In the common narrative, discipline is often portrayed as a brute-force exertion of will—a grim, jaw-clenching struggle against our own…
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In the common narrative, discipline is often portrayed as a brute-force exertion of will—a grim, jaw-clenching struggle against our own…
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In the 20th century, a career was often viewed as a “Final Form.” You spent your early twenties acquiring a…
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In aerospace engineering, the vast majority of a rocket’s fuel is consumed in the first few seconds of flight. It…
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We have a strange, seasonal relationship with our own sanity. We spend fifty weeks a year red-lining our nervous systems—ignoring…
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Most people solve problems as if they are playing a game of Whack-A-Mole. They see a symptom (low energy), they…
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We treat “Success” like a philosophical mystery. We look at high-achievers—the elite athletes, the billionaire founders, the world-class artists—and we…
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We like to believe we are the independent authors of our own destiny. We talk about “self-made” success and “individual”…
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