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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement
Join award-winning audiobook narrator Justin Malik in this personal growth accelerator, delivering bite-sized episodes each day that are rich with wisdom and practical advice. Optimal Living Daily features a carefully selected mix of articles from some of the most influential voices in self-help, covering topics like minimalism, productivity, mental health, and personal development. Each episode is thoughtfully narrated to not only inform but also inspire you to make meaningful changes in your…
Episodes
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement649: Does Being Exceptional Require an Exceptional Amount of Work by Cal Newport
Cal Newport of the Study Hacks blog shows why being exceptional does not require an exceptional amount of work. Episode 649: Does Being Exceptional Require an…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement648: The Power of Having Fun: How Meaningful Breaks Help You Get More Done by Dave Crenshaw
Dave Crenshaw is the master of building productive leaders. He has appeared in Time magazine, USA Today, FastCompany, and the BBC News. His courses on LinkedIn…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement647: The 3 Step Process to Redefine Your Relationship with Stuff (and how it will change yoru life) by Courtney Carver
Courtney Carver of Be More With Less shares how to redefine your relationship with stuff. Episode 647: The 3 Step Process to Redefine Your Relationship with…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement646: How to Read Like Your Success Depends On It by Tom Bilyeu with Success Magazine
Tom Bilyeu with Success Magazine shares how to read like your success depends on it. Episode 646: How to Read Like Your Success Depends On It by Tom Bilyeu…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement645: How to Make Accurate Time Estimates - Part 2 by Steve Pavlina
Steve Pavlina shares how to make accurate time estimates. This is Part 2 of 2. Episode 645: How to Make Accurate Time Estimates - Part 2 by Steve Pavlina…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement644: How to Make Accurate Time Estimates - 1 by Steve Pavlina
Steve Pavlina shares how to make accurate time estimates. This is Part 1 of 2. Episode 644: How to Make Accurate Time Estimates - 1 by Steve Pavlina…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement643: How to Make Simple Your Superpower by Lisa Avellan with No Sidebar
Lisa Avellan with No Sidebar shares how to make simple your superpower. Episode 643: How to Make Simple Your Superpower by Lisa Avellan with No Sidebar…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement642: Use This Accountability Trick to Consume Less by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist
Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares an accountability trick to consume less. Episode 642: Use This Accountability Trick to Consume Less by Joshua…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement641: 7 Reasons You're Not as Successful as You Could Be by Marc Chernoff of Marc and Angel Hack Life
Marc Chernoff of Marc and Angel Hack Life shares 7 reasons you may not be as successful as you could be. Episode 641: 7 Reasons You're Not as Successful as You…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement640: The Unconscious Urge to Shop by Luise Jorgensen with Cait Flanders
Luise Jorgensen guest-posts on Cait Flanders' site with her personal experience of paring down. Episode 640: The Unconscious Urge to Shop by Luise Jorgensen…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement639: Overcome Life Challenges with These 3 Powerful Principles by Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen
Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen shares 3 principles to help you overcome life challenges. Episode 639: Overcome Life Challenges with These 3 Powerful Principles…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement638: Help! My Mind Goes Blank When I Talk to People: How to Talk to People by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich
Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich shares tips for talking to people. Episode 638: Help! My Mind Goes Blank When I Talk to People: How to Talk to…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement637: The Habit Action List by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits
Leo Babauta of Zen Habits shares a better way to build habits. Episode 637: The Habit Action List by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits (Mindfulness & Happiness). Leo…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement636: If You're Nervous About Quitting Your Boring Job, Don't Do It by Cal Newport of the Study Hacks Blog
Cal Newport of the Study Hacks blog shares reasons why it might be best to stick to your job. Episode 636: If You're Nervous About Quitting Your Boring Job…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement635: I Stopped Chasing Money - Here's What Happened - Part 2 by Tom Bilyeu with Success Magazine
Tom Bilyeu with Success Magazine shares his story of stopping his chase of money. This is Part 2 of 2. Episode 635: I Stopped Chasing Money - Here's What…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement634: I Stopped Chasing Money - Here's What Happened - Part 1 by Tom Bilyeu
Tom Bilyeu with Success Magazine shares his story of stopping his chase of money. This is Part 1 of 2. Episode 634: I Stopped Chasing Money - Here's What…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement633: On All the Sentimental Stuff/Clutter - Courtney Carver
Courtney Carver of Be More With Less shares how to deal with sentimental stuff and clutter. Episode 633: On All the Sentimental Stuff/Clutter - Courtney Carver…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement632: Shameless, Fearless, Guiltless by Steve Pavlina
Steve Pavlina shares a test to see if your desires are congruent. Episode 632: Shameless, Fearless, Guiltless by Steve Pavlina (Developing Habits & Personal…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement631: The Power of Positive Energy
