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How to get unstuck (new 1-hour mini-course with BJ Fogg)

You know when you go to the gym for 3 months straight, then miss a day (“I’ll go tomorrow...”) ...then you end up skipping the next 3 weeks? Why do we stop doing things we actually want to do? What makes us "stuck" and how do we get unstuck? Jerry Seinfeld knew why -- and he knew the secret ...

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The Big Wins Manifesto

What do I mean by Big Wins? Compare two people trying to get an edge in life. John, 28, earns $62,000/year as a project manager. He used to have $8,200 in credit card debt from overspending, but he’s been slowly paying it down over the last two years and now it’s at $6,400. How? ...

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How I save one hour a day

Wondering how to save one hour a day? Here's a productivity tip I use myself. Years ago, I was invited to speak on some panel about technology and entrepreneurship, and the panelist sitting next to me was a senior executive at Google. This dude walked in, opened up his briefcase, and pulled out a neatly organized packet with colored Post-Its ...

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A few years ago, I started using a virtual assistant. And dear god, I made every mistake in the book: I tried to save a few bucks by using international assistants (I paid between $2/hour and $10/hour), but I ended up wasting tons of time explaining exactly what I wanted. Then I switched to American assistants and got ...

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"I want to do SOMETHING…I just don't know what"

How many times have you heard this? If someone haven’t achieved success or reached their potential, others love to say that “they just don’t want it enough.” If only they truly cared, they say, they would obviously rise to the top, just like other people did. Now, sometimes that’s true. I just wrote a blog post on ...

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How to meet famous people

Today I have a special treat for you: a guest post by my friend Tynan, who blogs about escaping the 9-5 grind and living an exciting life and how to meet famous people. He consistently has excellent posts on hacking different areas of life -- whether it’s how he makes a full-time income traveling, the psychology of poker, or ...

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Why successful people don’t want to mentor you

Successful people are constantly sought out as mentors. Sadly, most people do a terrible job of asking for mentoring. They come off as desperate, awkward, and irritating. But busy people LOVE helping others who take action, so there is good news: As in many other situations, the Craigslist Penis Effect(where most people are terrible and, if you’re simply ...

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How to stop being lazy: 6 powerful strategies for 2021

Over the last 12 years, I’ve developed several models that increase productivity, and change behaviors for good. Here are 6 things you have to know before even trying to stop being lazy. How to stop being lazy: 6 important behaviors Whenever you say “should” -- “Yeah, I really should do X” or “They should just do Y” -- you ...

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Sample: The 4-Hour Body: From Geek to Freak

Tim Ferriss's new book, The 4-Hour Body, is out, and it is superb. It's about hacking the human body, including bulking up, losing weight, engineering the perfect night's sleep, improving sex, and more. I've had it for about 6 weeks now and have been sampling the book extensively. I like it because instead of spouting off generic advice ("Don't eat ...

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How to get in to Stanford (Hint: Use the Failure Expectation)

A month ago I sent out a blockbuster 4,355-word email on tactics I've used to write a New York Times bestseller, get hundreds of thousands of readers, and get into Stanford. That email took me over 6 hours to write and, when I sent it out, I got thousands of emails back with questions and awesome feedback. People said ...

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