Master the Basics Before Chasing Shiny Shortcuts
For elite performers, it makes some sense to chase the shiny objects, the minutia that may not actually help. For the masses, it doesn't. Elites have already tapped out the stuff that makes 99% of the difference. The masses haven't. They often shortcut the basics for the final 1%. Start with nailing the basics. Don’t skip steps. Too often you treat the cherry on top like it’s the whole cake.
Aging Happens Asynchronously: Different Systems Peak at Different Ages
Instead of "healthspan," we should be thinking about "Peakspan." How long can you maintain ~90% of your peak physical or cognitive function? According to a new paper, different systems reach their “Peakspan” at very different times. Fluid cognitive abilities like processing speed...
Three Daily Work Habits That Drive Consistent Progress
3 simple "Work Habits" that help me make progress every single day: 1. Did I work for 90 minutes in the morning without any distractions? 2. Did I define one single "A+" task and knock it out? 3. Did I block 30...
We Overestimate Bad Events; Recovery Happens Faster
Have you ever dreaded something, only to find out it wasn't nearly as bad as you expected? Dan Gilbert and colleagues found that we consistently overestimate how terrible we'll feel after bad events. A breakup, a job loss, even a serious...
Adopt a Collect, Organ
Notes. Screenshots. Slack messages. Voice memos. Random ideas at 11:47PM. You’re collecting nonstop. But without a daily organise habit, chaos wins. COD closes the loop. Collect. Organise. Do. Simple framework. Massive mental relief. https://t.co/edEGsruY96 https://t.co/jfmGGIFCdT
Transform Your Life by Rewiring Limiting Beliefs
If you can change your mind, you can change your life. Nir Eyal spent 5+ years studying the neuroscience of beliefs and how to turn limiting beliefs into liberating beliefs. Here are 10 key lessons from @nireyal's new book "Beyond Belief": https://t.co/uMe2tBIn6q
Turn Ego Into Your Moral Compass, Not Enemy
"Leave your ego at the door." I've heard this a thousand times in high-performing environments. I believe you can't separate from your ego. The work isn't to destroy it. It's to befriend it and make it the axis on which your...
Luck's Role: Balance Acknowledgment and Personal Agency
Successful people don’t want to admit how much of it was luck. People who aren’t where they want to be in life overemphasize luck. It’s easier to blame the universe than take responsibility or agency. Both are right, and wrong. And you can...
Inner Growth Reveals Itself Subtly, Proving Your Effort Works
Benefits of inner growth don't click on like a light switch. They fade in. One day, you'll notice you're moving differently in a familiar scene, and it will hit you that your work really is working.
Detach Identity From Your Work to Avoid Self‑failure
Separate your identity from what you do When you tie your identity too closely to what you do, anytime you fail at that thing, you will take it as a failure of your true self. It won’t be that I failed...
True Productivity: Intentional Habits, Not Endless Busyness
What real productivity looks like: - Plan your day night before - Start before you're ready - Do the hardest task first - Improve 1 thing daily - Finish what you start - Rest with intention - Protect mornings - Work in silence - Review output - Track results Stop chasing...
Consistent Reliability Beats Occasional Brilliance
Send this to someone who just keeps showing up! Consistently reliable > occasionally extraordinary #growth #mindset #energy
Discipline Is a Skill, Not an Inborn Trait
The problem with most advice about discipline. It treats discipline like a personality trait. Something you either have or you don't. It's a skill. You develop it through practice, just as you develop anything else.
Break Free From Fear, Embrace Optimism and Light
Calling out “fear” this Wednesday morning ☀️ it’s insane to me how much people weaponize rhis human trait for their own good and how many people’s nervous systems are conditioned to find it and see it out and allow it...
19 Hard‑Earn
19 inconvenient truths I keep stapled to my desk (I wish I had learned these sooner in my 20s):
Talk Less, Execute More: Let Results Speak
Nobody tells you this: There's an inverse relationship between talk and execution. The people who constantly talk about their plans rarely execute them. Learn to work without validation. Stop telling people what you're going to do. Just go do it....