Optimal Living Daily: Reading you the best content on personal development, productivity, and minimalism. Episode 631: The Power of Positive Energy…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement630: 8 Ways to Reclaim Your Life by Brian Gardner of No Sidebar
Brian Gardner of No Sidebar shares 8 ways to reclaim your life. Episode 630: 8 Ways to Reclaim Your Life by Brian Gardner of No Sidebar (Developing Habits &…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement629: Lessons Learned from Intentionally Letting Go by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist
Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares lessons learned from intentionally letting go. Episode 629: Lessons Learned from Intentionally Letting Go by Joshua…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement628: How to Reset Your Emotional Thermostat For a Happier Life by Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen
Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen shares how to reset your emotional thermostat. Episode 628: How to Reset Your Emotional Thermostat For a Happier Life by Mary…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement627: 7 Habits That Are Making You Miserable by Marc Chernoff of Marc & Angel Hack Life
Marc Chernoff of Marc and Angel Hack Life shares 7 habits that are making you miserable. Episode 627: 7 Habits That Are Making You Miserable by Marc Chernoff…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement626: We Are Not Materialistic Enough by David Cain with Cait Flanders
David Cain guest-posts on Cait Flanders' site with a theory: maybe we aren't materialistic enough. Episode 626: We Are Not Materialistic Enough by David Cain…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement625: 10 Simple Ways to Worry Less by Courtney Carver of Be More With Less
Courtney Carver of Be More With Less shares 10 simple ways to worry less. Episode 625: 10 Simple Ways to Worry Less by Courtney Carver of Be More With Less…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement624: When It's Time to Walk Away by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich
Ramit Sethi shares the importance of knowing when to quit. Episode 624: When It's Time to Walk Away by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich (Developing…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement623: More Sense in Motion by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle
Colin Wright shares an excerpt from his book Come Back Frayed. Episode 623: More Sense in Motion by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle (Simple Living &…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement622: 5 Powerful Reasons to Make Reflection a Daily Habit & How To Do It by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits
Leo Babauta of Zen Habits shares how and why you should take time to reflect. Episode 622: 5 Powerful Reasons to Make Reflection a Daily Habit & How To Do It…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement621: Are You Making Good Decisions by Allison Fallon with No Sidebar
Allison Fallon with No Sidebar talks about the importance of decisions in your life. Episode 621: Are You Making Good Decisions by Allison Fallon with No…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement620: You Have the Right to be Wrong by Steve Pavlina
Steve Pavlina shares why you have the right to be wrong. Episode 620: You Have the Right to be Wrong by Steve Pavlina (Developing Habits & Personal Growth)…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement619: 5 Myths That Encourage Excess Spending by Dori Cameron with Becoming Minimalist
Guest author Dori Cameron with Becoming Minimalist shares 5 myths that encourage excess spending. Episode 619: 5 Myths That Encourage Excess Spending by Dori…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement618: 3 Strategies to Boost Confidence & Feel Good About Yourself by Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen
Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen shares 3 strategies to boost confidence and feel good about yourself. Episode 618: 3 Strategies to Boost Confidence & Feel Good…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement617: 5 Ways to Step Forward When You're Scared to Death by Marc Chernoff - Marc and Angel Hack Life
Marc Chernoff of Marc and Angel Hack Life shares how to step forward when you're scared to death. Episode 617: 5 Ways to Step Forward When You're Scared to…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement616: Monday Master Class: Apply Weakest Link Theory to Time Management by Cal Newport
Cal Newport of the Study Hacks blog shares what weakest link theory is and how it applies to time management. Episode 616: Monday Master Class: Apply Weakest…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement615: Simplify: Let Go of Your Crutches by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits
Leo Babauta of Zen Habits shares why we have crutches and how to let go of them. Episode 615: Simplify: Let Go of Your Crutches by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement614: Journeying Into a Slower Lifestyle by Krissy McNeill with No Sidebar
Krissy McNeill with No Sidebar shares a story of slowing down after stopping in a store. Episode 614: Journeying Into a Slower Lifestyle by Krissy McNeill with…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement613: Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking by Steve Pavlina
Steve Pavlina shares the best way to overcome the fear of public speaking. Episode 613: Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking by Steve Pavlina (Confidence & Self…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement612: A Helpful Guide for Decluttering Toys from Becoming Minimalist
Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares a helpful guide for decluttering toys. Episode 612: A Helpful Guide for Decluttering Toys from Becoming Minimalist…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement611: How to Overcome Social Anxiety - Part 2 by Ramit Sethi
Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich shares some simple steps to overcome social anxiety (Part 2 of 2). Episode 611: How to Overcome Social Anxiety -…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement610: How to Overcome Social Anxiety - Part 1 by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich
Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich shares some simple steps to overcome social anxiety (Part 1 of 2). Episode 610: How to Overcome Social Anxiety -…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement609: How to Deal with Pesky Thoughts in Meditation by Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen
Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen shares different ways to approach persistent thoughts in meditation. Episode 609: How to Deal with Pesky Thoughts in Meditation by…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement608: 20 Things That Will Matter a Lot Less To You in 20 Years - Part 2 by Marc Chernoff of Marc And Angel
Marc Chernoff of Marc and Angel Hack Life shares 20 things that will matter a lot less to you in 20 years (part 2 of 2). Episode 608: 20 Things That Will…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement607: 20 Things That Will Matter a Lot Less To You in 20 Years - Part 1 by Marc Chernoff of Marc and Angel Hack Life
Marc Chernoff of Marc and Angel Hack Life shares 20 things that will matter a lot less to you in 20 years (part 1 of 2). Episode 607: 20 Things That Will…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement606: Do What Works, Not What's Satisfying: Pseudo-Striving and our Fear of Reality-Based Planning by Cal Newport
Cal Newport asks why we never model our actions after those who have succeeded before us, and offers his opinion on it. Episode 606: Do What Works, Not What's…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement605: How to Find Peace Living With a Packrat by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits
Leo Babauta of Zen Habits describes different ways to deal with family, friends, and roommates who do not want to simplify or minimize their lives with you…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement604: The Key to Experiencing Happiness in Life by Brian Gardner of No Sidebar
Brian Gardner of No Sidebar shares his thoughts about people-pleasing with a different way to think about it. Episode 604: The Key to Experiencing Happiness in…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement603: Why You Should Do Less. Or Maybe Even Nothing At All by Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness
Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness shares why you should do less (or maybe even nothing at all)! Episode 603: Why You Should Do Less. Or Maybe Even Nothing At All by…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement602: End Goals vs. Means Goals by Steve Pavlina
There's a big difference between end goals and means goals--Steve Pavlina shares an explanation of both with examples. Episode 602: End Goals vs. Means Goals…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement601: If You Are Looking for Reasons to be Happy, You'll Probably Find Them by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist
Joshua Becker talks about how your perspective and attitude is everything. Episode 601: If You Are Looking for Reasons to be Happy, You'll Probably Find Them…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement600: Are You Still Chasing Happiness by Laura Tong with Good Life Zen
Laura Tong with Good Life Zen shares why tomorrow never arrives and how to change your thinking about happiness. Episode 600: Are You Still Chasing Happiness…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement599: Deciding to Live with Less by Vic Magary & The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff for 4 million readers. As featured on: ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC, TODAY…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement598: How to Maintain Motivation to Simplify Your Life by Courtney Carver of Be More With Less
Courtney Carver was stopped in her tracks with a scary MS diagnosis after decades of debt, discontent, and trying to do it all. She had to slow down…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement597: 7 Sources of Stress You Tolerate Too Often by Marc Chernoff of Marc and Angel Hack Life
Marc and Angel Chernoff are professional coaches, full-time students of life, admirers of the human spirit, and have been recognized by Forbes as having “one…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement596: The Secret to Interpersonal Happiness - Zen Habits
Leo Babauta created Zen Habits, which is about finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement595: Closing Your Interests Opens More Interesting Opportunities: The Power of Diligence in Creative a Remarkable Life by Cal Newport
Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, who specializes in the theory of distributed algorithms. He previously…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement594: The First Step Toward an Awesome Life by Brian Gardner of No Sidebar
No Sidebar was created by Brian Gardner and is all about designing a simpler life. He and the contributing authors want to help you figure out what's getting…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement593: Productivity Advice for the Weird - Part 3 by Ramit Sethi of IWT
Ramit wants to use money to say YES. He knew there was a better way to live a rich life—if we could use psychology to focus on what actually works. Not just…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement592: Productivity Advice for the Weird - Part 2 by Ramit Sethi of IWT
Ramit wants to use money to say YES. He knew there was a better way to live a rich life—if we could use psychology to focus on what actually works. Not just…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement591: Productivity Advice for the Weird - Part 1 by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich
Ramit wants to use money to say YES. He knew there was a better way to live a rich life—if we could use psychology to focus on what actually works. Not just…
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement590: Out of Time and The Arrogance of the Middle Class by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle and the Let's Know Things Podcast
Colin Wright is a professional author and international speaker who co-founded a publishing company and travels full-time, moving to a new country every four…