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Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl is one of the most important books ever written He was a psychotherapist when he was imprisoned by the Nazis in Auschwitz After survivin...

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Next time you make a decision about what to eat based on calorific content. Stop. It’s pointless. There’s a reason why 95% of people who engage in calorific restriction end u...

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Focus is a discipline not a habit Our brains are now programmed for distraction to follow boredom Every time we experience boredom… out comes the phone This is called a Pavlovia...

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Society dictates that money earned should be “saved” and kept in a bank. This has never been a more harmful strategy to creating long term wealth. Here’s one of the reasons why…

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So much of our identity is tied up with our job. But at the same time we get frustrated when it lacks fulfilment. Here is a useful way to reframe “work”…

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How to view diet and exercise… Many people approach their fitness and diet from a place of self hate… This is holding you back… Here’s why…

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Conventional wisdom dictates that “stress” is a negative thing… This is wrong. Here’s why… https://t.co/ACVckef7tX

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Failure is an imagined concept. Here is why… 🧵🧵🧵 https://t.co/F3GC7C0eIl

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“Everybody wants progress but no one wants change.” There’s a scientific reason why striving for improvement feels uncomfortable ALL organisms seek a state called homeostasis… ht...

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It’s Monday morning. There’s things to be done but you’re still scrolling…. How can we use what we know about dopamine to avoid procrastination? It’s just a case of knowing what’...

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