Break the Revenge Spiral with Practical Mental Strategies
Will you try to use these strategies the next time your mind spirals down a revenge fantasy rabbit hole?
AI Helps You Say No and Protect Your Calendar
Your calendar isn’t the problem. Your inability to say no is. But AI can make saying no a lot easier. https://t.co/NSN09jpDaQ
Life Discipline Drives Trading Success
You Must Have Discipline In Life to be a Trader: In my experience, you won’t be disciplined in trading until you master discipline in your life as a whole. It's not a switch you flip just when the charts are...
Robotic Arm Lets Amputee Violinist Play Again
𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. Manami Ito, a violinist and nurse, lost her arm years ago. Instead of leaving music behind, she learned to play again using a 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗿𝗺. She turned a difficult moment...
You Can Choose to Be Wonderful Right Now
No matter what you did yesterday, in this moment you can be a wonderful human being if you want to. Existence has given you this Freedom. #SadhguruQuotes https://t.co/Gp3uwOi7CU
Live with Integrity and Generosity; Success Follows
Work smart. Work hard. Be generous and genuine. Tell the truth. Help others. Add value. Maintain good character and integrity in all circumstances. Give more than you take. Have faith. Trust the process. Do these things and joy, success and blessings...
AI Streamlines Calendar Triage in 30 Minutes
I’ve written about calendar triage in two books. I’ve taught it to thousands of people. Last week, I opened my calendar and felt sick. I’d done it to myself again. This time, I tried something different. I asked AI to help. Here’s the...
Greatness Redefined: Insights From Top Minds
For over a decade I've asked the most successful minds on the planet one single question. "What is your definition of greatness?" Here are some of my favorite definitions from my guests on The School of Greatness. Let me know which one...
Happiness Thrives when You Stop Comparing Yourself
The happiest people I look up to spend absolutely zero time comparing themselves to others.
Handwritten Lists Unlock Focus and Real Progress
Some of the most productive people in the world still rely on a surprisingly simple tool: a notebook and a pen. ✍️📓 Writing things down by hand activates a different part of the brain. It slows your thinking just enough to...
Align Tasks with Your Energy for Peak Productivity
Energy management is part of productivity. Match your task intensity to current mental state. Stop fighting your own biology.
Belief, Not Motivation, Drives Goal Completion
"Beyond Belief" author @neyal99 returns to break down why belief — not motivation — is the missing piece behind every goal you've abandoned too early. Notes https://jordanharbinger.com/1295 Apple https://buff.ly/5ou7wQN Spotify https://buff.ly/ZwthS7l Overcast https://buff.ly/vk1cBpl
Stoic Courage: Speak Up Even When Uncomfortable
It might feel like a waste of time, but staying silent isn’t what you should do. The Stoics believed in courage. In justice. In saying, what needs to be said, even when it’s uncomfortable. That’s why I appreciated hearing @wrightthompsonbooks...
Cross‑disciplinary, Inverted, and Creative Thinking Unlock Hidden Opportunities
How to see opportunities others miss: 1) Study a totally different field, then return to the original problem. Apply insights from other domains. 2) Invert the problem. Try to achieve the opposite. 3) Find ways to engage with hyper-creative people. Their thinking will...
Growth Thrives When Visionaries Gather at San Diego ULTRA
This is what growth looks like. Great people. Big ideas. Real breakthroughs. San Diego ULTRA last weekend was unforgettable. There’s just something so powerful about getting in the room with people who are committed to growing and pushing each other higher. If you...
Hard Work Beats Doubt: Georgia Tech Graduate’s Motto
🎥 Just shared on YouTube 👉 Undeterred by doubts on orientation day, Georgia Tech's first-in-class graduate adopted a powerful motto: 'I may not be smarter, but I can work harder.' Thi... #GeorgiaTech #OvercomingObstacles #Inspiration #Motivation #Success https://t.co/LGCSKauTwJ
Walk 20k Steps, Transform Health and Creative Work
I used to walk under 4,000 steps per day—and I was miserable. I thought everything had to be done at my desk. Now I take 20,000 steps a day—and it's the *single* best thing I've done for my health & creativity. Here are...
