Warren Buffett’s “2 List” Strategy: How to Maximize Your Focus and Master Your Priorities

With well over 50 billion dollars to his name, Warren Buffett is consistently ranked among the wealthiest people in the world. Out of all the investors in the 20th century…

Smart People Should Create Things

It was 1974 and Art Fry was spending his weekend singing for the local church choir. On this particular Sunday, Fry was dealing with a relatively boring problem: he couldn’t keep his bookmarks in place.

Minimalism, Success, and the Curious Writing Habit of George R.R. Martin

In 1971, a young writer graduated with his Masters degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. He spent the first 13 years of his career writing professionally and made a living from it, but without…

How to Build a New Habit: This is Your Strategy Guide

According to researchers at Duke University, habits account for about 40 percent of our behaviors on any given day. [1]

Understanding how to build new habits (and how your current ones work) is essential for…

What I’ve Learned from 2 Years of Intermittent Fasting

Adopting a philosophy of self-experimentation can make a tremendous difference in your life.

Choosing to experiment with new ideas can help you start a successful business. Choosing to experiment with sharing…

The Myth of Creative Inspiration: Great Artists Don’t Wait for Motivation (They Do This Instead)

Franz Kafka is considered one of the most creative and influential writers of the 20th century, but he actually spent most of his time working as a lawyer for the…

Nobody Says It, But This is the Greatest Weightlifting Lesson I’ve Learned

You’ll never walk into the gym and hear someone say, “You should do something easy today.”

But after 10 years of training, I think embracing slow and easy gains is one of the…

10 Lessons Learned from Squatting 400 Pounds

Last week, I set a new personal record by squatting 405 pounds (184 kilograms).

If you’re interested, here is a short video of the lift…

The Power of Architecture: How the World Around You Shapes Your Thoughts and Actions