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091: Lying Is a Delightful Thing, for It Leads to Truth
"Lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth" wrote Dostoyevsky in Crime and Punishment. We discuss how you arrive at the truth...
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090: The Dangers of Overcorrecting Your Mistakes
Sometimes we don't learn from our mistakes at all, and we keep repeating them again and again. And sometimes we overcorrect our mistakes so...
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089: Don’t Give Advice, Create Connection
I recently had a conversation with a friend who's been through a couple of challenging months. And as he shared his struggles with me,...
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088: Stop Hiding Your Enthusiasm
This episode is an outtake from a conversation where I realized how I stifle my enthusiasm because I want to protect myself from the...
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087: Less Discussions, More Decisions
Many years ago in the early days of Close, my cofounders and I would go out for dinner once a week to discuss the...
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086: The Joy of Inner Conflict in Tolstoy's Writing
One thing I love about Tolstoy's writing is with how much insight and empathy he's making the characters of his novels come alive. I...