Stressed, stuck, and overthinking? The science of moving forward w/ Ranjay Gulati | 10% Happier
How to Be a Better Human
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4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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In today’s special featured episode of 10% Happier with Dan Harris, hear from Ranjay Gulati, a Harvard professor and author whose pioneering work focuses on unlocking organizational and individual potential—embracing courage, nurturing purpose-driven leaders, driving growth, and transforming businesses. Find out how you can decipher courage and recklessness, build moral anchors for your decision-making, and take action when you’re feeling stuck.
10% Happier with Dan Harris is a show about how to do life better, hosted by a former ABC News anchor turned bestselling author. Drawing on a mix of ancient Buddhism and modern science, this podcast covers self-compassion, relationships , productivity, and more. Find out how happiness is not an unalterable factory setting; it’s a skill. You can find more episodes of 10% Happier with Dan Harris wherever you get your podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, how to be a better human listeners. Today, instead of a new episode of our show, we have something special for you. |
| 0:05.3 | This is an episode of 10% Happier with Dan Harris. I'm a big fan of Dan Harris's work. I loved his book. I love the podcast 10% happier. |
| 0:13.9 | And in today's episode, Dan is in conversation with Ranja Gulati, a Harvard professor and author whose pioneering work on |
| 0:21.6 | courage has changed the way that a lot of people think about their lives. In this episode, |
| 0:25.9 | you'll hear nine evidence-based tools that can help you act decisively when fear and uncertainty |
| 0:31.1 | are keeping you in a holding pattern. Everything from the difference between courage and |
| 0:35.6 | recklessness to how to accept your fears without being |
| 0:38.1 | controlled by them. Tools for remaining calm when the situation is not in the importance of |
| 0:42.2 | asking for support. Very practical and also very, very important and challenging to do. |
| 0:47.3 | So this episode is a great one. I really hope that you enjoy it. And we will be back next week |
| 0:51.9 | with more episodes of how to be a better human. But until then, enjoy 10% happier. Here you go. |
| 0:58.4 | This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello, everybody. How we doing? |
| 1:19.0 | Okay, so we've all been there, those moments of uncertainty and fear where we freeze, we feel paralyzed, we overanalyze, we overthink, and then as a |
| 1:29.5 | consequence, we fail to take action in ways that can later produce a lot of shame and regret. |
| 1:36.3 | I suspect this situation I'm describing right here is increasingly common right now when |
| 1:41.6 | anxiety and uncertainty are through the roof. We're dealing with so many |
| 1:45.5 | X factors in the world right now. AI, war, political polarization, I could go on. So in this context, |
| 1:54.0 | in a world that is more uncertain perhaps than ever, that leaks into our daily lives in all sorts |
| 2:00.6 | of conscious and subconscious ways. |
| 2:03.0 | In this context, how do you give yourself the resources to get out of paralysis and into |
| 2:09.5 | action? In other words, how do you develop, and I'm going to use a loaded word here, |
| 2:15.0 | courage. You may be tempted to think of courage as an inalterable factory setting, but my guest today |
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