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2026

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Nate’s Notes 240: Happiness Researcher Tal Ben-Shahar | The First Step to Happiness

Nate’s Notes 239: Losing and Finding Our Identity | Maya Shankar

Nate’s Notes 238: Showing Up Every Day | Farming, Writing, Filming, & Creating with Josh Foster

2025

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Nate’s Notes 237: People over Pep Talks, Relationships over Rules | High School Principal David Beck

Nate’s Notes 236: Peter Schein on Humble Inquiry | Asking Instead of Telling

Nate’s Notes 235: Dorie Clark | The Power of Scale and Social Proof

Nate’s Notes 234: Professor Mike Baer | How to Gain Trust, and Its Blessing and Burden

Nate’s Notes 233: Sébastien Page, Chief Investment Officer at T. Rowe Price on the Psychology of Leadership

Nate’s Notes 232: Ian Williamson, Dean of The UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business | The Case for Long-Term Leadership

Nate’s Notes 231: Elyce Arons, Founder of Kate Spade and Frances Valentine | What Elyce Always Tells Her Daughters

Nate’s Notes 230: Take Back Your Financial Power | Steph Wagner

Nate’s Notes 229: Breaking Out of Codependency | Claude Silver, CHO at VaynerX

Nate’s Notes 228: Limiting Beliefs That Hold Us Back | Muriel Wilkins

Nate’s Notes 227: Make Yourself Hard To Kill | How Bryan Porter Engineers Elite Health and Resilience

Nate’s Notes 226: How to Get Lucky | Wharton Professor Judd Kessler

Nate’s Notes 225: Sahil Bloom | Do You Want this Job, or Do You Want Other People Seeing You Have This Job?

Nate’s Notes 224: Admiral James Stavridis | Lifelong Leadership Lessons

Nate’s Notes 223: Dartmouth Professor Scott Anthony | Every Innovation Has Heroes

Nate’s Notes 222: Harvard Instructor Margaret Andrews | To Lead Others, We Need To Manage Ourselves

Nate’s Notes 221: The Best Leaders Lead From the Heart | Mark C. Crowley

Nate’s Notes 220: Think About Tradeoffs | Professor Adam Wowak

Episode 219: Imagine Our Prized Cup Has Already Broken | Brad Johnson on Entrepreneurship and Dealing with Setbacks

Nate’s Notes 218: How Vivek Viswanathan Worked His Way to the White House

Nate’s Notes 217: The Best Leaders Are Tough & Kind | Cincinnati Business School Dean Marianne Lewis on Leadership Paradoxes

Nate’s Notes 216: Attorney Darren Heitner | Continually Challenge Yourself to Be a Student

Nate’s Notes 215: “The More Elite the Player, The More Coaching They Get” | Martin Dubin on Leadership and Self-Awareness

Nate’s Notes 214: National Surfing Champion Saxon Baltzer | Sacrifice, Persistence, & Passion

Nate’s Notes 213: Becoming a Better Listener Every Day of Our Life | Professor Avi Kluger

Nate’s Notes 212: Moving to China with Five Children | Professor David Hunsaker

Nate’s Notes 211: How to Use Both/And Thinking | Professor Wendy Smith

Nate’s Notes 210: How To Get Others to Speak Up | Professor Ethan Burris

Nate’s Notes 209: Listening to Our Inner Voice | Professor Peter Kim

Nate’s Notes 208: Social Sustainability with Professor Ryan Fehr | Cultivating Solitude that Energizes Us

Nate’s Notes 207: Judge Bruce Smith | True Leadership Is Based on Character and Ethical Decision Making

Nate’s Notes 206: How Innovation Really Happens | Martin Reeves and the Creation of the Like Button

Nate’s Notes 205: How Todd Herman Helped Kobe Bryant Become a Legend | The Alter Ego Effect

Nate’s Notes 204: How To Show People They Matter | Zach Mercurio

Nate’s Notes 200: Kannon Shanmugam, U.S. Supreme Court Litigator | Enthusiasm for Greatness

Nate’s Notes 197: Technologist Bob Goodson | What Is the Most Important Problem in My Field?

