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This Is How To Be Productive: 4 Secrets From The Stoics

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Before we commence with the festivities, I just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall Street Journal bestseller! To check it out, click here.

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Everybody would like to get more of the right things done. But how does Stoicism fit into all of this?

The word “productivity” seems new and sleek and shiny. And Stoicism is old. Really old. Like older-than-grandpa-old.

I have news for you: Facebook and email may be recent but people have always wasted time. And smart people have...

This Is How To Be More Self-Aware: 5 Secrets From Research

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Before we commence with the festivities, I just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall Street Journal bestseller! To check it out, click here.

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You probably know more than a few people who are just clueless about themselves.

They make the same errors over and over but never seem to notice. They think they’re great at stuff that, frankly, they’re terrible at. But that’s not the real problem…

The real problem is you’re one of them too. Hey, so am I. Humans just aren’t terrib...

This Is How To Kill Bad Habits With Mindfulness

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Before we commence with the festivities, I just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall Street Journal bestseller! To check it out, click here.

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We all struggle with bad habits. Resisting them is hard. Changing them feels impossible.

Now there are plenty of tricks from standard psychology on how to deal with bad habits. But what if there was a way that really helped you understand yourself better? Something that wasn’t just a “lifehack”, but actually led to a fuller way of...

How To Avoid Burnout: 3 Secrets From Research

Ever wake up exhausted and just dread going to work? Do you feel like that most days? Every day?

And we’ve all seen others who have suffered the death spiral of burnout and become shambling zombies at the office. They’re not “The Walking Dead”, they’re “The Working Dead.”

Well, maybe you’re just tired. But tired isn’t burnout. Tired is tired. Get more sleep and you’re not tired anymore. So what does real burnout feel like?

From The Truth About Burnout: How Organizations Cause Personal Stress...

The “Barking Up The Wrong Tree” Book Is Now Available!

It’s finally here!

My book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong, is *now available* for purchase at:

Amazon Barnes and Noble iBooks Google Play

Yes, it’s a book. Yes, they still make those. You forgot what they are? It’s kinda like a blog post but they’re loaded with far more awesome info and they utilize a breathtaking new technology that means you never have to plug it in. (Only downside is you have to give som...