The Next Big Idea Daily podcast

The Next Big Idea Daily

What if engaging with great ideas could become one of your daily habits? What if some of the best tips for living better and working smarter were served up with your morning coffee, a hit of motivation guaranteed to start your day right? That’s the idea behind “The Next Big Idea Daily.” We work with hundreds of non-fiction authors — experts in productivity, creativity, leadership, communication, and other fields — boil down their big ideas into bite-sized chunks, and then offer you one each morning.

What if engaging with great ideas could become one of your daily habits? What if some of the best tips for living better and working smarter were served up with your morning coffee, a hit of motivation guaranteed to start your day right? That’s the idea behind “The Next Big Idea Daily.” We work with hundreds of non-fiction authors — experts in productivity, creativity, leadership, communication, and other fields — boil down their big ideas into bite-sized chunks, and then offer you one each morning.

 

#512

How to Build Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses

Forget flashy startups — the real path to wealth is buying the local car wash. Today, former Wall Street investor Codie Sanchez reveals how acquiring unsexy but profitable businesses can build more reliable wealth than chasing the next unicorn. 📕 [Main Street Millionaire] (https://amzn.to/3NjERit) 📩 Check out our [daily Substack] (https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/) and our weekly [LinkedIn newsletter] (https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7024507445297184768) ... Read more

13 Jan 2025

08 MINS

08:00

13 Jan 2025


#511

Other People's Words

When a loved one dies, can their words live on? 📩 Check out our [daily Substack] (https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/) and our weekly [LinkedIn newsletter] (https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7024507445297184768) ... Read more

10 Jan 2025

13 MINS

13:02

10 Jan 2025


#510

Should We Go Extinct?

The title says it all. 📩 Check out our [daily Substack] (https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/) and our weekly [LinkedIn newsletter] (https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7024507445297184768) ... Read more

09 Jan 2025

12 MINS

12:40

09 Jan 2025


#509

Red, White, and Taboo: America's Sexual History

American history is kinkier than you think. 📕 [Fierce Desires] (https://amzn.to/3W8CWm9) by Rebecca L. Davis 📩 Check out our [daily Substack] (https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/) and our weekly [LinkedIn newsletter] (https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7024507445297184768) ... Read more

08 Jan 2025

15 MINS

15:13

08 Jan 2025


#508

Custodians of Wonder

Eliot Stein, journalist and editor at BBC Travel, has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving some of our most extraordinary cultural rites. Today, he shares their stories. 📕 [Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive] (https://amzn.to/3zQRUF2) 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on [Apple Podcasts] (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-big-idea-daily/id1666681752) or [Spotify] (https://open.spotify.com/show/1h6s4GXR7orZV1HDaQm3CA?si=caa02c2ca1f24b64) ... Read more

07 Jan 2025

11 MINS

11:34

07 Jan 2025


#507

You Need an Editor

Want to write emails people will actually read? Author Jenn Bane is here to show you how. Her new book, which she co-wrote with Melissa Harris, is “Everybody Needs an Editor: The Essential Guide to Clear and Effective Writing.” 📩 Check out our [daily Substack] (https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/) and our weekly [LinkedIn newsletter] (https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7024507445297184768) ... Read more

06 Jan 2025

11 MINS

11:13

06 Jan 2025


#506

What You Learn From Losing Everything

A storage unit fire destroyed everything Helen Chandler-Wilde owned and forced her to re-evaluate her relationship with material things. ... Read more

03 Jan 2025

11 MINS

11:32

03 Jan 2025


#505

Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman

Patrick Hutchison quit his office job and moved to a cabin in the woods. Here's what he learned. ... Read more

02 Jan 2025

13 MINS

13:14

02 Jan 2025


#504

Are We Living in an Age of Magical Overthinking?

Why does living in the so-called Information Age only seem to make life more confusing? Amanda Montell has some surprising answers. ... Read more

01 Jan 2025

11 MINS

11:36

01 Jan 2025


#503

Best Of: No-BS Secrets to Success

Jim VandeHei co-founded two highly influential news outlets, Politico and Axios. But as he explains in today's episode, his path to success was far from straightforward. ... Read more

31 Dec 2024

13 MINS

13:51

31 Dec 2024


#502

Best Of: How to Get Unstuck

Adam Alter, author of "Anatomy of a Breakthrough," offers up a groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and business models that are preventing you from achieving your full potential. ... Read more

30 Dec 2024

12 MINS

12:33

30 Dec 2024


#501

Best Of: An Ugly Sweater’s Hidden Wisdom

In the early days of the Covid lockdown, many of us took up new hobbies, like playing guitar or baking bread. But Peggy Orenstein went a little further. A lifelong knitter, Peggy decided to try making a sweater from scratch. She taught herself to shear sheep, spin and dye yarn, and other skills. The surprising life lessons she learned are the subject of her new book, "Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater." ... Read more

27 Dec 2024

12 MINS

12:43

27 Dec 2024