I have been on a workout spree for the last three weeks. My sleep has improved because I’m able to wake up early enough to get these workouts in. I’m also tired enough at night that I’m able to fall asleep at a decent hour. What changed? I started a…

Most good books have a single message. It’s the examples, that help illustrate that message, that comprise the bulk of the book. If you can spot the message early, and through a thorough pre-reading routine, you can save a ton of time and still get the book’s gist. Here are the questions I use to help guide me through most non-fiction books. What is the question the reading is trying to…

The information environment is smothering. We are flooded with more information (usually, at the tip of our fingers) than at any other time in history. This is an outstanding achievement. But there will always be tradeoffs. Other things in our lives will suffer. I have been producing written content since…

Understand the natural inclinations of the youth and the elderly to avoid their pitfalls and live a successful life. Aristotle wrote about everything under the sun. He was naturally inquisitive and his vast body of work is the manifestation of that curiosity. As with mostly everything he writes about, he…

How do you use the great ideas you’ve captured throughout the week? You’ve likely captured them in a variety of ways. This can be chaotic. A review system reduces that chaos. Devote one day of your week to a review. Throughout the day, I take in all sorts of information…

Well, I tried. I tried to implement a fully analog knowledge management system (an Antinet). I even went all out with the tools- a bunch of index cards and the boxes to place them in. Here are 5 lessons I’ve learned in my month-long attempt at this analog system. Digital…

Make your notes usable. You can do this by distilling them- stripping them of everything except the essential message. I recently took Tiago Forte’s cohort-based course titled “Building a Second Brain.” It was a great course that resulted in many lightbulb moments for me. One of the biggest lessons I’ve…

“Whatever can go wrong will go wrong.” I’ve never met this guy Murphy, but he threw me a bunch of wrenches yesterday. Murphy is the symbolic embodiment of any and all inconvenient situations. Got a big day coming up where your performance could determine the trajectory of your career after…

Today’s legal theory is founded upon what Aristotle had to say over two millennia ago. I am not a lawyer and the extent of my legal training is I used to religiously watch Law and Order during my formative years. Despite this ignorance, I couldn’t help but draw parallels with…