10% Happier with Dan Harris How To Stop an Anxiety Spiral, The Best Protections Against Financial Ruin, and a Workaholic's Guide to Productivity (and Self-Care) | Andrew Ross Sorkin
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Feb 6, 2026 
Andrew Ross Sorkin, award-winning financial journalist and DealBook founder, shares life hacks from a high-stakes career. He talks about why he wrote 1929 and how FOMO shapes markets. He explains practical money protections, the “Would it help?” mantra to halt spirals, the role of Transcendental Meditation, and time-blocking productivity tips.
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Stick To Broad Index Investing
- Buy broad index funds and keep contributing consistently over decades.
- Avoid timing the market and favor simple, long-term investment discipline.
Crashes Don't Necessarily Become Depressions
- We may be in a bubble now but crashes don't have to cause depressions.
- Policy choices after a crash determine severity more than the crash itself.
FOMO Powerless Against Conflict Rules
- Andrew admits he shares the same anticipatory anxiety about market crashes as Dan.
- He credits conflict rules preventing him from buying individual stocks for protecting him from FOMO trades.
