Imagine a cold evening. It’s raining outside and the streets are empty. In the warm comfort of his home, a young man puts on his running shoes, grabs his keys, and steps out the door…
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How To Tame Your Monkey Mind
I’m sure you’re familiar with the little voice inside your head. This annoying and repetitive stream of information about yourself, ruminations about the past, and worries about the future. This voice has been called “inner…
The Surprising Power of Small Habits
If you improve by 1% every day for a year, you’ll be thirty-seven times better at the end of it. If you get worse by 1% every day for a year, you’ll almost be at…
A Surprisingly Easy Way to Establish New Habits
I failed to establish a daily workout routine for over a year. Then I found an unexpected way to establish one and followed through with it. In this article, I’ll explain how I did it and how you can do it, too.
How to Overcome Your Nagging Sense of Incompleteness
We are plagued by a nagging sense of incompleteness. In this post, I will explain why that’s the case and what we can do about it.1) Uncertainty, Choices, and Paralysis In the past, it was…
How to Use Goals to Stay Motivated Over the Long Haul
Goals contribute in a very important way to stay motivated long-term. They determine what you perceive, generate positive emotions, and motivate you when you make progress. Today, we’ll look at why that’s the case and how we can use the power of goals in our daily lives.
11 Short Life Lessons from Extreme Ownership
In the book, Extreme Ownership (my summary) Jocko Willink and Leif Babin explain timeless principles for living a better life. While they mainly write about how to lead their lessons apply to life in general….
How to Use the Hidden Power of Serotonin
Imagine two people. One is confident, calm, and planning for the future. The other is worried, stressed, and impulsive. What causes these differences? One cause is serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that powerfully affects your…
Detach From Your Work
When I was reading James Clear’s Annual Review of 2014, something caught my attention. In one paragraph of his review he described how writing consistently paid off: “JamesClear.com had more than 2.4 million visitors in…