Nate’s Notes 196: Harvard Researcher Siri Chilazi | Having Humility in How Much We Trust Our Brains

Nate’s Notes 195: Mental Performance Coach Riley Jensen | Greatness Is Achieved One Rep at a Time

Nate’s Notes 194: Professor Theresa Glomb | Work Hard, Have Fun, Choose Kind, Be Present

Nate’s Notes 193: How To Make Work Meaningful | Tamara Myles, Positive Psychology Instructor at the University of Pennsylvania

Nate’s Notes 192: Former Google Executive Jenny Wood | Shamelessly Go After What You Want

Nate’s Notes 191: Harvard Professor Iris Bohnet on Fairness

Nate’s Notes 188: Sabina Nawaz, former Microsoft Executive | How Pressure, Not Power, Corrupts

Nate’s Notes 187: Teach People How to Treat You | Melody Wilding, Professor & Executive Coach

Nate’s Notes 186: Harvard Business School Professor Rebecca Henderson | Focus, Focus, Focus, Embrace Change, & Treat People Well

Nate’s Notes 185: Jon Schmidt, The Piano Guys | Turning His Life Over To God

Nate’s Notes 184: Author Elaine Lin Hering on Unlearning Silence

Nate’s Notes 183: Combating Addiction in a Dopamine-Saturated World | Stanford Professor Dr. Anna Lembke

Nate’s Notes 182: The Future of Energy | Professor Shon Hiatt

Nate’s Notes 181: Transitioning to New Life Phases Successfully | Harvard Professor Emerita Teresa Amabile

Nate’s Notes 180: Reinvent Yourself | Futurist Ravin Jesuthasan

Nate’s Notes 179: Living In a Digital Village Monitored by AI | Sandra Matz, Columbia Business School Professor

2024

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Nate’s Notes 178: Focus on Strengths over Weaknesses | Sarah Dalton

Nate’s Notes 177: Filmmaker Ken Burns | “I Will Do Whatever Inly Rejoices Me.”

Nate’s Notes 176: Lying to Help Our Organization | Professor Elizabeth Umphress

Nate’s Notes 175: Be Brilliant in the Roles That Best Fit Your Capabilities | Oxford PhD Barry Conchie

Nate’s Notes 174: The Obvious Answer Is Often Wrong | Costas Markides London Business School Professor

Nate’s Notes 172: Common Mistakes We Make When Dealing with Uncertainty | Columbia Professor Rita McGrath

Nate’s Notes 171: What If You Were Incapable of Distrust | Jennifer Latson

Nate’s Notes 170: The Inner Bully versus the Inner Wimp | Mike Lerario on Leadership Development

Nate’s Notes 169: The (Underappreciated) Power of Asking for What We Want | Professor Vanessa Bohns

Nate’s Notes 168: How to Thrive | Professor John Bingham

Nate’s Notes 167: “Show Me Your Money & I’ll Show You Your Values” | Daniel Crosby, Behavioral Finance Psychologist

Nate’s Notes 166: Our Brains Are Wired for Stories | Author Lisa Cron

Nate’s Notes 164: Kim B. Clark Former Dean of Harvard Business School and President of BYU—Idaho | Leaders Increase Light

Nate’s Notes 163: Pulitzer Prize Winner Matt Richtel | “Don’t Mess with Happiness”

Nate’s Notes 162: Chancellor Doug Girod | “I Have More Bosses Now than I’ve Ever Had in My Life”

Nate’s Notes 161: Heisman Trophy Winner Ty Detmer | Bouncing Back from Seven Interceptions in One Game

Nate’s Notes 160: Special Counsel Ingrid Price | Advising Clients on National Security Matters

Nate’s Notes 159: Professor Jeffery Thompson | Finding Your Calling

Nate’s Notes 158: Admiral William McRaven Who Oversaw the Raids that Killed Osama Bin Laden and Captured Saddam Hussein | How Do You Earn Respect?

Nate’s Notes 157: Alfred Grace, President of the Polynesian Cultural Center | “Love What You Do”

Nate’s Notes 156: Entertainment Attorney Harry Reynolds | Representing A-list Celebrities and Grammy-Award Winning Artists

Nate’s Notes 155: Litigator Craig Lavoie | Representing Vanessa Bryant & Other Litigation Insights

Nate’s Notes 150: Pulitzer Prize Winner Charles Duhigg | How To Be a Supercommunicator

Nate’s Notes 149: SEAL Team Six Navy SEAL Karl “Gus” Gustavson | Leadership, Decision-Making, Communication, & Mental Toughness

Nate’s Notes 148: General George W. Casey Jr. | You’re No Better Than Anyone and No One’s Better Than You

Nate’s Notes 147: Kevin Worthen | Say “Yes” as Often as Possible

Nate’s Notes 146: IRS Special Agent Richard Littrell | Watch Out For Yourselves & Others

Nate’s Notes 145: Professor Alison Fragale | Helping Women Navigate Power & Status Dynamics

Nate’s Notes 144: Amy Edmondson on Psychological Safety | Noticing When The Dog Doesn’t Bark But Should Have

Nate’s Notes 143: Ayelet Fishbach | Four Science-Backed Ways to Increase Motivation

Nate’s Notes 142: White Shoe Firm Corporate Attorney Todd Mortensen

Nate’s Notes 141: Joseph Grenny | How To Have a Crucial Conversation

Nate’s Notes 140: Nathan Tanner | Telling Ourselves the Right Stories

Nate’s Notes 139: Professor Taya Cohen on Guilt Versus Shame

Nate’s Notes 138: Bryan Porter | From Sleeping in Cars & Closets to Investment Banking (Goldman Sachs), Private Equity (Carlyle Group), Stanford MBA, and Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager (MIG Capital).

