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This career skill will change the way you think about reading. “The information we consume matters just as much as the food we put in our body. It affects our thinking, our behavior, how we understand our place in the world. And how we understand others.” — Evan Williams, Co-Founder of Twitter and Medium Right now, somewhere out in […]
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Success in any pursuit requires a mentally tough mind. You can have all the resources, but if your mind is a mess, you will fail. I’ve become obsessed with the mind and have tried everything to stack the odds in my favor. I’ve spent four years training my brain every day to make it see […]
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There is this myth that mentors are people you have to know and see. That it is some official designation to seek out. I’ve never met Tyler Cowen, the bestselling author, economist and thinker. We’ve never spoken on the phone. Our longest email conversation might have been three sentences. Yet he has been one of […]
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One of my favorite essays I wrote this year was A Few Principles for Intellectual Freedom. In that piece, I took scenes from the life of the scientist James Lovelock to illustrate some principles for pursuing a life of intellectual freedom. In this essay, I’d like to do something similar with another inspirational character — the Czech-Canadian […]
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If you’ve ever watched a professional tennis match, you know how much stamina the sport requires. From thigh slaps to squats to light jumps, players will do just about anything to maintain their high energy and laser-focus. A crucial part of the match, however, occurs in the brief pause between games: the 90-second changeover break, […]
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Speaking to dozens of job seekers every day for the past two decades, I have noticed that a vast number of people are not terribly happy with their work. There are different degrees of unhappiness, ranging from basic disappointment to downright depression. Sometimes, they feel a new job will imbue them with the happiness they […]
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Everyone has a new habit list for you. There’s always a new habit. Three years ago it was meditation. Two years ago it was cold showers. This year it’s saunas and cryotherapy. All of these habits are fine and probably good for you, but no list of healthy habits will truly make the difference you’re […]
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All of our problems are the same. This is the 156th time I’ve written this fact (for those of you counting). Problems are forever and we can’t avoid them. You’ll wake up tomorrow and have problems for breakfast. You’ll jump on the train and read a problem in your email inbox. You’ll get to the […]
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If you’d liked to be jerked around less, provoked less, and more productive and inwardly focused, where should you start? To me, the answer is obvious: by turning to wisdom. Below is a list of 21 books that will help lead you to a better, stronger 2018. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World […]
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