Start with Boring Tasks; AI Unlocks Hidden Possibilities
↓ Every interesting thing my AI chief of staff does started with a boring problem I already had. It started with the boring stuff: 1// Planning my week 2// Drafting emails I'd been avoiding 3// Proofreading proposals before I hit send 4// Brainstorming names when...
Explore Your Seven Identity Layers with Amelie Rorty
How are you tending to each of your 7 layers of identity? Philosopher Amelie Rorty on what makes a person, in literature and life: https://t.co/4h169UOgbR
Stop Comparing Your Inside to Others' Polished Outside
"Every time you level up in your career, you enter a ‘new room.’ You're suddenly surrounded by people who seem more experienced, more polished, more certain. Your brain then makes a critical mistake: it compares your inside with everyone else's outside." That's from...
Master Success by Defining What You Won’t Build
"What won't you build?" has always been the most important question. Knowing what you'll say no to is always more useful than knowing what you'll say yes to. This is true with most everything. Who won't you hire? Which company or client...
Knowing Yourself Reduces How Much Life Upsets You
'The more you know who you are and what you want, the less you let things upset you.' Bob Harris, Lost in Translation
Stop Endless Lists: Use COD for Focused Execution
It says everything can be done today. It can’t. COD teaches you to: • Capture without stress • Organise with intention • Execute with time limits No more endless lists. Just focused execution. Create your own COD system and finally feel ahead. https://t.co/edEGsruY96 https://t.co/x9978TRTqA
We Love Today, Neglect Our Future Selves
Do you love yourself, even just a little? Most people would say yes. But even people who love themselves most of the time treat one version of themselves very poorly: their future self—their tomorrow-self, their next-week-self, or their next-year-self. Link...
Annual Review: Gratitude First, Long‑Term Growth Unlocked
My new book is available for pre-order 🎉 "Life in Perspective: The Art and Power of the Annual Life Review" comes out Nov. 3 in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook This book distills nearly two decades of practicing annual reviews into a...
Mind Over Doubt: Bannister’s Coach Saved History
The 1st sub 4 mile almost didn't happen. Bannister wanted to call off the attempt. His coach saw him full of doubts and asked one question: “If you forego this chance, would you ever forgive yourself for the rest of your life?...
Stoic Live Tour Returns to Australia & New Zealand
Australia & New Zealand — I’m coming back. This October, I’ll be returning for a 5-city tour to talk about Stoicism, discipline, leadership, and the lessons that have helped so many people around the world live a better life. Whether you’ve...
Control What You Can, Surrender the Rest
If nothing changes nothing changes. Change what you can and surrender the rest to the Lord. Control your controllables.
Choosing Action over Anticipation Fuels Real Progress
“To procrastinate is to willingly endure the discomfort of anticipation, rather than the discomfort of action. Both are burdens, but only one leads to progress.”
Improve by Doing the Opposite More Often
To improve your writing, read more. To improve your thinking, write more. To improve your understanding, build more. To improve your storytelling, present more. To improve your energy, rest more. To improve your network, give more. To improve your happiness, appreciate more.
Start Now: Progress Beats Perfection in Pursuing Dreams
I love helping people live their dream after months and years of thinking about it And after carrying this perfect idea around in their head year after year And finding that the initial iterations don’t quite match the perfect idea But it’s a...
Detach From Outcomes, Focus on Duty, Avoid Suffering
"Do your duty without attachment to the fruits" — Bhagavad Gita i think and experience this as a mental framework more than any business book mantra i've ever read. It's one of the things that contributed to my relentless pushing of...
Action Beats Knowledge: Earn by Doing, Not Just Knowing
Most people are drowning in information. But the ones making money are taking daily action Don't be the one who knows everything but never does anything
Three Questions Turn Zombie Mornings Into Elite Clarity
Before I found this simple journal prompt, I began every day in pure zombie mode: • Sucked into 24-hour news • Doomscrolling social media • Replying to every notification But now I start every morning with elite clarity. I call it the Morning Kickstart. Here's...