Tiny habits and mental shortcuts to help you
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Past Issues
Top Posts
•The Most Important 10 Minutes of Your Day
•De-Overcomplicate Your Decisions
•The Price of a Strong Character
•Master the Basics
•Govern Yourself
•30 Blocks a Day
•How to Resolve Conflict
2025
•Mar 30: Problem Creep
•Mar 23: Pseudo-Work
•Mar 9: The Parable of the Mexican Fisherman
•Mar 2: Chase Excitement, Not Happiness
•Feb 16: How to 10x Your Productivity
•Feb 9: Why You Can't Stick With Things
•Feb 2: The Aspiring Samurai
•Jan 19: Start From Zero
•Jan 12: You Don't Blame Gas for Being Flammable
•Jan 5: 25 Lifehacks for 2025
2024
•Dec 29: How to Attack 2025
•Dec 22: The Annual Review & Planning Guide 2025
•Dec 8: The Most Important 10 Minutes of Your Day
•Dec 1: Life's Losers
•Nov 24: The World Only Cares About What It Can Get From You
•Nov 17: How to Be More Charismatic (or patient, or friendly, or...)
•Nov 10: Do Less, Better
•Nov 3: Do You Have a Problem Now?
•Oct 27: You are the Constraint
•Oct 20: Quarterbacks Envy Nobody
•Oct 13: De-Overcomplicate Your Decisions
•Oct 6: How Good Do You Want to Be?
•Sep 29: The Price of a Strong Character
•Sep 22: The Tools That Feel Light in Your Hands
•Sep 15: Nail the Basics
•Sep 8: Remove the Suck
•Sep 1: Chutes and Ladders
•Aug 25: How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything
•Aug 18: Govern Yourself
•Aug 11: When do you feel finished?
•Aug 4: How to Manufacture Motivation
•Jul 21: How to "Become" The Person You Want to Be
•Jul 14: Healing "Cuts" to 101%
•Jul 7: The Bannister Effect
•Jun 30: You Have Less Competition Than You Think
•Jun 23: It's Time to Escape the Zoo
•Jun 9: Just Notice
•May 26: 30 Blocks a Day
•May 19: Pick Games You Can Win
•May 12: How to Resolve Conflict
•May 5: find THE Reason, not reasons
•Apr 28: You Get What You Prioritize
•Apr 21: Everything Has a Cost
•Apr 14: Pushing vs Pulling
•Apr 7: Everything Counts
•Mar 31: Elective Anxiety
•Mar 24: Can vs Will
•Mar 17: Chop Wood, Carry Water
•Mar 10: The Grass Isn't Greener
•Mar 3: How to Get What You Want in Life
•Feb 25: how to beat (lowercase-f) fear
•Feb 18: How to Become a More Interesting Person
•Feb 11: Never Wish for Less Time
•Feb 4: How to Set Up Your iPhone - So It Doesn't Ruin Your Life
•Jan 28: Put Your Phone Away
•Jan 21: The Illusion of Choice
•Jan 14: The Conditions for Greatness
•Jan 7: The 2 Best "Force Multipliers" to Conquer Busyness
2023
•Dec 31: The Annual Review & Planning Guide 2024
•Dec 24: The Best Inheritance
•Dec 17: Status vs Independence
•Dec 3: How Much Money People Need to Be Happy, Wisdom Acquisition, and Table Selection
•Nov 19: The Parable of the Beggar
•Nov 12: 4 Things I Learned from Spending 46 Hours Alone
•Nov 5: The Christmas Tree Effect, WeCrashed, and The Cause of the Mass Tech Layoffs
•Oct 29: Mental Time Travel, Income and Net Worth Levels, and The Greatest Risk in Life
•Oct 22: How to Overcome Sadness and Anxiety, Overchoice, and Jealousy vs Envy
•Oct 15: How to Live an Asymmetric Life, "FULL BENEFIT", and the Testocalypse
•Oct 8: How to Live an Asymmetric Life
•Oct 1: What This World Lacks, Jamaica's Flag, and "When-Then" Thinking
•Sep 24: The Man Who Outperformed the FBI with Google, iPhone 15s, and What Nobody Tells You
•Sep 17: The 3-3-3 Method, A Simple Cure for Migraines, and The Boring Work
•Sep 10: Real Work vs Fake Work, Costco Hot Dogs, and Why You're Probably a NPC
•Sep 3: The Best Version of Yourself, The Gaming Industry, and Warren Buffett's '20-Slot' Rule
•Sep 1: Chutes and Ladders
•Aug 27: Pyrrhic Victories, Population Problems, and How To Be Successful
•Aug 20: Think Different: Obesity, Having a Vision, and Closing "Open Loops"
•Aug 11: Hard Choices, Rocking Horses, and Taking Your Own Advice
•Jul 16: The Unlived Life (Part 2 of 2)
•Jul 9: The Unlived Life (Part 1 of 2)
•Jun 25: 13 "Dad-isms" for Father's Day
•Jun 4: Quiet Courage
•May 21: Hunt Antelope, Not Field Mice
•May 14: 4 Habits to "Win the Morning"
•May 7: How Warren Buffett Measures Success
•Apr 30: How to Age in Reverse
•Apr 23: Why I'm Anti-Productivity (and you should be, too)
•Apr 16: #035: Things That Compound
•Apr 9: #034: "Nothing Runs on Life Support"
•Apr 2: #033: Quarterly Review - Q1 2023
•Mar 26: #032: The Right Way to Use Your Brain
•Mar 19: #031: What if You're Already on Top of Things?
•Mar 12: #030: The Potency of Information
•Mar 5: #029: The American Trap
•Feb 26: #028: A Simple Guide to Nutrition
•Feb 19: #027: How to Live a Life of Action
•Feb 12: #026: The Things That Don't Wear Off
•Feb 5: #025: The 7 Deadly Lies (You're Telling Yourself)
•Jan 29: #024: The First 20 Hours
•Jan 22: #023: The 20 Mile March
•Jan 15: #022: Should You Quit Your Job?
•Jan 8: #021: Become Happier by Doing Less of What You Hate
•Jan 1: #020: The Ultimate Annual Review & Planning Guide
2022
•Dec 18: #019: Why You Can't Focus
•Dec 11: #018: The Ultimate Productivity Hack
•Dec 4: #017: The Right Amount of Discomfort
•Nov 27: ⚡️ IPOC #016: Seek Discomfort
•Nov 20: ⚡️ IPOC #015: How We Spend Our Time
•Nov 13: ⚡️ IPOC #014: Why Time is NOT the Most Valuable Resource
•Nov 6: ⚡️ IPOC #013: Your Dream Average Day
•Oct 30: ⚡️ IPOC #012: You, Me, Risk & Opportunity
•Oct 23: ⚡️ IPOC #011: Redefining Risk
•Oct 16: ⚡️ IPOC #010: Aspirations → Goals → Actions
•Oct 9: ⚡️ IPOC #009: Systems > Goals
•Oct 2: ⚡️ IPOC #008: Goals, Daily Actions, & Tucson, AZ
•Sep 25: ⚡️ IPOC #007: How Not to Be Stupid
•Sep 18: ⚡️ IPOC #006: How to Improve Your Life, Overnight
•Sep 11: ⚡️ IPOC #005: Work Like a Lion
•Sep 4: ⚡️ IPOC #004: How to Make More Money
•Aug 28: ⚡️ IPOC #003: How to Get Lucky
•Aug 21: ⚡️ IPOC #002: Control the Controllables
•Aug 14: ⚡️ IPOC #001: 4 Ways to Simplify Your Decision Making