Episode 48 - Liu Guojiang & Love
Is it love we’re feeling, or is it lust? What’s the difference, chemically? More importantly, how long can love really last, and how do we keep it going into old age?
Episode 88 - Tashrima Hossain & Saying ‘No’
Managers are raising their rates, but how much money would it take to keep you locked into an abusive job? For 100k a year, would you be a Powerpoint punching bag?
Episode 86-Benedict Arnold Trustworthiness Part 3
Every year articles emerge touting one virtue as the pinnacle of all business virtues - trustworthiness. How do we square this with the success of shady companies like Facebook?
Episode 85 -Benedict Arnold Radical Honesty Part 2
Did you know the movie Liar Liar was based on a real movement in Psychotherapy? Make a wish! Because today we want to know - what would happen if we never lied?
Episode 84-Benedict Arnold Trustworthiness Part 1
Every year articles emerge touting one virtue as the pinnacle of all business virtues - trustworthiness. How do we square this with the success of shady companies like Facebook?
Episode 81- Dick Fuld Charisma Part 2
What is Charisma? A charming smile? A warm handshake? Being tall? Maybe functional charisma is more practical. Maybe it’s something we can master and use tactically.
Episode 80 - Dick Fuld Charisma Part 1
What is Charisma? A charming smile? A warm handshake? Being tall? Maybe functional charisma is more practical. Maybe it’s something we can master and use tactically.
Episode 79 - Re-Engineered You Updates: Part 3
This week we bring you news on all your favorite past Re-Engineered episodes, including Granularity, Compassion Fatigue, and Love. You’re welcome!
Episode 78- Re-Engineered You Updates: Part 2
News from the field of emotional intelligence keeps coming, along with more science and history to add to our favorite classic episodes.
Episode 77 - Re-Engineered You Updates: Part 1
The best thing about self-awareness, science, and history? It keeps growing! On this episode we revisit show classics, and top them off with bonus brain-stretching facts and news!
Episode 73 - Daniel Dancer & Frugality
If wealth is sexy, then why is it such a turn-off to date a penny-pincher? And how much money can coupon-cutting and leftovers really save in the end?
Episode 72 - James Arthur Ray & Gurus
Life Coach. Spiritual Advisor. Financial Planner. These are very different professions, but unscrupulous Gurus pretend to be all three. So...how do we become Gurus?
Episode 71 - Spirit Warriors & Self Help Gurus
How dangerous is it to follow a sage? Or a self-help guru? And did James Arthur Ray actually help his followers find inner power, right before he steamed them to death?
Episode 70 - TV Journalists & Progress in America
Riots are overtaking the streets, murderers are running unchecked, and gunshots are as common as fireworks...if you believe the evening news. So statistically, how bad is America, really?
Episode 69 - TV Journalists & Progress in America
Riots are overtaking the streets, murderers are running unchecked, and gunshots are as common as fireworks...if you believe the evening news. So statistically, how bad is America, really?
Episode 68 - Lyndon B Johnson & Arrogance
Both Monster and Indeed have career advice articles on how to separate Arrogance from Confidence. So today we ask, why not master both?
Episode 67 - Charlie Plumb & Stoicism
The cornerstone of stoicism is the reminder that we’re all mortal, and our time is limited. So how do we draw an optimistic lesson from ‘Memento Mori’?
Episode 66 - ‘Molly’ Sampson & Bravery
Why are we evolved to be brave, especially if being too brave could get you pruned from the evolutionary tree? And who was the gritty ‘Mulan’ of the Revolutionary War?
Episode 65 - Private Detectives & Little Details
Sherlock has his ‘Memory Palace’ and Mike Ross from Suits has his photographic memory. But what’s the real-life equivalent to these skills, and how do we get them?
Episode 64 - Crip Camp & Belonging
As humans we need each other...desperately. Yet we can’t help rank each other, measure each other, and compare each other. Today we’ll dig into that instinct.