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1 week ago | bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | Michael Kovnat

Join us in spreading ideas that help people live brighter. Subscribe to Book of the Day to support our mission and get daily insights that matter. Upgrade to paid to get exclusive posts, access to author conversations, and more. Psychologist broke free from resentment and rumination, shifting from a victim mindset into what he calls an empowerment mindset. Are you ready to do the same?

1 week ago | bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | Michael Kovnat

Think about the best leader you’ve ever known -- it could be a boss, a parent, a mentor. Odds are, it wasn’t someone famous, flashy, or wildly accomplished. More likely, it was someone who made you feel seen—who noticed your effort, believed in your potential, or reminded you that you mattered. That’s what real leadership looks like, according to the new book The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance by researcher Zach Mercurio.

1 week ago | bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | Michael Kovnat

Is AI really the world-shaking technology we’re being told we must celebrate or fear? Or is it, at bottom, kind of a con—the latest in a long parade of products designed to separate you from your money and line the pockets of the rich? In the new book The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want, linguist Emily M.

1 week ago | bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | Michael Kovnat

In any given day, there are countless choices to make. Go for a run or answer a few more emails? Call your parents or scroll through Instagram? Part of the problem is that what you feel like doing doesn’t always align with what you think you should be doing—what syncs up with your deeper goals and values. And relying on willpower alone to make the better choice rarely works. But what if you could train your brain to make those good decisions easier?

1 week ago | bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | Michael Kovnat |Maggie Smith

You may not paint or play an instrument. You may not write poems or screenplays. But every day, you improvise, solve problems, parent, lead meetings, make dinner plans. That’s creativity, whether you think of it that way or not. believes we’re all artists in the act of making our lives. She’s a bestselling poet and the author of Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life, a guide for anyone trying to stay open, attentive, and hopeful in a world that often pushes us to shut down.