7 Secrets That Will Make You Build Good Habits
just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall bestseller! Building good habits can be hard. Real hard. Nearly half of dieters give up within a week. From Stick with It: Forty percent of dieters quit within one week and more than 50 percent end up weighing more than they did before they started their diets. So what really helps? Does…
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This Is How To Have A Great Vacation: 6 Secrets Backed By Research
just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall bestseller! You'd like to be on vacation right now, wouldn't you? You've probably heard that spending money on experiences like travel makes you happier than just buying material things. Well, that's true: Asked which of the two purchases made them happier, fully 57% of respondents reported that they had derived greater happiness from their…
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This Is How To Be Productive: 4 Secrets From The Stoics
just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall bestseller! Everybody would like to get more of the right things done. But how does Stoicism fit into all of this? The word "productivity" seems new and sleek and shiny. And Stoicism is old. Really old. Like older-than-grandpa-old. I have news for you: Facebook and email may be recent but people have…
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This Is How To Be More Self-Aware: 5 Secrets From Research
just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall bestseller! You probably know more than a few people who are just clueless about themselves. They make the same errors over and over but never seem to notice. They think they're great at stuff that, frankly, they're terrible at. But that's not the real problem... The real problem is you're one…
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This Is How To Kill Bad Habits With Mindfulness
just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall bestseller! We all struggle with bad habits. Resisting them is hard. Changing them feels impossible. Now there are plenty of tricks from standard psychology on how to deal with bad habits. But what if there was a way that really helped you understand yourself better? Something that wasn't just a "lifehack", but actually led…
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How To Avoid Burnout: 3 Secrets From Research
er wake up exhausted and just dread going to work? Do you feel like that most days? Every day? And we've all seen others who have suffered the death spiral of burnout and become shambling zombies at the office. They're not "The Walking Dead", they're "The Working Dead." Well, maybe you're just tired. But tired isn't burnout. Tired is tired. Get more sleep and you're not tired anymore. So what does real burnout feel like? From The Truth About Burnout: How Organizations…
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This Is The Best Morning Ritual: 3 Secrets From Research
st a quick reminder: my first book will be coming out on the 16th and if you preorder before Tuesday, you get awesome bonuses. For more info, click here. A morning ritual sure sounds nice (if it didn't, you wouldn't be reading this) but what's the point of one? What's it even supposed to accomplish? No, you don't have to eat kale or mechanistically begin planning your day according to some odd formula. You're…
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This Is How To Make Life Magical – Scientifically: 5 Secrets Backed By Research
was hesitant to write this. I'm the guy who talks about using evidence-backed stuff -- scientific research -- to get real results. But now I'm going to talk about magic... No, this isn't Hogwarts and I haven't totally lost it. Science gives us clear answers to deal with challenges. Problem is, well, us. We're just not very scientific creatures. Our brains are wired all funny and we're often not terribly rational. As writer Matthew Hutson points out, we often see meaning where there isn't…
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