The Next Big Idea Club Book of the Day Newsletter
Next Big Idea, Ami Fields-Meyer, Cate Hall, Michael Kovnat, Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Steve Kamb, Panio Gianopoulos, Tom Levenson, Darby Saxbe, Ben Rhodes, Ryan HawkTransform your day in 10 minutes. Enjoy daily, bite‑sized insights from breakthrough nonfiction books—audio or text—straight from the authors. Trusted by 94K+ learners, our editors choose only the books that matter.
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$1,000 in the Wrong Bank Account Emits as Much Carbon as a Crosscountry Flight
The Big Idea: Joy is the most powerful tool for solving climate change.
Why It Matters: Climate guilt burns people out fast. Happiness sustains behavior change long after willpower fades. The choices that cut carbon most (things like what...
She Was About to Make Partner at a Top Law Firm. Then She Asked Herself One Question and Quit.
The Big Idea: The biggest obstacles to the life you want aren’t usually external. They’re the stories, blind spots, and fears you’ve never questioned. There’s transformative power in seeking out uncomfortable truths, learning to tolerate re...
After 700 Interviews With the World's Top Leaders, Ryan Hawk Found One Thing They All Share
The Big Idea: Talent doesn’t build the life you want. Showing up does. High performance comes from full commitment to what matters, repeated every day.
Why It Matters: Almost everyone knows what works. Almost no one does it consistently. T...
The Playful Way to Succeed
The Big Idea: Turning an idea into a product has never been easier. AI, robotics, and automation make building fast and cheap. Success still comes down to how you think, not what you build. Stay playful. Know your why. Test relentlessly. Ne...
Life Lessons From Successful Entrepreneurs
This Week on the Next Big Idea Podcast
What would it mean to live at the speed of play?
Podcasting is lousy with guests who peddle advice about starting businesses, building careers, and living full lives. Few of these gurus have a...
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I co-founded Nerve, Babble, and the Next Big Idea Club. I host the NBI podcast and work with a team of wonderful people to deliver you a daily offering of new ideas in audio and text formats.
Author of ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR | Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, former Senior Policy Advisor to the Vice President of the United States | amifieldsmeyer.com
searching for the hidden doors in the walls of life
Co-founder, Next Big Idea Club
Through the lens of neuroscience, Donna uncovers how life experiences impact health. Her books include Girls on the Brink and Childhood Disrupted. In The Adverse Childhood Experiences Guided Journal, she guides you on a personalized healing journey.
Bestselling author of "How To Try Again.” Fail compassionately - tread water - try again differently. Sign up for my newsletter to read the first chapter now!
Fiction writer & book editor & lover of ampersands
I profess science writing at MIT. My book A Pox on Fools arrives in May. It's a polemical history of the anti-vax movement, tracing the roots of RFK Jr.'s assault on the greatest life saver humankind has ever invented. ISTM it's my most vital work.
Professor at the University of Southern California. I study the neurobiology of parenthood & wrote the book Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How it Shapes Men's Lives.
Pod Save the World. New York Times. Author: All We Say, After the Fall, and the World As It Is. Former Obama speechwriter and deputy national security advisor. Knicks and Mets.
Podcast Host: The Learning Leader Show. NEW BOOK: The Price of Becoming
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