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How To Keep Winning – Learning From Successful People “The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.” – Albert Einstein From this article you will learn the Unicorn Method. This is…
“Madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.” – Friedrich Nietzsche From this article you will learn how to think for yourself in a world where thinking has become the exception. Learning from the Stanford Prison Experiment & Abu Ghraib In 1971, Professor Philip Zimbardo of…
Deep work is perhaps the most important skill one can develop in terms of productivity. Cal Newport the author of the book ‘Deep Work’, defines it as “The ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task”. We are living in a world in which we are bombarded with distractions. An instant-gratification frenzy that…
Dear procrastinator One of the biggest lies you tell yourselves is that you will do something “tomorrow”, or that you will do it “later”. The worst case of them all is when you tell yourself “someday”, which pretty much translates to “fucking never”. Here is why you should eradicate these words from your vocabulary. Each…
So what separates those who become successful in life with those who achieve nothing? The answer is in the simple daily decisions we make. Leveraged over time. The answer is the Slight Edge, a concept popularised by Jeff Olson, and his book called ‘The Slight Edge’, (must read btw) Before we die, we would have…
The Feynman Technique is a method of learning that is incredibly effective for deep understanding and information retention. How many time have you learned something fast only to forget how to do it weeks later? Maybe it was the Pythagoras theorem, back in high school when you crammed for your math exam. Now when you…
Perhaps one of the most elementary and hindering mistakes we make is to assume that there is a linear relationship between events and causes in life. The reality is that linearity is not the norm. The 80/20 rule is simply the byproduct of power laws, logarithmic and exponential tendencies of many of life’s happenings. In…
Overthinking is one of the most draining mental ruts that one can find themselves in. It is draining because it feels as if you have lost control of your mind. Your mind will run rampant entertaining the same tired thoughts that you wish to extinguish. If left unchecked, overthinking can lead to unnecessary stress…
The new year is amongst us, and so are its many doomed new year resolutioners. Every year we witness the same tired story. We listen to John’s vow to join a gym and transform his body, and perhaps get ready for the Olympia stage. Samantha tells us that she will finally quit smoking weed this…
So I have been studying personal development for the past five years. After learning hundreds of different concepts I have come to the conclusion that mindfulness is the most important skill that one can learn in regards to attaining legitimate self-mastery. Before I dive into the concept of mindfulness, let us define self-mastery. Self-mastery…