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The 5W Rule for Goal Achievement
Everyone knows the secret to achieving goals: you need more willpower, better motivation, and stronger discipline. Just commit...
The 12-3-30 Workout
Scientists have a complicated relationship with viral fitness trends. Most of the time, they’re the party poopers who show up...
The one thing that makes you happier and healthier
We chase happiness in all the wrong places. Success, money, self-improvement, technology, supplements. You name it, we’ve...
The health and brain benefits of sauna
Article summary Regular sauna use delivers measurable health benefits, cutting your mortality and dementia risk. In the summer of...
How to take your attention and focus back
You know that feeling when you sit down to work and your brain feels like it’s running on dial-up internet? You open your...
Tha Harvard Happiness Formula
One simple factor predicts your health better than your cholesterol levels, genetics, or bank account. A groundbreaking 100-year...
Daily check-ins and weekly reviews
You spend hours perfecting your task management app. You colour-code your calendar. You read every productivity book that hits the...
The 5-hour rule for learning anything
The average person checks their phone 96 times daily and spends over 7 hours staring at screens. We consume 34 GB of information...
The 2-week rule for goal testing and achievement
You stare at that massive goal on your vision board. Write a book. Start a business. Get in shape. Learn a new skill. The size of it...
The Norwegian 4x4 HIIT Workout
You’ve probably tried countless workout routines that promised amazing results but left you disappointed. Maybe you spent...
Play Scrabble with friends to keep your mind sharp
Your grandmother swears by her daily crossword. Your neighbour posts Sudoku victories on Facebook. Yet mounting research shows these...
Japanese Walking - Interval training
The 10,000-step goal started as a marketing gimmick in 1965. A Japanese company needed a catchy number to sell pedometers around the...
Best possible self visualisation technique for optimism and longevity
The Best Possible Self (BPS) visualization technique is a science-backed 20-minute exercise that trains your brain for optimism...
Delete week for decluttering your digital systems
My friend Sarah showed me her phone. She had 127 apps installed. Most of them she couldn’t even remember downloading. Her...
Cognitive shuffling to fall asleep fast
Cognitive shuffling is a science-backed sleep technique that helps you fall asleep in minutes by flooding your brain with random...