Most people overcomplicate the path to mastery. They want the most fancy way to become a master in the shortest amount of time. They spend lots of time, money, and effort on methods that don't really do anything. They waste time instead of utilizing the simpler path to mastery.

Last time, I...

Whenever we acquire new skills, there is a learning curve to it. We start on one phase and end on another. The most common knowledge about mastery is that it takes about 10,000 hours to achieve mastery. Rather than think of mastery like this, I prefer to think of it in the 4 steps to mastery.

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In this era, we glorify hustle culture. We convince people to wake up earlier, work more, and give up more enjoyment, all in the name of success. This is a flawed premise. Although it's important to be productive, you need to have the mentality of 'work hard, play hard.'

If you spend all your...

Many people go through life doing things that are very inefficient. They spend more time than they need to on things that aren't as impactful. This is dangerous for motivation, as slowing down progress can be quite demoralizing. I've talked about the Pareto principle before, but today I want to...

Let's face it, nobody wants to keep bad habits, we just get stuck with them and learn to live with them. This isn't healthy. If left alone, bad habits become like parasites. They suck away at you and your precious time and energy. If you're done with letting bad habits rule over you, you'll love...

In this modern age, there are so many things trying to monopolize our attention. There are so many things that it's impossible to relax. When you learn to say these 2 important words, you'll find that peace is inevitable.

The majority of what contributes to stress comes from doing too much....

In this age, the vast majority of men go through life aimlessly, hoping for life to happen to them. This is not ideal because life doesn't just happen. At the same time, we'd rather not put in effort just for it to go to waste. Along my journey, I've discovered 3 changes that lead to greater...

Last time, I talked about tips to achieve understanding but didn't go over how to achieve it. It slipped my mind until yesterday, so here it is. Fortunately achieving understanding is straightforward. Because of this, we can break it down into 4 steps to achieving understanding.

Just because...

Think about anything you're good at and chances are you understand how it works. Whether it be a video game, a sport, or a subject at school, you're good at it because you understand the underlying mechanics. This is a concept that applies to all areas of life: understanding makes things easy.

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These days, there's so much advice out there for too many subjects. How to cook, how to draw, how to approach girls, how to fix a tire; you name it, it's got at least 15 YouTube videos explaining it. What a lot of these videos have in common is that they neglect the most important piece of...