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List of Next Big Idea Club Lessons

All the Next Big Idea Club lessons we've published to date
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Written by Anthony Karcz
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Looking to use Next Big Idea Club content in your Rise course, but don't want to use an entire course? Pick and choose what's right for your learners with these individual lessons and make them your own.

Here are all of the Next Big Idea Club lessons currently available. Click the title to see the full Next Big Idea Club course list. We add more regularly, so keep checking back.

List of Next Big Idea Club Lessons

Making Numbers Count

NEW May 2022

  • Introduction

  • Numbers Are Everyone’s Second Language

  • Making Numbers Easier to Understand

  • Taking Numbers From Abstract to Concrete

  • The Rule of One

  • Mapping Numbers on Familiar Dimensions

  • Evoking Emotion With Numbers

  • Combating Psychological Numbing

  • Conclusion

Getting it Done

  • Introduction

  • Define Goals by Benefits—Not Costs

  • Choose “Do” Goals Over “Don’t” Goals

  • Tap Into Intrinsic Motivation

  • Solving the “Middles” Problem

  • Look Back to Move Forward

  • How to Feed Two Birds With One Scone

  • Manage Temptation With a Broad Decision Frame

  • How to Increase Patience

  • Connect With Others Through Goals

  • Conclusion

Finding Meaning and Pleasure Through Suffering

  • Introduction

  • The Power of Contrast

  • The Joy of Escape

  • The One and the Many

  • Suffering Is Central to Meaning

  • The Upside of Struggle

  • Playing With Time

  • Against Hedonism

  • Conclusion

Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick

  • Welcome

  • The Invisibility of Habit

  • Context Is King

  • The Truth About Repetition

  • How Rewards Work

  • The Perils of Variety

  • Skip a Step with Habit Stacking

  • The Surprising Power of Situational Control

  • What French Cooking Can Teach You About Habits

  • Self-Control Isn't What It Looks Like

  • Happiness and the Mindfulness Habit

  • Conclusion

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

  • Welcome

  • The Surprising Science of Recognition

  • The Dangers of Stereotype

  • Selective Attention and Procedural Justice

  • We Are All Human, and Nothing Less

  • Home Sweet Home

  • The Power of Context

  • The Risks of Color Blindness

  • Conclusion

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

  • Introduction

  • Limits Are an Illusion

  • Trick Yourself

  • Talk to Yourself

  • Tune in to Your Body and Mind

  • Rest Your Mind

  • Make Pain Your Friend

  • Worry Less About Eating and Drinking

  • Believe You Can

  • Conclusion

Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most

  • Think Full-Spectrum

  • Generate Other Options

  • Seek Out Diversity

  • Ditch the Single-Focus Approach

  • Scenario Plans and Premortems

  • Consider the Possibility

  • Weigh the Values

  • Conclusion

Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

  • Introduction

  • What Is a Loonshot?

  • The Two Types of Loonshots

  • The Science of Loonshots

  • Life at 32°

  • What's the Magic Behind the Magic Number 150?

  • Love Your Artists and Soldiers Equally

  • Be a Gardener, Not a Moses

  • The Three Deaths

  • Mind the False Fail

  • Listen to the Suck with Curiosity

  • Apply System Rather Than Outcome Mindset

  • To Persevere, Keep Your Eyes on SRT

  • Conclusion

Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive

  • Introduction

  • Learn From Failure

  • Focus on Process, Not Outcome

  • Ask Questions

  • Recharge and Reflect

  • Be Yourself

  • Play to Your Strengths

  • Specialize Today, Seek Variety Tomorrow

  • Learn From Others

  • Conclusion

New Power: How Anyone Can Persuade, Mobilize, and Succeed in Our Chaotic, Connected Age

  • Introduction

  • How to Make Ideas Spread

  • Become a New Power Leader

  • Should You Turn to New Power?Blending PowerManaging ProfessionalsHarness the Three StormsThe Circle Test

