The Knowledge Project

Shane Parrish

Uncovering the timeless principles that drive success. Hosted by Shane Parrish (entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and author), the goal of each episode is simply to master the best of what other people have already figured out. Learn…

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Make Better Decisions by Fixing Yourself First 2026-08-18 · 47m Read →
The Mindset Behind Building a Great Little Business | Brad Jacobs 2026-08-04 · 100m Read →
John D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History 2026-07-28 · 176m Read →
Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain 2026-07-21 · 55m Read →
The Mindset That Unlocks Your Full Potential | Dr. Gio Valiante 2026-07-07 · 69m Read →
How to Repair and Nourish Your Gut | Dr. Giulia Enders 2026-06-23 · 56m Read →
Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurley 2026-06-09 · 62m Read →
You Don’t Need To Innovate To Be Successful | FarmVille Creator 2026-06-02 · 70m Read →
The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back 2026-05-19 · 140m Read →
Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions | Winston Weinberg 2026-05-12 · 64m Read →
Ai Goes Parabolic | OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman 2026-04-22 · 73m Read →
The Magic of Thinking Big | XPO CEO Mario Harik 2026-04-14 · 99m Read →
Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt 2026-03-31 · 134m Read →
Harrison McCain: The Potato Farmer who Went Big 2026-03-24 · 39m Read →
Beating the Market: Connor Teskey, CEO Brookfield Asset Management 2026-03-17 · 85m Read →
An Unlikely Empire | J.W. Marriott 2026-03-10 · 39m Read →
The Near Death Experience of RobinHood | Vlad Tenev, Co-Founder 2026-03-03 · 111m Read →
The Obsession That Built Nike | Phil Knight 2026-02-24 · 38m Read →
The $2 Trillion Mind | Nicolai Tangen 2026-02-17 · 63m Read →
Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power 2026-02-03 · 96m Read →
Ray Kroc : How McDonald’s Took Over America 2026-01-27 · 50m Read →
Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want 2026-01-20 · 118m Read →
The Multidisciplinary Approach to Thinking | Peter D. Kaufman [Outliers] 2026-01-13 · 26m Read →
How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear 2026-01-01 · 137m Read →
The Outlier Playbook: The Patterns Behind Enduring Success 2025-12-30 · 41m Read →
Pierre Poilievre on the Role of Government, Freedom, and Affordability 2025-12-27 · 57m Read →
Be Your Best in 2026: The Most Important Lessons from The Knowledge Project (2025) 2025-12-23 · 71m Read →
Bernie Marcus: The Story of Home Depot 2025-12-16 · 61m Read →
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland 2025-12-09 · 121m Read →
Mary Kay Ash: The Greatest Salesperson In History [Outliers] 2025-12-02 · 64m Read →
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy 2025-11-25 · 78m Read →
Charlie Munger: The Psychology of Human Misjudgment [Outliers] 2025-11-18 · 74m Read →
Panera Founder Ron Shaich 2025-11-11 · 104m Read →
Steve Wozniak: The Engineer Who Built Apple [Outliers] 2025-11-04 · 56m Read →
Forensic Account: The Bubble No One is Talking About | Anthony Scilipoti 2025-10-28 · 95m Read →
Jim Clayton: Turning Competitors’ Mistakes Into $1.7B [Outliers] 2025-10-21 · 65m Read →
Building Great Businesses | Tracy Britt Cool 2025-10-14 · 105m Read →
Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street [Outliers] 2025-10-07 · 47m Read →
Barry Diller: Building IAC 2025-09-30 · 60m Read →
Ed Stack: Lessons from Dick’s Sporting Goods [Outliers] 2025-09-23 · 80m Read →
How To Build A Cult | Lulu Cheng Meservey 2025-09-16 · 109m Read →
Fred Smith: The Story of FedEx [Outliers] 2025-09-09 · 52m Read →
Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (Including You) | Benedict Evans 2025-09-02 · 73m Read →
How John Bragg Built 3 Empires From a Small Town [Outliers] 2025-08-26 · 68m Read →
