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5 Lessons from a Conversation With a World-Renowned Happiness Expert
One of the great joys of my life is that I get to spend time with some of the world's foremost experts and builders and call it work. I've recently decided that I'd li...
Weekly Question & Framework: April 5, 2024
Question: How can I bring the after into the before?Framework: The Gold Medal Fallacy
How to Avoid the Dark Side of Compounding
Compounding is a magical force for growth in your life—one Albert Einstein is rumored to have referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the World"—but it can also be your w...
Question & Framework: March 29, 2024
Question: What would you attempt if you knew you couldn’t fail?Framework: The Red Team
The 2 Pillars of Strong Relationships
The 2 pillars of strong relationships: High expectations and high support.High expectations are the belief that the other person is capable of excellence, that their p...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 22, 2024
Question: What are three examples of times you've accomplished something you didn't think was possible?Framework: Circles of Success
6 Life-Changing Insights from 6 Days in India
Last week, I went on a whirlwind event tour of India. 2,000+ attendees at 6 events in 6 days across 3 different cities.I met and spent time with hundreds of people, do...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 15, 2024
Question: If someone observed your actions for a week, what would they say your priorities are?Framework: The Power Down Ritual
How to Become a Morning Person
I'm not a morning person (at least not naturally). For most of my childhood, I'd hit snooze a million times and my mom would have to drag me out of bed to make it to s...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 8, 2024
Question: How can I build my recovery into my days?Framework: The Sinatra Test
One Powerful Lesson From A Legend
Last week, I had the opportunity to meet up for a drink with Gary Vaynerchuk, the entrepreneur, creator, and investor perhaps best known as Gary V.We were chatting abo...
Weekly Question & Framework: March 1, 2024
Question: What is the tiny first step that will move you closer to your big, scary goal?Framework: Kintsugi is a Japanese art form that involves the repair of broken p...
9 Learnings from an Entrepreneur Retreat
I just co-hosted a retreat for a small group of very successful entrepreneurs in Cabo, Mexico. The explicit goal of the retreat was to help work through a big challeng...
Weekly Question & Framework: February 23, 2024
Question: How am I creating the situation that I don’t want?Framework: The Bricklayer Mentality
How to Take the Leap of Faith
Because of the gigantic shift in my life over the last three years, I'm often asked about how to take the metaphorical leap of faith. To answer that question for anyon...
Weekly Question & Framework: February 16, 2024
Question: If you knew you would die in 10 years, what would you do today?Framework: Use the Difficulty
How to Change Your Life In 30 Days
If you've been reading my work for a while, you know that I'm a big proponent of the simple, boring basics. I don't have any e-books to sell you. I just want to see yo...
Weekly Question & Framework: February 9, 2024
Question: When was the last time you allowed yourself to celebrate good enough?Framework: The Click Test
The Most Important Fight of Your Life
"There's a guy in my head, and all he wants to do is lay in bed all day long, smoke pot, and watch old movies and cartoons. My life is a series of stratagems, to avoid...
Weekly Question & Framework: February 2, 2024
Question: What are you going to be celebrating one year from today?Framework: The Pygmalion Effect
10 Ideas That Changed Our Lives
Last Friday in London, my friend Ali Abdaal and I hosted a live event at the London School of Economics in front of a sold out crowd of 500 people. We covered 10 ideas...
Weekly Question & Framework: January 26, 2024
Question: How would the best version of myself show up in this situation?Framework: Winner's Game vs. Loser's Game
Escaping Solomon's Paradox
Humans are notoriously good at delivering sound, rational perspectives to others, but notoriously bad at delivering those same sound, rational perspectives to themselv...
Weekly Question & Framework: January 19, 2024
Question: If I repeated this action 100 times, would my life be better or worse?Framework: The Complexity Trap.
20 Powerful Paradoxes of Life
The world is not black and white. Many of life's most important truths appear contradictory on the surface. A paradox is defined as a seemingly absurd or self-contradi...
Weekly Question & Framework: January 12, 2024
Question: What lie have I repeated to myself so many times that it feels like the truth?Framework: Laundry Cycle Theory.
The Letter to Your Future Self
On January 1, 2014, I wrote a letter to my future self just before graduating. Ten years later, I opened it, and it hit me hard. Everyone should do this.My core reflec...
33 Learnings from 33 Years of Life
Today is my 33rd birthday. Every year, I try to spend some time reflecting on what I've learned along the way.In the past, this list of life learnings was just for me—...
24 Ways to Change Your Life in 2024
Most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year. Don't be one of them.Your entire life can change in one year. 2024 is ...
The Best Ideas of 2023
Welcome to the final episode of 2023. For the second year in a row, I sent out over 100 newsletters to my subscribers—two per week, every single week.The newsletter (a...