How do you get rid of bad habits? You increase the friction to do them. That means if you don't want to look at your phone when you sit down to read, put it in the other room. If you want it, …
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What stops you from launching the idea?
While I could list a bunch of options here, there really is only one obstacle: Fear. Fear is what holds us back. Fear is what pushes us to open Facebook instead of working on our project. Fear is …
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The personal trainer thinks group classes are dumb
Of course he does. If he thought group classes were great, he would teach them. He wouldn't be working one on one with clients. True, false or otherwise, our narratives match our incentives. …
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Attention Hardware Store Owners
As I drove down the highway, I saw this sign high in the sky. "Attention hardware store owners." I'm certainly not one of those, so I didn't read on. But then I thought, why did they make that …
Why holding grudges is a waste of time
“Holding a grudge is a symptom of not knowing how you want to spend the gift of today."Mike Maples Jr. I've never felt like holding a grudge was a productive behavior, but it wasn't until I heard …
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High status fields
Like Paul Graham writes about in his blog post Cities and Ambitions, places send you a message. Thus, the most ambitious, high achieving people are drawn to certain fields. In New York, it's finance. …