This Is How To “Work Smarter Not Harder”: 3 Secrets From Research
Work smarter, not harder." Sounds good. But how do you actually do that? *crickets* Well, luckily someone finally took up the challenge of finding a clear answer... UC Berkeley professor Morten Hansen looked at 200 academic papers, interviewed 120 experts, ran a pilot study on 300 subjects, and built a framework…
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7 Surprising Books That Will Make Your Life Better
read a lot of books. I reference at least one book a week in these blog posts but I have to read a lot more than that -- usually 4 to 5 times as many -- to find the ones worth citing. So a lot of people ask me…
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This Is The Best Time To Do Anything: 4 Powerful Secrets From Research
e love to say "timing is everything" but often we sure as heck don't act like it. (Bookstores have an entire "how to" section but not a "when to" section.) As we're going to find out, timing really can be everything. And often we've got it all wrong. Luckily, bestselling…
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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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How To Increase Motivation: 4 Secrets From Research
just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall bestseller! You're too tired to do it. Or you're too wound up to do it. Or you're too intimidated to do it. Or, plain and simple, you "just don't feel like it." At times we all struggle with how to get motivated. (Hey, sometimes I don't feel like writing this stuff.)…
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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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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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