People like to say, “It’s not a sprint; it’s a marathon.” The problem is that some people take six hours to run a marathon, while the best do it in two. If you can’t finish the marathon in under three hours they won’t even let you...
Buying the future is usually cheaper than you think. Alexander Graham Bell tried to sell the telephone to Western Union as soon as he got it working. They said no . Today, there’s a phone in almost every pocket in the developed world. And in the poorest parts of the...
Longevity expert Peter Attia talks about the Centenarian Decathlon - the idea that if we want to maintain our physical abilities into old age, we should consider the body's natural rate of atrophy and plan in advance to counteract it. The analog I developed for myself years ago...
91% of people think they’re above-average drivers. This is obviously impossible. But it means AT LEAST 40% of people are overestimating their abilities. Think about what dangers that might invite. The lack of caution it might result in. If someone told you categorically that you were in the bottom...
It's easy to fall for the trap of following universal advice. Some people say you should travel the world while you're young. Some say you should save fervently and funnel every penny into the stock market until you're 50. The practicality of such advice...
When I was 21 I remember feeling ahead for my age. But when I was 19 I felt woefully behind. I felt so behind that I dropped out of college and got a job working in China. When I tell people my age now, I often still get looks of...