The Science of Lasting Love with Dr. Sue Johnson 2025-08-19 · 130m Read →
Sol Price: The Retail Legend Who Taught Sam Walton, Jim Sinegal, and Jeff Bezos [Outliers] 2025-08-12 · 58m Read →
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport 2025-08-05 · 101m Read →
Katharine Graham: The Woman Who Took Down a President [Outliers] 2025-07-29 · 58m Read →
Daniel Kahneman: Algorithms Make Better Decisions Than You 2025-07-22 · 73m Read →
Les Schwab: Why Real Ownership Outperforms Experience, Capital, and Credentials [Outliers] 2025-07-15 · 59m Read →
Harley Finkelstein: You Must Requalify for Your Role, Every Year 2025-07-08 · 108m Read →
Jimmy Pattison: Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials [Outliers] 2025-07-01 · 71m Read →
Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi: Lessons from the Top 2025-06-24 · 95m Read →
Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers] 2025-06-17 · 70m Read →
Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment 2025-06-10 · 70m Read →
Harvey Firestone: Men and Rubber [Outliers] 2025-06-03 · 83m Read →
Bill Belichick: 8x Super Bowl Champion on Winning, Leadership, and Discipline 2025-05-27 · 73m Read →
Andy Grove: Only The Paranoid Survive [Outliers] 2025-05-20 · 81m Read →
Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World 2025-05-13 · 97m Read →
The Knowledge Project Podcast: Trailer 2025-05-08 · 3m
Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers] 2025-05-06 · 44m Read →
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: Turning Ambitious Misfits into Founders 2025-04-29 · 140m Read →
Henry Singleton: The Greatest Capital Allocator in History [Outliers] 2025-04-22 · 59m Read →
Bret Taylor: A Vision for AI’s Next Frontier 2025-04-15 · 128m Read →
Pierre Poilievre: What I Want to Build (and Break) To Fix Canada 2025-04-13 · 81m Read →
Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon [Outliers] 2025-04-08 · 83m Read →
Bruce Flatt on Value, Discipline, and Durability 2025-04-01 · 79m Read →
James Dyson: Against the Odds [Outliers] 2025-03-25 · 71m Read →
Logan Ury: The Dating Myths You Need to Stop Believing 2025-03-18 · 130m Read →
Estée Lauder: A Success Story 2025-03-11 · 80m Read →
Josh Wolfe: Human Advantage in the World of AI 2025-03-04 · 119m Read →
Andrew Mellon: America’s Secret Banker [Outliers] 2025-02-25 · 77m Read →
David Heacock: Building Filterbuy 2025-02-18 · 122m Read →
Timothy Eaton: How to Build an Empire (And Why It Crumbled) [Outliers] 2025-02-11 · 40m Read →
Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince 2025-02-04 · 55m Read →
How to Win by Being Right and Contrarian: Lessons from Zappos to DoorDash 2025-01-21 · 136m Read →
Codie Sanchez: Your Blueprint to Financial Freedom 2025-01-07 · 131m Read →
Best of 2024: The Blueprint for a Transformative New Year 2024-12-24 · 95m Read →
Charlie Hoehn: Write Something People Want to Read 2024-12-10 · 105m Read →
Ryan Holiday: How to Win the War with Yourself 2024-11-26 · 104m Read →
Adam Karr: The Investing Blueprint 2024-11-12 · 72m Read →
John Mackey: Building Whole Foods 2024-10-29 · 135m Read →
Rob Fraser: The Power of Focus 2024-10-15 · 101m Read →
John Bragg: The Blueberry Billionaire 2024-10-01 · 90m Read →
Erin Wade: The Mac and Cheese Empire 2024-09-17 · 68m Read →
Matthew Dicks: The Storytelling Expert 2024-09-03 · 121m Read →
April Dunford: The Marketing Expert 2024-08-20 · 77m Read →
Brian Halligan: Building HubSpot into a Multi-Billion Dollar Company 2024-08-06 · 62m Read →
Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire 2024-07-23 · 80m Read →
#199 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire (2019) 2024-07-22 · 78m
Maya Shankar: The Toolkit to Accomplish Your Hardest Goals 2024-07-09 · 50m Read →
#197 Michaeleen Doucleff: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make 2024-06-25 · 74m Read →
