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Hey everyone, Chris Duffy here.

On how to be a better human, we try to offer you advice that might change the way you think about your life.

And today, I want to share another podcast with you that I think might also make you think

differently. It's actually called Rethinking, and it's Rethinking with Adam Grant. Now, if you

don't already know Adam Grant's work, he's incredible. He's an organizational psychologist who

explores the science of what makes us tick. And each week on his show, Adam talks to some of the

world's most fascinating and influential people to uncover bold

insights and surprising science that can make us all a little bit smarter. In this episode,

Adam is talking to Jared Cohen, a historian and businessman who spent years working on a book

about American presidents. Specifically, a book about how that kind of extraordinary power

affected seven very different

presidents' perceptions of meaning, purpose, and legacy.

And I like that this isn't necessarily just an episode for history buffs.

This is an episode for everyone because Jared is using history to talk through some of the

really profound everyday questions that we all have about fulfillment

and purpose and what that looks like even at the very highest levels of success. If you like

this episode, and I think you're going to, you can find more episodes of Rethinking with

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