3 Things Psychopaths Can Teach You About Being A Happier Person
u're a good person. Or at least you're trying to be. Me too. But that doesn't mean we can't learn a thing or two from the bad guys. And I mean the really bad guys -- psychopaths. So let's give the devil his due. And that's why I gave Kevin a call. Dr. Kevin Dutton is a researcher at Oxford and author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success. You might be wondering what…
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A Special Forces Officer Teaches You 5 Secrets To Overcoming Adversity
fe can be really difficult sometimes. We all deal with it. But how do top performers overcome challenges? And what can we learn from them? I figured I'd call an expert. Who knows about overcoming adversity? Special Forces. So I called Mike Kenny. Mike's a Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel with 22 years of service under his belt. For most of his career he was an 18 Alpha (Special Forces Officer) and is currently the Special Operations Forces liaison to the School of Advanced Military Studies. Most…
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How The Most Powerful People Get Things Done: 4 Tips From A White House Staffer
all have big decisions to make and deadlines to meet. And sometimes it can feel overwhelming. This got me wondering: how do the most powerful people get things done? When lives are on the line, literally trillions of dollars are at stake and the world is watching... how do people handle those situations? There have to be things we can learn from them. So I called my friend James Waters. James was Deputy Director of Scheduling at the White…
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The Morning Routine Experts Recommend For Peak Productivity
at's the best way to start your day so that you really get things done? Laura Vanderkam studied the schedules of high-achievers. What did she find? Almost all have a morning routine. I've interviewed a ton of top experts about their productivity secrets: Tim Ferriss, Cal Newport, Dan Ariely, Charles Duhigg, and others. But you're busy. You don't have time to read all that stuff. You need a plan. So many readers have written to me saying what my friend Jason always does:…
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How To Find Happiness In Today’s Hectic World
ying to find happiness in a world so busy and complicated can seem impossible. What's weird is that in so many ways our lives are objectively better than our grandparents' lives were. We have more... yet we often feel worse. Don't you wonder if life was happier when it was simpler? I do. Who has the explanation for this? And more importantly, who has answers on how to fix it? I don't. But I know someone who does. So I gave Barry Schwartz a call. He's…
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7 Secrets Top Athletes Can Teach You About Being The Best At Anything
'd all like to be better at what is most important to us. Top athletes know the secrets to constant improvement but most of us don't hang out with gold medalists or top coaches and we're not familiar with the sports research. So I called a guy who is. David Epstein is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance. It's an excellent read whether you're a sports fan or not…
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A Navy SEAL Explains 8 Secrets To Grit And Resilience
metimes you just want to quit. You know you shouldn't but nothing seems better than crawling back into bed and hiding under the covers. (I am there right now, actually, with my laptop.) The emerging science of grit and resilience is teaching us a lot about why some people redouble their efforts when the rest of us are heading for the door. Research is great, but it's always nice to talk to someone who's been there firsthand, and to see how…
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How To Be Motivated: 4 New Insights From Research
metimes there is not enough coffee in universe to get you going. How to be motivated is something we all struggle with at some time or another. Or, um, daily. Motivation is such a mystery. It's a feeling and we understand it so poorly it feels impossible to do anything about it. Is there anyone who can unravel the science of how motivation works and tell us what to do? Yes. Dan Pink wrote the book on motivation. Literally. He's…
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