People are drawn to genius like moths to a flame. We write books about geniuses. Make films about them. Genius captures the imagination of popular culture like almost nothing else. But there’s a problem. The allure of genius can be a trap. 💡If you want to achieve great success,...
It can be dangerous to dream too big before you’re ready - you’re setting yourself up to fail, and making the challenge harder than it might need to be. 💡Imagine trying to climb a staircase but deciding you would only do it if you could leap three steps...
We all have goals that require some discipline, but once one thing goes wrong it can be easy to let everything else fall apart. You're on a diet and you have a bad day. You miss a gym session and break a solid streak. You have a lapse...
I had a friend who loved to say “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” The problem is, it’s often the small stuff that makes you sweat. 💡It's the tiny details you overlook that lead to the biggest catastrophes. Boeing spent $4 billion on a machine they thought...
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...
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...