Nate’s Notes 137: Cory Sanford | What Helps Us Today Can Hurt Us Tomorrow

Nate’s Notes 133: Ann Tenbrunsel | No One Is Immune from Behaving Unethically

Nate’s Notes 132: Gretchen Rubin | There Is No Magic, One-Size-Fits All Solution for Happiness

Nate’s Notes 131: Modupe Akinola | Stop Passing Your Stress on to Everyone Else

Nate’s Notes 130: Home Depot CEO Frank Blake on the Power of Recognition and Storytelling

Nate’s Notes 129: Laurie Santos | How To Improve Our Happiness

Nate’s Notes 128: Brent Dunn Part 2 | Writer, Volcano Hunter, & LSAT Instructor (Part 2)

Nate’s Notes 127: Brent Dunn Part 1 | Volcano Hunter & LSAT Instructor

Nate’s Notes 123: The World’s Longest Study of Happiness | Marc Schulz

Nate’s Notes 122: Andy Reid on Leadership

Nate’s Notes 121: Zoe Chance on Reducing the Asking Gap

Nate’s Notes 120: NYU Professor Dolly Chugh on Bounded Ethicality

Nate’s Notes 119: Stanford Professor Bob Sutton | The Best Leaders Are Trustees of Others Time

Nate’s Notes 118: Huggy Rao | Remove Obstacles that Infuriate. Insert Obstacles that Educate.

Nate’s Notes 117: Dan Heath | Bright Spots as a Superpower

Nate’s Notes 116: Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss | Collaborative Beats Cutthroat

Nate’s Notes 115: Cassie Holmes on Time Poverty and Happiness

Nate’s Notes 111: Strengthening Strengths Beats Improving Weaknesses | Joe Folkman

2023

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Nate’s Notes 110: Jennifer Pahlka on Recoding America

Nate’s Notes 109: Wharton Professor Amy Wrzesniewski | Job Crafting and Creating Meaning

Nate’s Notes 108: Adam Grant | Inside the Mind of Wharton’s Top-Rated Professor

Nate’s Notes 104: Brad Stulberg | Self-Discipline Versus Self-Compassion

Nate’s Notes 103: Brian Nosek | From Ruining His Career to Revolutionizing Science

Nate’s Notes 102: Dan Pink | Action Creates Motivation

Nate’s Notes 100: Robert Cialdini | The Godfather of Influence

Nate’s Notes 99: Literary Fiction Writer Josh Foster | Profound Melodramatic Disorder

Nate’s Notes 98: Wharton Professor Maurice Schweitzer | Censored Environments

Nate’s Notes 97: Public Speaking Made Easy | Matt Abrahams, Stanford Communication Expert

Nate’s Notes 96: “Okay Boomer” | NYU Professor Mike North on Bridging the Generational Gap

Nate’s Notes 95: Senior Military Strategist Steve Leonard | “Be Brief. Be Brilliant. Be Gone.”

Nate’s Notes 94: Dave Mayer | Be Good. Feel Good. Do Good.

Nate’s Notes 93: Status or Influence? NYU Professor Joe Magee on Standing Out while Fitting In

Nate’s Notes 92: Navy SEAL Rich Diviney | Leadership & Accountability

Nate’s Notes 91: Steve Young, Hall of Fame QB | “I screwed up!”

Nate’s Notes 90: Todd Rogers | Getting People to Respond to What We Write

Nate’s Notes 89: Annie Duke: Decision Making Models from a World Series of Poker Champion

Nate’s Notes 88: Luke Babbitt | From Fighter Jets to Finance

Nate’s Notes 87: From Academia to Agriculture | Rob Holmes’ Goal to Feed the World

Nate’s Notes 86: Jeff Strnad | Interconnected Beyond Belief and Embracing the Inevitable

Nate’s Notes 85: Dan Siciliano | Imagine You Might Be Wrong

Nate’s Notes 84: Ryan Westwood | Discipline and Experimentation

Nate’s Notes 83: Dave Ulrich | Four Questions to Find Clarity

Nate’s Notes 82: Elizabeth Morrison | Be Proactive and Voice

Nate’s Notes 81: Bob Sutton | “The Knowledge That I’ve Got Enough”

Nate’s Notes 80: Batia Wiesenfeld | Explain Why

Nate’s Notes 79: Ryan Hawk | Learning Leadership From The Learning Leader

Nate’s Notes 78: Stephen M. R. Covey | The Power of Trust

Nate’s Notes 77: Paul Gustavson | Five Smooth Stones

Nate’s Notes 76: Nate Pettit | Leading by Listening: “Take Your Time, Say More, Go On.”

