Learning a new skill, starting to work out, or launching a new business, or any significant life-changing project is hard work. The early stages of these activities are unpleasant, even painful. This post describes a principle that can help you get over this hump. Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and currently considered to…
OK. Just hear me out. I recently watched a video where Hikaru Nakamura, American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the 2022 World Fischer Random Chess Champion made the claim that all serious chess players are addicted to the game. And this got me thinking … We normally think of addiction as…
Tyler1 is an American online streamer, professional League of Legends player, and bodybuilder. After finding fame streaming and gaming, Tyler1 decided to become good at playing chess. Then, contrary to all reasonable expectations, he went from a beginner 199 rating to a 1,960 rating on Chess.com in the space of 9 and a half months.…
If you don’t know who Alex Hormozi is, he’s an American entrepreneur who’s net worth exceeded $100M by the time he was in his early 30s. He publishes content on social media designed to help average people succeed in the personal business of their choice. In the video below, Alex shows viewers what business to…
The title of this post says it all. In the video below, Mark Manson discusses with surprising insight a struggle that some of us are having as we try to reconcile the differences between how we view ourselves and how the world seems to view us. Spoiler alert: if you can relate to the title,…
Behavioral expert and founder and CEO of Applied Behavior Research, Chase Hughes, likes to say that discipline is the gateway drug to everything else in authority over us. Once you acquire self-discipline, you can develop confidence, composure and so much more. Chase defines discipline as your ability to prioritize the needs of your future self…
I started my blog in 2025. I’m glad I did. Miles Beckler is the mentor that got me moving. You can find him on YouTube. But his full blogging tutorial is on his website below: Miles Beckler 7-Figure Side Hustle Learn how to start a blog milesbeckler.com→ Want More? A blog is just one of…
Dan Martel has a more corporate approach than the last content creator I featured on the subject of AI business ideas for 2026, Joshua Mayo. For example, Dan says that “To make money, you want to solve rich people problems” whereas Joshua focuses on selling high volume to average consumers. I’ve heard it said that…
I make no guarantees regarding any of the claims made in the video below. The content creator, Joshua Mayo himself, says that these ideas won’t make you rich quick. They are just ideas. You will still need to figure out a specific approach and a strategy to drive online traffic to your offers and that…
Chances are that if you don’t suffer from general anxiety, then you know at least one person who does. Anxiety can be distracting or it can be downright paralyzing. What can make things worse is when we don’t know what exactly we are anxious about. In the 1920s, psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik observed that waiters could…
