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Alex Hutchinson's new book explores the topic of exploring and encourages people to find spaces in t...
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Fitness Watch
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A podcast participant described the funny case of a zone 2 runner whose watch was beeping at him whi...
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The speaker references Chapter 5 of their book, which delves into the explore/exploit dilemma. Liste...
Endure by Michael Easter
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This title explores strategies for overcoming adversity and developing mental toughness. The book gi...
IKEA Furniture
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This Swedish-designed, ready-to-assemble furniture requires some effort to put together. Assembling ...
DNA Analysis
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The speaker did a DNA analysis that returned that the speaker has a variant of the DRD4 dopamine rec...
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
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The speaker mentions Anna Lembke's book "Dopamine Nation", which discusses the addictive elements of...
Explorers Book
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The speaker discusses his latest book about the psychology and genetics of exploration and the drive...
Endure
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The speaker mentions writing a book about the science of endurance in 2018, which did well and led t...