Think Clearly and Make Better Decisions

The Relativity Mind Trap: How Comparisons Can Lead Us Astray

The Relativity Mind Trap: How Comparisons Can Lead Us Astray

Our minds make sense of the world by making comparisons. It’s human nature, but it can also lead us to think irrationally and make bad decisions. Learn how this mind trap works and how to escape it.

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The Essential Guide to Effective Decision Making

The Essential Guide to Effective Decision Making

Making decisions is a fundamental life skill, and we can all learn to become much better at it. In this post, I present a simple, systematic approach you can use to make smarter choices starting today.

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Boost your Brainpower

Develop Perfect Memory With the Memory Palace Technique

Develop Perfect Memory With the Memory Palace Technique

The Memory Palace is one of the most powerful memory techniques I know. It’s not only effective, but also fun to use — and not hard to learn at all.

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Remember Any Number With the Major Memory System

Remember Any Number With the Major Memory System

Did you ever want to be able to recite pi up to 22,500 decimal digits? Meet the Major memory system, one of the most powerful techniques around for memorizing numbers. If you think you could use a boost to your memory, or just want to jog your brain a little, here’s a great way to do it.

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Be Creative and Solve Difficult Problems

How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci

How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci does a superb job of capturing the essence of Leonardo’s genius and laying it out in a practical framewor. Here are the 7 key areas that shaped Leonardo’s genius and which you can use for your own self-improvement.

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A Whole New Mind

A Whole New Mind

The rules of the game are changing: in order to thrive in this new era of abundance of cheap processing capabilities, we must acquire a new set of skills. Although “left brain skills” continue to be useful, they’re not enough anymore.

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Do More in Less Time

6 New Productivity Principles to Live By

6 New Productivity Principles to Live By

A while ago I laid out a small set of productivity principles that work exceptionally well. From that time on, I discovered 6 new principles that are as awesome as those. Check them out!

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15 Time Boxing Strategies to Get Things Done

15 Time Boxing Strategies to Get Things Done

Putting it simply, time boxing is the most effective time management tool that I know of. Even if you already know and use it to some extent, there is a good chance that you can make it even better with some of the tips that follow.

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Overcome Obstacles and Thrive

Overcome Fear of Failure, Part II — 6 Powerful Strategies You Can Use

Overcome Fear of Failure, Part II — 6 Powerful Strategies You Can Use

In the first part of this series, we focused on building an effective mindset for overcoming fear of failure. Now it’s time to get down to action: here are 6 powerful strategies you can use to conquer fear of failure right off the bat.

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60 Selected Best Famous Quotes II

60 Selected Best Famous Quotes II

It has been a while since I published my collection of 60 very best quotes, and it still remains one of the most popular pages on this website. This sequel includes great quotes that were left out of the first collection or have been recently discovered. Enjoy!

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