,000 professionals, including executives from Facebook, Google, Uber and PepsiCo, to prevent burnout and create more freedom in their lives.

• Book: Winning the Week: How To Plan A Successful Week, Every Week 

• Website: WinningTheWeek.com 

• Website: LifeHackMethod.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

• Past episode: 080: Finding and Doing the One Thing with Jay Papasan

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Dr. Aziz Gazipura explains the dangers of people-pleasing tendencies and shares actionable steps for overcoming it. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The massive costs of being a people-pleaser

2) How to not feel guilty when saying no

3) A surprising strategy to build your discomfort tolerance 

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— ABOUT AZIZ — 

Dr. Aziz is a clinical psychologist and one of the world's leading experts on social confidence. In 2011, Dr. Aziz started The Center For Social Confidence, which is dedicated to helping everyone break through their shyness and social anxiety.

Through confidence coaching, audio and video programs, podcasts, a detailed blog, and intensive weekend workshops, Dr. Aziz has helped thousands of people all over the world increase their confidence and lives out his mission: To help every person who is stuck in shyness liberate themselves to pursue the relationship, career, and life they have always dreamed of.

He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Candace and son Zaim.

• Book: Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself (site) 

• Book: Less Nice, More You: Stop Hiding & Become The Most Bold, Authentic Version Of You Now 

• Mini course: “5 Steps to Unleash Your Inner Confidence” 

• Organization: Social Confidence Center 

• Website: DrAziz.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Study: Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain - A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Book: Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt 

• Book: The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon, Alon Ziv

• Previous episode: 830: Lessons Learned from the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness with Dr. Robert Waldinger

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