Computer Science Reveals 4 Secrets That Will Make You Happy
ere do you go for most of your answers these days? Google. And it's no surprise that Google's a company full of engineers. Engineers solve problems. That's what they do. And computer software engineers have developed methods -- algorithms -- to solve some of the most insanely complex problems out there. So what if we turned that cold, clinical science toward the warmest and most human of problems? Turns out you can get some amazing solutions. No, you don't need to understand calculus…
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How To Make The World A Better Place: 4 Secrets Backed by Research
ny people aren’t happy with the way things are going right now. You want to make the world a better place -- but you don’t have superpowers (I think that’s a safe assumption) and you don’t get to vote all that often. Actually, it's worse than that. It turns out many of the philanthropic things we can do don't work all that well. And the way we go about engaging in them is fraught with problems too -- like cognitive biases. And then…
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Here Are The Exclusive Bonuses For The “Barking Up The Wrong Tree” Book
right, time to make the "official" announcement... My book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong, will be available May 16th on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iBooks. (Yes, there's an audiobook version, read by a guy who speaks far more intelligibly than I do.) This thing took more than 2 years of my life and 20 cc's of my soul to complete. It contains the answers I wish I'd had many years ago about…
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The “Barking Up The Wrong Tree” Book Is Coming Out. And I Need Your Help.
's almost here. My book, Barking Up The Wrong Tree, is coming out on May 16th. But that's not why I'm writing... This is not the "official" announcement. That will be soon and there will be some exclusive supercool bonuses if you're lovely enough to preorder the book. I'm writing to you today because I need your help... Since I was a teenager, I always wanted clear answers on what it took to have an awesome life. But I didn't get them.…
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This Is How To Stop Checking Your Phone: 5 Secrets From Research
ow long do you think the average work email goes unread? 10 minutes? 5 minutes? 1 minute? Try 6 seconds. From Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked: In reality, 70 percent of office emails are read within six seconds of arriving. Yes, Houston, we have…
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10 Things The Most Successful People Do Every Day
at habits, tactics and routines do the most successful people use to achieve their earth-shaking accomplishments? One guy wanted to know. So he talked to over 200 world-class achievers to learn from them. Now I happen to enjoy interviewing experts to get insights -- but if somebody wants to do all the heavy lifting for me, well, I'm not gonna say no. So I figured I should give that guy a call... Tim Ferriss is the bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. His new…
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This Is How To Improve Your Writing: 7 Easy Expert Secrets
metimes you don't know what you want to say. Other times you don't know the right way to say it. And very often you can't get your butt in the chair to write anything at all. Whether it's reports and presentations for the office, that great novel you'd love to write, or the movie you can see in your head that hasn't made its way to the page yet, you could definitely use some tips on how to improve your writing. Well, let's…
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This Is The Best Way To Motivate Yourself To Exercise: 4 Proven Secrets
rkout motivation. You don't have any. You know exercise is good... and you still don’t do it. You're not alone. We all want a magic pill that makes us smarter, happier, and better looking. Good news is the magic pill is here. Bad news is it's exercise. Time to dump a bucket of solve on this problem and make you awesome. And we'll do it by listening to your favorite music, hanging out with friends and taking lessons from Seinfeld. Sound good?…
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