  • Conclusion

No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work

  • Welcome

  • Be Less Passionate About Your Job

  • Inspire Yourself

  • Make Better Decisions

  • Build Psychological Safety to Boost Team Success

  • Your Feelings Aren't Facts

  • How to Prevent Texts and Emails from Accidentally Ruining Your Relationships

  • Small Actions Make a Big Difference

  • Create a Culture of Belonging

  • Introverts and Extroverts

  • Be Selectively Vulnerable

  • Conclusion

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

  • Welcome

  • The Cult of the Head Start

  • Winners Quit, and Quitters Win

  • It's a Wicked World

  • Develop Cognitive Flexibility

  • The Power of Analogies

  • Drop Your Tools

  • Ditch Your Long-Term Plan

  • Make Learning Difficult

  • The Outsider Advantage

  • Conclusion

Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives

  • Welcome

  • Change Is Possible

  • Personality and Aging

  • The Power of Neuroplasticity

  • Boosting Your Memory

  • Eating Right Is Easier Than You Think

  • Movement Matters

  • How to Get a Good Night's Sleep

  • The Importance of Timing

  • Keep Working

  • Make Social Connections

  • Conclusion

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

  • Introduction

  • A Philosophy of Betting

  • Pick Your Spots

  • The Danger of Going With Your Gut

  • Don't Tilt

  • The Truth About Bad Luck

  • Process, Outcome, and the Nature of Control

  • Know When to Fold

  • The Art of the Tell

  • Conclusion

The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors That Transform Ordinary People into World-Class Leaders

  • Welcome

  • Busting Myths About CEOs

  • Decisiveness

  • Adapting Proactively

  • Relentless Reliability

  • Engaging for Impact

  • Career Catapults

  • Is Your Career on the Right Track?

  • 6 "Safe Bets" to Avoid When Building a Team

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

  • What Can Businesses Learn From Baseball?

  • Building Safety: Signal Your Connection

  • Building Safety: Beyond the Foosball Table

  • Building Safety: Pick Up Trash

  • Sharing Risk: Signal Vulnerability Early and Often

  • Sharing Risk: Build the Vulnerability Habit

  • Sharing Risk: Warm Candor

  • Crafting Purpose: Signal Your Priorities

  • Crafting Purpose: The Power of Catchphrases

  • Crafting Purpose: Proficiency vs. Creativity

  • Conclusion

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

  • Introduction

  • Connection Is a Fundamental Human Need

  • The Three Dimensions of Loneliness

  • The Evolutionary Basis for Togetherness

  • The Cost of Hypervigilance

  • The Loneliness Threshold

  • Men and Loneliness

  • Women and Loneliness

  • Is Technology Making Us Lonelier?

  • The Power of Service

  • Why Friendship Matters

  • Helping Children Thrive

  • Summary

Uncensored: My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America

  • Introduction

  • Identify a Controversial Issue You Care About

  • Identify Your Core Values

  • Wrestle with the Worst Before You Converse

  • Ask Personal Questions

  • Listen Closely Before You Speak

  • Disagree Tactfully, Argue Thoughtfully

  • Thank the Person and Ask for a Recommendation

  • Reflect Back on the Conversation

  • Think About the Bigger Picture

  • Summary

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

  • Welcome

  • Daily Performance

  • The Perfect Nap

  • When to Exercise

  • Beginnings

  • Midpoints

  • Endings

  • Group Timing

  • Conclusion

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place

  • Introduction

  • What Does AI Even Mean?

  • AI Has the Brain of a Worm

  • AI Needs Narrow Tasks

  • AI Does Not Understand What You're Trying to Get It to Do

  • AI Will Take the Path of Least Resistance

  • Many AI Tasks Are Really "Copy the Humans"

  • Sometimes, It's Humans Taking an AI's Job

  • Conclusion

You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters

  • Introduction

  • Getting in Sync

  • Listening to More Than Just Words

  • Create an Environment for Listening

  • We Don't Listen to Those Who Matter Most

  • Engage Your Curiosity

  • Support, Rather Than Shift, the Conversation

  • Did You Hear? Gossip Is Good

  • Mind Your Internal Dialogue

  • Embrace Silence

  • Conclusion

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

  • Welcome

  • Why Do We Talk to Ourselves?