Brent Beshore: Business Brilliance and Happiness at Home 2024-06-11 · 139m Read →
Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich 2024-05-28 · 101m Read →
Abigail Shrier: Why the Kids Aren’t Alright 2024-05-21 · 82m Read →
Dr. Jim Loehr: What it Takes to Win 2024-04-30 · 85m Read →
David Segal: Building a $200m Business 2024-04-16 · 74m Read →
Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Diet Essentials For Healthy Living 2024-04-02 · 94m Read →
Brad Jacobs: How To Build a Billion Dollar Company 2024-03-19 · 101m Read →
Chris Davis: Three Generations of Wealth 2024-03-05 · 164m Read →
Bryan Johnson: Five Habits for Longer Living 2024-02-20 · 86m Read →
Dr. Becky Kennedy: The One Thing You Can Say That Changes Everything 2024-02-06 · 117m Read →
Tom Gayner: Invest Like The Best 2024-01-23 · 129m Read →
Blake Eastman: Learn to Read Anyone 2024-01-09 · 102m Read →
Best of 2023: Conversations of the Year 2023-12-26 · 94m Read →
Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears 2023-12-12 · 74m Read →
Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity 2023-11-28 · 102m Read →
Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 2): Failure and Success 2023-11-14 · 54m Read →
TKP Insights: Learning and Thinking 2023-11-07 · 74m Read →
Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 1): Discipline and Resilience 2023-10-31 · 53m Read →
Jerry Colonna: The CEO Whisperer 2023-10-17 · 92m Read →
Shane Parrish: A Glimpse Into Clear Thinking 2023-10-03 · 14m Read →
Dr. Leah Lagos and Joe Mazzulla: Control Your Heart, Conquer Your Stress 2023-09-19 · 71m Read →
Shreyas Doshi: Better Teams, Better Products 2023-09-05 · 81m Read →
Rey Flemings: A Different Definition of Success 2023-08-22 · 66m Read →
Frank Slootman: Doing Less, Doing Better 2023-08-08 · 59m Read →
Dr. Julie Gurner (Part 2): Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly 2023-07-25 · 48m Read →
Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher (2017) 2023-07-11 · 124m Read →
TKP Insights: Philosophy 2023-07-04 · 67m Read →
Dr. Julie Gurner (Part 1): Caring Deeply, Challenging Directly 2023-06-27 · 58m Read →
Adam Robinson: Positioning Yourself For Success 2023-06-13 · 54m Read →
Dr. Gina Poe: The Science of Better Sleep 2023-05-30 · 68m Read →
Kevin Kelly: Excellent Advice for Living 2023-05-16 · 74m Read →
Proven Strategies to Accelerate Growth, Productivity and Profits with George Stalk, Jr. 2023-05-02 · 95m Read →
Ravi Gupta: The Realities of Success 2023-04-18 · 108m Read →
Jason Karp: Live A Healthier Life 2023-04-04 · 88m Read →
Nathan Myhrvold 2023-03-21 · 62m Read →
Jim Dethmer: The Pillars of Integrity 2023-03-07 · 117m Read →
TKP Insights: Leadership 2023-02-28 · 60m Read →
Dr. Anna Lembke: Between Pleasure and Pain 2023-02-21 · 69m Read →
Aaron Dignan: Change The Way You Work 2023-02-07 · 80m Read →
Carolyn Coughlin: Become A Better Listener 2023-01-24 · 80m Read →
Jack Kornfield: Finding Inner Calm 2023-01-10 · 101m Read →
Best of 2022: Conversations of the Year 2022-12-27 · 116m Read →
Emily Balcetis: Setting and Achieving Goals 2022-12-13 · 87m Read →
Keith Creel: Lessons from Life on the Railroad 2022-11-29 · 87m Read →
Tobi Lütke: Calm Progress 2022-11-15 · 163m Read →
Alan Mulally: The Power Of Working Together 2022-11-01 · 77m Read →
TKP Insights: Making (Even) Better Decisions 2022-10-25 · 84m Read →
Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness 2022-10-18 · 116m Read →
Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives 2022-10-04 · 55m Read →
Reid Hoffman: Better Decisions, Fewer Mistakes 2022-09-20 · 56m Read →
Barbara Tversky: Action Shapes Thought 2022-09-06 · 124m Read →
Les Snead: Building a Super Bowl Champion 2022-08-23 · 81m Read →
Gary Klein: Insights For Making Better Decisions 2022-08-09 · 90m Read →
Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings 2022-07-26 · 75m Read →
