Why You're Wasting Your Talent—And How to Fix It

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Humanity Forward Productions

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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What if your ambition could actually make the world better? Are you chasing success—or significance? This week, bestselling author Rutger Bregman discusses his new book, Moral Ambition, a provocative call to stop wasting your talent on meaningless work and start solving the world’s biggest problems. Together, they explore how redefining "success" can unlock your full potential—not just for yourself, but for the world. If you’ve ever felt stuck in work that doesn’t matter, this episode will challenge you to aim higher. Watch the episode on YouTube⁠⁠ Apply to The School for Moral Ambition | Get your copy of Moral Ambition: https://amzn.to/4maZuO3 Ask Andrew anything by sending us your text and voice memos to ⁠[email protected]⁠! ---- Follow Andrew Yang: ⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠X⁠⁠ Follow Rutger Bregman: Website | X ---- Get 50% off Factor at ⁠⁠Factor Meals⁠⁠ Get an extra 3 months free at ⁠⁠Express VPN⁠⁠ Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at ⁠⁠Helix Sleep⁠⁠ | Use code: helixpartner20 ---- Subscribe to the Andrew Yang Podcast: ⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.8	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:07.4	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:10.8	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:17.2	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.1	Now that's term time working.
0:24.5	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.8	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.0	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.8	Conditions apply.
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0:56.1	trial at Shopify.com slash setup. This week on the Andrew Yang podcast. I think the important thing
1:06.6	to emphasize though is that we are looking for a moral maximum. There are lots of movements
1:11.7	out there that are about moral minimums. You donate a little bit to charity, you do a little
1:16.9	bit of volunteers work and I'm not against that, right? The whole, I don't know, doing good
1:21.8	by doing well attitude, but I think we live in an era of human history right now where just the minimum is not enough anymore.
1:35.3	It is my distinct pleasure to welcome back to the podcast, philosopher, author of, you might know these books,
1:43.8	Utopia for Realists and Humankind,
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