Many of us feel like we’re drowning in invisible complexity. So I
wanted to hit pause and ask a simple question: What
are 1-3 decisions that could dramatically simplify my life in
2026? To explore that, I invited five long-time
listener favorites: Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport,
Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman.
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Timestamps:
[00:00:00] Start.
[00:01:49] Maria Popova
[00:02:04] The Cherish Quotient: Stop giving hours to people
who rank as “fine.”
[00:03:15] When you apologize for your priorities, you’re
apologizing for your life. Stop!
[00:04:41] Morgan Housel
[00:04:50] The do-nothing thesis: Be average long enough and
you’ll end up in the top 1%.
[00:08:42] Read more history, fewer forecasts — and watch the
news lose its power over you.
[00:09:32] How Stephen King’s 11/22/63 illustrates
the futility of prediction.
[00:12:21] Cal Newport
[00:12:36] What deserves a “yes” when the default is “no?”
[00:16:38] Deep Work sells two million copies and
creates a schizophrenic double life.
[00:19:07] The unifying insight: Both careers were always
about technology and human flourishing.
[00:24:07] Craig Mod
[00:24:46] How quitting alcohol has been Craig’s highest-ROI
decision.
[00:27:13] Therapy after a decade of sobriety: The cliché
that actually cleared the water.
[00:30:27] The compounding interest that comes from
committing to one craft.
[00:33:09] Debbie Millman
[00:34:30] How being offered the CEO seat at her company led
to four months of paralysis.
[00:36:10] The sentence that broke the spell: “If it takes
four months, you probably don’t want it.”
[00:37:38] Ambition changes shape: Validation isn’t
fulfillment, and power isn’t purpose.
More about today's guests:
Maria Popova (@mariapopova) thinks and writes
about our search for meaning, lensed sometimes through science
and philosophy, sometimes through poetry and children's books,
always through wonder. She is the creator of The
Marginalian (born in 2006 under the name Brain
Pickings), which is included in the Library of Congress permanent
digital archive of culturally valuable materials. Her books and
projects include Traversal, The Universe in Verse,
Figuring, The Coziest Place on the Moon, and An Almanac
of Birds: 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days.
Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) is a partner
at The Collaborative Fund. His book The Psychology of
Money has sold more than three million copies and has been
translated into 53 languages. Morgan is also the author of
Same As Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes and The Art
of Spending Money.
Cal Newport is a professor
of computer science at Georgetown University, where he is also 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.
His books have sold millions of copies and been translated into
over forty languages. He is also a contributor to The New
Yorker and hosts the popular Deep
Questions podcast. His latest book
is Slow Productivity: The Lost Art
of Accomplishment Without Burnout.
Craig Mod (@craigmod) is a writer,
photographer, and walker living in Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan. He
is the author of Things Become Other
Things and Kissa by Kissa. He
also writes the
newsletters Roden and Ridgeline and has
contributed to The New York Times, The
Atlantic, Wired, and more.
Debbie Millman (@debbiemillman) has been
named one of the most creative people in business by Fast
Company and one of the most influential designers working
today by Graphic Design USA. She is the host of Design
Matters—a great show and one of the world’s longest-running
podcasts. She is also chair of the Masters in Branding Program at
the School of Visual Arts in New York City, editorial
director of Print magazine, a Harvard Business School
Case Study, and a member of the board of directors at
the Joyful Heart Foundation.
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