Category: Productivity
This is a simple hack. It only takes a few minutes before going to sleep at night. In the video below, Jack Canfield, American author and motivational speaker, explains the power of planning your next day the night before. For some, this might seem overwhelming. Perhaps you have a full-time job and a family and…
Lemon water, yoga, journaling, exercise, affirmations, ice bath, etc. These are some of the things that gurus recommend doing to start your day for maximum performance. But this type of routine can take so long that no actual productivity occurs before lunchtime. Rian Doris, co-founder & CEO of FlowState, the world’s leading peak performance research…
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When…
I recently discovered the expression, “novelty drain”, coined by Chase Hughes. Chase is founder and CEO of Applied Behavior Research, leading behavior expert, and author. In Hughes’ usage, a novelty drain refers to the idea that frequent, unmanaged novelty (new experiences, changes, stimuli, etc.) can deplete your attention and cognitive/psychological resources. This in turn reduces…
I’ve shared Chase Hughes’ content before. Chase is founder and CEO of Applied Behavior Research, leading behavior expert, and author. In the video below, Chase describes a psychological self-assessment exercise called a Dopamine Map. Here is a mock-up of what your dopamine map could look like. You can create this by hand on a blank…
I recall reading years ago that a trait of highly successful people is an inclindation towards having an “action bias”. In other words, they have a tendency to favor action over inaction, often to their long-term benefit. They get more reps in while less successful people overanalyze and prepare for action they never take. They…
Dan Martell actually delivers a masterclass in AI prompting in this short video. But If you’re like me, you’ll need to watch the video several times and take notes to be able to really pick up what he’s laying down. Then you’ll need the self-discipline to apply this methodology every time you use AI. Once…
This will sound like a joke yet it is probably more like a life secret hiding in plain sight. But, for most of us, adopting this habit will transform our lives completely. Think about the changes in your social life that would occur. Consider the added time and energy that you would have. Think of…
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…
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,…
