“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman Why do some people love their work, while the vast majority dread getting up every morning? Is it our decisions? Our upbringings? Luck? Something else? Surveys [...]
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3 Simple Rules for Getting More Out of Life
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned that life is what you make of it. Your reality is negotiable. Getting more out of life is a matter of choosing to live to the fullest and being smart about how you spend your time. You can learn to bend life to your will, and once you’ve figured [...]
Show Up. Work Hard. Learn. Improve.
Show up. Work hard. Learn. Improve. Show up. Work hard. Learn. Improve. Show up. Work hard. Learn. Improve… That’s the exact equation that will enable you to accomplish absolutely anything you want in life. The equation is so incredibly simple. But so few will ever put the power of that simplicity to work. We look [...]
Become a Pro Athlete after 10,000 Hours of Practice? One Guy is Testing the Theory
Dan McLaughlin is undergoing an incredible self experiment. He has set out to answer the question: could anyone (regardless of talent, age, financial means or prior ability) really become an expert at something with 10,000 hours of deliberate practice? In this episode of The Expert Enough Show, Corbett Barr sits down with Dan McLaughlin of [...]
3 Ridiculous Popular Beliefs About Learning that Hold Us Back
Some ideas never die, no matter how little fact they’re based in. Popular misconceptions can be fairly harmless, like the belief that it’s dangerous to wake a sleepwalker (in fact it can be very dangerous not to wake a sleepwalker). In other cases misconceptions can be dangerous or limiting. False beliefs about how we learn [...]
Learn Anything Faster with the Feynman Technique
After recording Wednesday’s Expert Enough show with Scott H. Young, I spent some time over on his YouTube channels (he has one for his blog and a separate one for the MIT Challenge we discussed in the episode). This particular gem below really stood out. The Feynman Technique (named after the Nobel prize winning physicist) [...]
The Breakthrough
You might not have all the pieces yet. You might not have the confidence. You might not have the strength. But your next breakthrough is there, waiting for you. Your next breakthrough could be one more practice away. It could be one more inch from your grasp. It might just need a slightly different perspective [...]
Why You Need a Relentless Pursuit
Think about the world-changing people you admire most for a moment. These people can be from any field or walk of life. It doesn’t matter. Just think about the truly remarkable people you look up to most. Now think about how each of these people got to where they are today. Did any of them [...]
If You Could Have Any Skill or Knowlege, What Would it Be?
Today we’d love to ask you two questions. The first one is for fun. The second one is more serious. First: if you could have any skill or knowledge, what would it be? Anything goes here, as long as it’s humanly possible. No superpowers. If you think x-ray vision might be humanly possible, that’s fine, [...]
5 Avoidable Things Keeping You from Getting Good
If becoming good at things has become a lost art, what does that mean for those of us who still want to learn new things and become remarkable people? Let’s start by looking at all the things keeping us from getting good. Gaining knowledge and improving your skills is the only way to get really [...]
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