Archive - Book of the Day from The Next Big Idea Club

Your Thanksgiving Table Is Missing Something

Why reviving ancient ingredients may be the key to healthier people and a healthier planet.

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How Running Can Unlock the Life You Didn’t Know You Had

Nicholas Thompson on hidden potential, aging well, and pushing past the limits we imagine.

Nov 26 •

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Nicholas Thompson

The Superstar Problem

Why adding more talent can tank performance — and how leaders can fix it.

Nov 25 •

The Neuroscience of Loneliness: Why Your Brain Needs Real Connection

Isolation stresses the body, shrinks empathy, and shortens life — and friends are biological medicine.

Nov 24 •

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Beyond the Battlefield: 6 Books That Reveal the Heart of Service

Stories of courage, clarity, leadership, and purpose from veterans who’ve lived them.

Nov 22 •

Panio Gianopoulos

Announcing Our Favorite Book of the Season

And other inspiring ideas we came across this week

Nov 21 •

The Art of Spending Money (Without Losing Your Mind)

Morgan Housel explains why real wealth isn’t about what you buy—it’s about what you appreciate.

Nov 20 •

Strong Floor, No Ceiling: A New American Dream

As the nation approaches 250, Oliver B. Libby lays out a centrist blueprint for restoring opportunity and rebuilding trust.

Nov 19 •

The Sentence That Built a Nation, According to Walter Isaacson

In The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, the famed biographer unpacks the most influential words in the Declaration of Independence.

Nov 18 •

Stop Complaining About Gen Z. Start Leading Them.

This new generation of workers is different, and you can use that to your advantage.

Nov 17 •

Don't Be Yourself. You're Better Than That.

This week, a look at why boldness is your birthright.

Nov 14 •

We Are Eating the Earth

Journalist Michael Grunwald explains how our food system is destroying the planet—and what it will take to fix it.

Nov 13 •

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Michael Grunwald

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