  • How Chatter Sabotages Performance

  • How Chatter Affects Our Health and Relationships

  • The Power of Distance

  • The Restorative Effects of Green Space

  • Create Outer Order to Calm Inner Turmoil

  • The Placebo Principle

  • Seek Out Awe-Inspiring Experiences

  • Conclusion

Harnessing the Chatter in Our Minds for Good

  • Welcome

  • Your Brain Is Not for Thinking

  • You Have One Brain—Not Three

  • Are Bigger Brains Better?

  • Your Brain Is a Network

  • Baby Brain

  • Your Brain Secretly Works With Other Brains

  • The Amazing Power of Words

  • Your Predictive Brain

  • Conclusion

Being Unapologetically Ambitious

  • Introduction

  • Beware of Impostor Syndrome

  • Prepare for Opportunity to Appear

  • Foster Self-Determination

  • Build Your Reputation

  • Grow Your Network

  • Forget About Work/Life Balance

  • You Can Do It All—But You Shouldn't

  • It's (More Than) Okay to Ask for Help

  • Find Your Mentors

  • Tell People What You Want

  • Conclusion

What Hunter-Gatherer Societies Teach Us About Work, Time, and Well-Being

  • Introduction

  • All Living Organisms Do Work

  • We're Skilled at Acquiring Skills

  • Not Everything Is a Competition

  • Our Ancestors Worked to Live—But They Did Not Live to Work

  • Our Relationship With Hierarchy Is Complicated

  • We're Not All Farmers Anymore

  • We Define Ourselves by the Work We Do

  • Work Today Is Doing More Harm Than Good

  • Conclusion

Why We Get Trapped in Conflict and How We Get Out

  • Welcome

  • The Conflict Trap

  • Humiliation, the Nuclear Bomb of Emotions

  • Beware the Binary

  • Investigate the Understory

  • The Power of Looping

  • The Conflict Industrial Complex

  • Be on the Lookout for Saturation Points

  • Complicate the Narrative

  • 5 Strategies for Getting Out of High Conflict

  • Conclusion

The Hidden Benefits of Delusion

  • Welcome

  • We All Need a Little Hot Air

  • Love, Kindness, and Lies

  • How Stories Become Our Reality

  • In a Good Relationship? You're Probably Delusional

  • Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories

  • Rituals Really Work—Just Not in the Way You Think

  • Myth, Delusion, and the Soul of a Nation

  • Have a Little Faith—It's Good for You

  • Conclusion

Humankind

  • Introduction

  • The News Is to Blame

  • Is Civilization a Good Idea?

  • We Have Evolved to Be Friendly

  • Violence Is Not in Our Nature

  • We're Not So Cruel After All

  • People Help One Another More Than We Think

  • Empathy Is Overrated

  • Get Intrinsically Motivated

  • Conclusion

Thinking Outside the Brain

  • Introduction

  • Use Your Head

  • Listen to Your Body

  • The Power of Affect Labeling

  • Thinking With Movement

  • In Defense of Gestures

  • The Nature of Thought

  • The Privacy Principle

  • The Super-Powered Social Brain

  • Four Principles to Creating "Groupiness"

  • Conclusion

How to Change for the Better

  • Introduction

  • The Fresh Start Effect

  • Mary Poppins Is Right—Change Should Be Fun

  • Don’t Fear Commitment—Embrace It

  • Don’t Forget to Remember

  • Follow the Path of Least Resistance

  • Strong Habits Are Elastic Habits

  • Helping You Help Me (in Order to Help You)

  • We Get By With a Little Help from Our Friends

  • Conclusion

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