

The Human Flourishing Project
Alex Epstein
Hi, I'm Alex Epstein.
I started the Human Flourishing project to tackle the problem I care about most: human beings lack reliable access to the knowledge we need to flourish.
I started the Human Flourishing project to tackle the problem I care about most: human beings lack reliable access to the knowledge we need to flourish.
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May 18, 2019 • 17min
Episode 39: The case for achieving 80% of your potential (part 2)
Alex Epstein continues his discussion of "80%" actualization, focusing on how it creates productive momentum and increases productive enjoyment.

May 11, 2019 • 1h 2min
Episode 38: Clear thinking and human flourishing
Alex Epstein is joined by his friend and fellow Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Matthew Blasdel to discuss some interesting questions he had about clear thinking and human flourishing.

May 4, 2019 • 10min
Episode 37: Life recipes
Alex Epstein discusses his favorite new “life recipe” and how you can create your own great life recipes.

Apr 26, 2019 • 20min
Episode 36: The case for achieving 80% of your potential
Alex Epstein discusses the counterintuitive idea that you can get better results with more enjoyment by consistently striving to achieve 80% of your potential.

Apr 20, 2019 • 28min
Episode 35: The search for truly great content (part 3)
Alex Epstein shares some of the fascinating recommendations of truly great content he's gotten from listeners so far.

Apr 12, 2019 • 17min
Episode 34: The search for truly great content (part 2)
Alex Epstein shares the new and improved survey he’s created to get recommendations of “truly great content” from you, the listener, about crucial, complex, confusing issues. Everyone who fills out the survey will get access to all the recommendations.

Apr 5, 2019 • 12min
Episode 33: Cultivating appreciation
Alex Epstein discusses three recent experiences that have motivated him to cultivate the habit of appreciation.

Mar 22, 2019 • 20min
Episode 32: 2019 resolutions--progress report and lessons learned
Alex Epstein discusses how he's made rapid progress on his 2019 New Year's Resolutions through "weekly altitude time."

Mar 16, 2019 • 23min
Episode 31: How I learn from other people’s systems
Alex Epstein discusses, using last week’s interview as an example, how he learns as much as he can as quickly as possible from other people’s successful systems.

Mar 9, 2019 • 1h 45min
Episode 30: An innovative psychotherapist
Alex interviews Brent Charleton, an innovative psychotherapist and executive coach, about how he developed a system that has yielded dramatically positive results with his clients.