Angela Duckworth: When grit is not enough
27 October - 37 minsSince her hugely successful book Grit was published a decade ago, she’s been thinking through situations when grit alone may not get you to your goals. As her new book suggests, your situation may need to change.
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Series Episodes
Kyle Vowinkel: Lessons from communicating with bad people
A career successfully negotiating with terrorists and hostage takers has honed strategies for handling difficult conversations with both those we work with and those we love.
36 mins
3 November Finished
Jeremy Faust: An ER doctor speaks his mind
His influential newsletter Inside Medicine regularly challenges the misinformation coming from the current Health and Human Services Administration. Yet the busy ER doctor still finds time for music.
36 mins
20 October Finished
Joy Behar: Her third act
Standup comedian, long time co-host of ABC’s The View, she is now entering what she calls her third act – as a playwright, with her play My First Ex-Husband, a hit in New York and London.
35 mins
13 October Finished
Kelly McGonigal: Why joy is so joyful
Joy is not just a fleeting emotion or feeling. It's an entire response system that includes changes in your body and your brain, preparing you to take in the good in life. And that response is even stronger when you can share joy with another person.
37 mins
6 October Finished
Patrick McEnroe: Calling the shots
The younger brother of tennis champion John – and himself ranked number three in the world in doubles – he shares connecting and communicating secrets, both on the court and in his present career as a tennis commentator.
37 mins
29 September Finished
