A lot of successful people have recommended taking people you admire out for coffee, especially when you’re starting, so you can learn from them or even get them as your mentor. In the book Getting There, I learned that the billionaire Michael Bloomberg used to eliminate reasons they could refuse. He would find successful people… Continue reading How To Take Successful People Out For Coffee
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How To Network With Successful People Without Being Sleazy
I used to dislike networking. I thought it was sleazy. I thought networking meant being sleazy by trying to get a job or something from others by going to 50+ networking events or dealing with others with clear ulterior motives. In fact, I’d been to a few, and it sucks. If people didn’t see any… Continue reading How To Network With Successful People Without Being Sleazy
Best 7 Books on Cognitive Biases & Human Behavior
Understanding human psychology and biases can help you succeed in your career, business, or life. How? Well, we make a lot of illogical decisions. Have you ever experienced a situation where you know a human isn’t behaving logically? We do crazy, emotional things because of psychological biases, addictions, habits, and other things wired by our… Continue reading Best 7 Books on Cognitive Biases & Human Behavior
I Tried Reselling (Flipping) and Amazon FBA As Side Hustles. Here’s What Happened.
A lot of my readers want to make more money, preferably online. Well, so do I, and I’ve recently spent at least the last six months trying out a recently popular side hustle to make money. I want to share the results of this experiment with you so that you can learn what it was… Continue reading I Tried Reselling (Flipping) and Amazon FBA As Side Hustles. Here’s What Happened.
Habit Stacking: A Secret to Small Changes to Improve Life [Podcast]
I want to share with you a concept called “habit stacking” that I discovered from James Clear’s book Atomic Habits (affiliate link). He didn’t originate the term, but I found it incredibly useful for building good habits. Listen to the podcast episode now. Get a free audiobook of your choice from Audible here.
21 Billionaire Secret Habits to Success
I have read over a hundred books and watched over tens of thousands of interviews of the most successful people in the world (interviews, speeches, compilations, etc.). I am not saying this to brag. I am saying it to give you some credibility on why you should listen to me. You pick up on some… Continue reading 21 Billionaire Secret Habits to Success
Constructive Paranoia: The Secret to Making Better Risky Decisions and Avoiding Catastrophe
Imagine you’re a tribesman of a village in the distant past. Each time you go to the nearby forest, there’s a 1 in a 1,000 chance that you’ll die if a tree falls on you if you sleep under it. That doesn’t seem likely to concern you, right? Well, consider the fact that you’ll be… Continue reading Constructive Paranoia: The Secret to Making Better Risky Decisions and Avoiding Catastrophe
How To Trick People Into Thinking You’re Great At Everything
Imagine being admired as someone who is great at everything. You’re good-looking, fit, rich, well-traveled, well-dressed, charismatic, funny, have lots of friends, well-accomplished, and interesting. The truth is it’s possible and the people you perceive to be like this aren’t as perfect as you think. The secret lies in understanding diminishing returns and riding the… Continue reading How To Trick People Into Thinking You’re Great At Everything
The Life Changing Art of Staying Organized (How To Stay Tidy)
One of my readers wrote in, and asked me for help staying organized. Organization just makes things more efficient, pleasing to look at, and relaxing. There’s many benefits for your career — or even your relationships, people judge you poorly if you’re messy. The secret is partial minimalism. Things look cleaner and more organized when… Continue reading The Life Changing Art of Staying Organized (How To Stay Tidy)
How To Improve Emotional Intelligence
Countless studies have found that emotional intelligence is just as important, if not more important, to your success than your IQ. If you’re unfamiliar, emotional intelligence or EQ, is described as the level that you can be aware of interpersonal emotions of others and yourself and express yourself socially in the best way to achieve the… Continue reading How To Improve Emotional Intelligence