Perfectly Awesome

On his way to be sworn in as the most powerful man in the world, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had to…

Imagine two friends, Steve and Fred, chatting at a New Year’s party. Both of them resolve to abstain from alcohol for January, and attend the gym regularly. They shake on it. They don’t want to let each other down, and they both fulfill their commitments. Afterward, Steve keeps up his routine, and Fred soon drifts back to too much beer

On a supposedly difficult thing

If you want to get anything done, there are two basic ways to get yourself to do it. The first, more popular and devastatingly wrong option is to try to motivate yourself. The second, somewhat unpo…

Navy SEAL platoon leader James Waters explains what keeps elite operators going and how you can apply this type of grit to your own challenges.

There's an increasing amount of talk around failure and the fear of it, but it's largely missing the point. Here's why

Don't set goals. Passion is bullshit. Mediocre skills are valuable. These are just a few of the unexpected truths you'll discover in Scott Adams' new book. Here are 10 more takeaways.

Sliced bread: the greatest thing since...sliced bread.

“The absolute certainty that nobody was going to care about, read or buy Kitchen Confidential was what allowed me to write it. I didn’t have to think about what people expected. I didn’t car…

Many entrepreneurs are naturally optimistic and discouraging pessimistic thinking, but the clever use of constructive pessimism is key to success

Born nearly two thousand years before Darwin and Freud, Epictetus seems to have anticipated a way out of their prisons.

I landed on a documentary about a guy who had a headache for years and never had a check-up. They found out later he had a brain tumor.

Ditch the tough talk, it won’t help. Instead cultivate your mental flexibility so you can handle whatever comes your way

We all want to be better than we are today.  And that often requires pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone, even when you don’t feel like it. It requires getting back up and trying again and again when you fail. It requires sticking with a path long enough to see it through.  In short, becoming […]

The military's toughest training challenges have a lot in common with outdoor sufferfests like the Barkley Marathons and the Leadville Trail 100: you have to be fit and motivated to make the starting line, but your mind and spirit are what carry you to the end. A Ranger graduate breaks down an ordeal that shapes some of the nation's finest soldiers.

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” — Oscar Wilde