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TIPS, ADVICE, AND INSIGHTS
A deeper dive into many of the themes and topics covered on The Jordan Harbinger Show. These articles are designed to be comprehensive and thorough. This is decidedly a no-listicle zone.
If You’re Struggling with Abundance, Try This Instead
If there’s one principle that sums up the show, it’s this: Be generous. That’s it. Give freely, give often, and watch that investment deepen your relationships and create new opportunities. But built in to this concept of generosity is the idea that you have something to give. And not just that you have something to […]
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How to Find a Mentor (And Make the Most of the Relationship)
“Our chief want in life,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson, “is somebody who will make us do what we can.” When it comes to our careers, that person could be a friend, a colleague, or a manager. But more often than not, it’s a unique person who fulfills a crucial role in self-development: a mentor. Every […]
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What I Learned Spending the Day in a Maximum-Security Prison
A few weeks back, I helped teach a professional-development workshop for incarcerated men at a maximum-security prison in California. Needless to say, it was a pretty intense experience. I worked with people determined to turn their lives around, but unsure if they could ever escape their pasts. I talked to people haunted by their decisions, […]
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10 Important Lessons I’ve Learned Interviewing 1,000 Successful People
I’ve spent the last 15 years interviewing nearly 1,000 top performers — from artists to athletes, authors to entrepreneurs, intelligence operatives to academics — about the mindsets, techniques, and experiences that have driven their success. I’ve talked to legendary author Robert Greene about envy and emotional baggage, learned about suffering and hustle from singer-songwriter Mike […]
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How to Talk about Yourself (And Not Sound like an A-hole)
Brianna was frustrated. After six impressive years in PR, and having interviewed with half a dozen marketing agencies, she still had no job offers. She prepared diligently, presented herself well, understood her industry, and knew where she wanted to go. She was confident, experienced, and genuinely passionate about her work. But whenever Brianna shared that […]
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The Right Way to Listen (And How It Changes Everything)
“Attention,” said Simone Weil, “is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” But what makes that form of generosity so rare? Why has listening — which seems so simple and necessary — become such a valuable commodity? The answer is that as natural as listening is, it’s actually quite difficult. It requires tremendous discipline to […]
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How to Keep Going When Your Purpose Makes You Miserable
Since this article was published, we’ve discussed its finer points on The Jordan Harbinger Show. (There’s even a video and worksheet!) Check it out here: TJHS 205: Deep Dive | What to Do When Your Purpose Starts to Suck. We’re all here to find our purpose. Whether it’s a job that fulfills us, a calling that […]
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How to Stop Blaming Other People When Things Go Wrong
Since this article was published, we’ve discussed its finer points on The Jordan Harbinger Show. (There’s even a video and worksheet!) Check it out here: TJHS 181: Deep Dive | How to Stop Blaming Other People Of all the behaviors that lead to dysfunction, the impulse to blame is probably near the top of the […]
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How to Form a Strong Opinion
I was talking to Dr. Drew recently — this was after our great interview together — when he mentioned a college orientation talk he gave that got interesting. During the Q&A, he told me, a number of students began to challenge the facts he presented in his talk — psychology stats, mental health research, stuff […]
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