Nate’s Notes 75: Bryan Kehl’s Search for His Birth Parents | From Adoption to the NFL

Nate’s Notes 74: Nate Meikle | The Amplification Paradox: Empowering Others while Empowering Ourselves

Nate’s Notes 73: Greg McKeown | Essentialism & Effortless

Nate’s Notes 72: Chasing the Commandments: Josh Swade’s Quest for Basketball’s Holy Grail

Nate’s Notes 71: Niki den Nieuwenboer | Dyslexia & Rejecting Norms

Nate’s Notes 70: Linda Treviño | Choose Your Pond Carefully

Nate’s Notes 69: Chad Lewis | Walking On and Counting Your Blessings

Nate’s Notes 68: Sue Ashford | How To Thrive in the Gig Economy

Nate’s Notes 67: Gavin Kilduff | Deep Work & Play

Nate’s Notes 66: Travis Goff | Likability and Mindfulness

Nate’s Notes 65: Nate Fast | Power & Networking

Nate’s Notes 64: Jessica Kennedy | Responding to Overt Sexism

Nate’s Notes 63: John J. Donohue III | The Death Penalty and Humility

Nate’s Notes 62: Eric Bettinger | Learn To Be Wrong

Nate’s Notes 61: Lindy Greer | Optimal Power Structure in Teams

Nate’s Notes 60: Maggie Neale | Ask for What You Want

Nate’s Notes 59: Aaron Beam | Convicted Felon on Lying and Ethical Reminders

Nate’s Notes 58: Bruce Barry | Free Speech, Emotional Honesty, & Reinvention

Nate’s Notes 57: C. Arden Pope III | Flexibility & Opportunism

Nate’s Notes 56: Todd Rogers | How To Write So Busy People Will Read What You Write

Nate’s Notes 55: Katy Milkman | Temptation Bundling & Mentoring

Nate’s Notes 54: Brian Hanni | “The Game Can Be Bad, But You Can’t Be”

Nate’s Notes 53: John Busenbark | Listening Versus Mindreading

Nate’s Notes 52: Tom Holmoe | Relationships and Roles

Nate’s Notes 51: Nicholas Epley | When in Doubt Reach Out

Nate’s Notes 50: Shane Reese | Smart Work, Hard Work, Humility, & Kindness

Nate’s Notes 49: Chris Howard | Focus and Attention to Detail

Nate’s Notes 48: Kimberly Wade-Benzoni | How To Get Legacy

Nate’s Notes 47: Max Bazerman | Collaboration and Overcoming Imperfections

2022

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Nate’s Notes 46: Jesse Graham | Question Your Convictions

Nate’s Notes 45: Adam Galinsky | Everything’s Hard at First

Nate’s Notes 44: Juliana Schroeder | The Consequences of Being Under Social

Nate’s Notes 43: Ron Johnson | Four Words Or Less

Nate’s Notes 42: Craig Crossland | The Power of Recognition

Nate’s Notes 41: Brad D. Smith | Be a Learn-It-All Not a Know-It-All

Nate’s Notes 40: Whitney Lundeen | Shark Tank, Sara Blakely, and Doing Business in Her Own Feminine Way

Nate’s Notes 39: Don Moore | Think Probabilistically

Nate’s Notes 38: Jeremy Utley | Quantity Beats Quality in Creativity

Nate’s Notes 37: Justin Su’a | To Get Better Answers, Ask Better Questions

Nate’s Notes 36: Michael Benson: Responsibility, Reputation, Rigor, Relationships

Nate’s Notes 35: Jimmer Fredette | Control What You Can Control

Nate’s Notes 34: Greg Wrubell | What-e’er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part

Nate’s Notes 33: Bronco Mendenhall | Hard Is Good

Nate’s Notes 32: Allan Mishra | Identify Your Peak Purpose

Nate’s Notes 31: Ivan Maisel | Grief Is Love

Nate’s Notes 30: Ted Robinson | Be Fearless Not Reckless

Nate’s Notes 29: Liz Wiseman | Invite Yourself In

Nate’s Notes 28: John Beck | Train Like It All Depends on You

Nate’s Notes 27: Kellen Moore | Setback, Comeback

Nate’s Notes 26: Probability and Performance

Nate’s Notes 25: Failing Forward

Nate’s Notes 24: Change Is The Only Constant

Nate’s Notes 23: Memory & Time Collapse

Nate’s Notes 22: The Power of Checklists

Nate’s Notes 21: Willpower Versus Habits