Are you reading enough? — You want to live an amazing life. You want to have a happy and healthy romantic relationship. You want to have a fulfilling career that gives you meaning. You want to be financially independent so that you can do what you want, when you want, with who you want. You’re…

These magic words will significantly increase your influence in your daily conversations. Use them wisely. — Persuasion is not just a skill for salespeople, marketers, and entrepreneurs. No matter what you do for a living, you’re always trying to persuade someone to your way of thinking or someone is trying to persuade you to theirs. If you’re a student, for example, you have to persuade your…

The secret strategy to achieving all of your goals. — Every year, you set new goals for yourself. You set a goal to lose 20 pounds. You set a goal to become a New York Times’ bestselling author. You set a goal to make $5,000 per month. But time and time again, they never work out. It feels like you’re…

Why ideas are the currency for living a good life. — How do you radically transform your life in just a few months? The answer is simple: Come up with 10 ideas a day. Every day. In the book “Tools of Titans,” entrepreneur and bestselling author James Altucher tells Tim Ferriss that if you write down a list of 10 ideas…

The scientific secrets of perfect timing. — The famous jazz musician Miles Davis once said, “Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.” Although Davis was probably talking about timing in relation to music, timing also applies to everything we do on a daily basis. From productivity to love, our lives are a constant stream of…

A practical guide to mastering your sleep. — Be honest with me… How many hours of sleep do you get each night? I’d bet that it’s less than 7? Unfortunately, 7 hours of sleep just isn’t enough. Yes, you may use stimulants throughout the day to compensate for not getting enough sleep, but in the long run, your…

Never forget what’s on your shopping list ever again. — In 2004, Joshua Foer was commissioned by Slate Magazine to cover the US Memory Championship. Here he observed participants memorize 35 decks of cards in 5 minutes, memorize 1,000 digits of a randomized number in 30 minutes, and memorize 100 faces and names in 3 minutes. Joshua, who considers himself…

Lessons from history’s greatest polymath — Born in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci is history’s greatest Polymath. He was an engineer, a chef, a writer, an artist, a musician, a painter, an architect, a political advisor, a designer, a botanist, and a civil planner. He conceptually invented the parachute, the helicopter, the bicycle, and the tank hundreds…

Use tip #3 and you’ll be stunned at how easy building habits become. — You’ve read everywhere that habits are unquestionably the holy grail of transforming your life. But no matter how many times you try, you just can’t seem to successfully build new habits. You try to read 30 pages a day, for example, but then you find yourself scrolling through social media…