How to Resist the Attention Economy — with Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

Victor Frankl

Victor Frankl's man searched for meaning, you know, also another Holocaust survivor, the one choice you always have is how to react to your circumsta…

Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

Best-selling authors of designing your life, and most recently, how to live a meaningful life.

Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

Best-selling authors of designing your life, and most recently, how to live a meaningful life.

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In the first of a two-part special Office Hours series, Scott Galloway is joined by Stanford educators and bestselling authors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans to help listeners fight the attention economy, build better habits, and live more intentionally. Want to be featured in a future episode? Send a voice recording to [email protected], or drop your question in the r/ScottGalloway subreddit.

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Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

Best-selling authors of designing your life, and most recently, how to live a meaningful life.

Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

Best-selling authors of designing your life, and most recently, how to live a meaningful life.

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Maslow told you in 1943 you should do by being self-actualized.

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