Marshall Goldsmith: The Essentials Of Leadership 2022-07-12 · 97m Read →
Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations 2022-06-28 · 141m Read →
TKP Insights: Sex and Relationships 2022-06-21 · 55m Read →
Laurie Santos: The Pursuit of Happiness 2022-06-14 · 104m Read →
Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire 2022-05-31 · 135m Read →
Justin Su'a: Peak Mental Performance 2022-05-17 · 89m Read →
David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process 2022-05-03 · 96m Read →
Sarah Jones Simmer: The Foundation of Trust 2022-04-19 · 66m Read →
Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State 2022-04-05 · 175m Read →
Andrew Huberman: The Science of Small Changes 2022-03-22 · 105m Read →
#132 Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal - The Essence of Leadership 2022-03-08 · 82m Read →
#131 Matthew Walker: The Power of Sleep 2022-02-22 · 114m Read →
#130 Diana Chapman: Trusting Your Instincts 2022-02-08 · 98m Read →
#129 Marc Andreessen: Interview with an Icon 2022-01-25 · 80m Read →
#128 Ryan Holiday: A Stoic Life 2022-01-11 · 71m Read →
#127 Best of 2021: Conversations of the Year 2021-12-21 · 110m Read →
#126 Nancy Sherman: Soldiers and Stoics 2021-12-14 · 68m Read →
#125 Paul Rabil: Confidence and Competition 2021-11-30 · 55m Read →
#124 Douglas Rushkoff: The Perils of Modern Media 2021-11-16 · 67m Read →
#123 William Irvine: How To Live a Stoic Life 2021-11-02 · 67m Read →
#122 Robert Cialdini - The Principles of Persuasion 2021-10-19 · 65m Read →
#121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity 2021-10-05 · 68m Read →
#120 Chris Bosh: Hunger and Greatness 2021-09-21 · 63m Read →
#119 Todd Simkin: Making Better Decisions 2021-09-07 · 74m Read →
#118 Doug Conant: Leadership With Integrity 2021-08-24 · 57m Read →
#117 Kat Cole: The Power of Possible 2021-08-10 · 64m Read →
#116 Jeff Immelt: Leadership In A Crisis 2021-07-27 · 52m Read →
#115 Danny Meyer: Hospitality and Humanity 2021-07-13 · 57m Read →
#114 Noreena Hertz: The Crisis of Loneliness 2021-06-29 · 43m Read →
#113 Sarah Tavel: The Value of Intellectual Rigor 2021-06-15 · 63m Read →
#112 Adam Grant: Rethinking Your Position 2021-06-01 · 64m Read →
#111 Joel Greenblatt: Investing Made Simple 2021-05-18 · 63m Read →
#110 Jim Collins: Relationships vs. Transactions 2021-05-04 · 74m Read →
#109 Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior 2021-04-20 · 63m Read →
#108 Thomas Zurbuchen: Adventures in Astrophysics 2021-04-06 · 84m Read →
#107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation 2021-03-23 · 65m Read →
#106 Josh Kaufman: Maximizing Our Locus of Control 2021-03-09 · 78m Read →
#105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery 2021-02-23 · 85m Read →
#104 Nir Eyal: Mastering Indistraction 2021-02-16 · 83m Read →
#103 Loch Kelly: Effortless Mindfulness 2021-02-09 · 79m Read →
#102 Sendhil Mullainathan: The Chaos Inside Us 2021-02-02 · 98m Read →
#101 Jane McGonigal: The Psychology of Gaming 2021-01-19 · 60m Read →
#100 Matt Mullenweg: Collaboration Is Key 2021-01-05 · 86m Read →
#99 Kris Cordle: Releasing the Ego 2020-12-22 · 49m Read →
#98 Sahil Lavingia: Observing the Present 2020-12-08 · 71m Read →
#97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking 2020-11-24 · 89m Read →
#96 Randall Stutman: The Essence of Leadership 2020-11-10 · 97m Read →
#95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical 2020-10-27 · 63m Read →
#94 Chamath Palihapitiya: Understanding Yourself 2020-10-13 · 87m Read →
#93 Matt Holland: Zero Day 2020-09-29 · 88m Read →
#92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget 2020-09-15 · 81m Read →
#91 Russ Hudson: The Pursuit of Presence 2020-09-01 · 108m Read →
#90 Apolo Ohno: Process Versus Prize 2020-08-18 · 78m Read →
#89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry 2020-08-04 · 97m Read →
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