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You hear it all the time — if you want to succeed, you need to read. And the list of business titans, world leaders, and intellectual giants that credit a love of reading is endless. There’s science behind the assertion. Reading in general increases your vocabulary and language skills, while fiction reading in particular can …
Howdy, and welcome to this week’s Further! I’ve got some good stuff for you, including: How to stay mentally sharp as you age What’s even better than coffee for your health Why people with the money to retire don’t How to better manage your anger Are you sure what you know is true? That plus …
To me, most procrastination advice is worthless. It’s usually a rallying cry to willpower, which, if we had it … well, we wouldn’t be procrastinating. I’m also a firm believer that some forms of procrastination simply mean that we’re not ready to act. We’re working it out, and when we get it, we’ll do it.
When you boil down my job as CEO and my tenure as an entrepreneur, it all comes down to making the right decisions. And to make those decisions, one needs to apply the correct thinking to specific issues, and stick with the problem long enough to get it right. Of course, you can think about …
Greetings from Portland! I’m doing a bit of work, a bit of exploring the city, and quite a bit of reading. Ryan Holiday’s new book Perennial Seller was on a lot of people’s reading list in the last week, including mine. I finished it in two sittings.
Greetings from Portland! I’m doing a bit of work, a bit of exploring the city, and quite a bit of reading. Ryan Holiday’s new book Perennial Seller was on a lot of people’s reading list in the last week, including mine. I finished it in two sittings.
Belief is a powerful thing. That said, the quote in the graphic from William James is taken out of context. We know that plenty of people believe things that aren’t true, and while it may be their truth, that doesn’t make it an actual fact.
Last week, we explored why perseverance is more important than talent or intelligence when it comes to success. And we also looked at how to expand our own perseverance if it doesn’t come naturally to us due to genetics or social conditioning. As I dug deeper into Angela Duckworth’s book Grit, however, I realized there’s …
This last weekend, I rewatched the critically-acclaimed film Creed. If you’re not familiar, it’s the reboot of the Rocky franchise, this time focusing on Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis (Donny). The training regimens of the boxers in the film are intense and inspiring. I remember thinking, “Why can’t the rest of us simply apply this kind …
When I came up with the idea for Further along with the tagline “Keep Going,” I was thinking of the human drive to constantly improve. No matter the fits and starts or how slowly change happens, the idea is to keep pushing to be the best version of ourselves. Within that big-picture drive are the …
In a moving preface to her first book, Angela Duckworth shared her story of growing up as one of three children of Chinese immigrants. Her father was particularly hard to please, and he had a favorite phrase for Angela and her siblings: You’re no genius. According to her father, Angela didn’t measure up intellectually, and …
We know goals can have a dark side, especially if we focus more on outcomes and not enough on developing underlying habits. But that doesn’t mean we throw goal setting out the window. There’s a smarter way to set meaningful goals. And that’s the topic of the newest Further Original from Claire Emerson.