In the last lesson, I introduced a simple metaphor for motivation: action always flows downhill. Thanks to the amazing circuitry in our basal ganglia, we take the billions of simultaneously firing neurons in our brain and produce sequential thoughts and actions. Yet the choice of which action to take isn’t always the one our higher […]

In the last lesson, I shared why it was important to think about success in terms of systems, not inspiration. This isn’t because motivation isn’t important—rather it’s because motivation is itself a kind of system. If you can understand it, you can change it. Success as systems may not be so dramatic, but the results […]

Next week, I’ll be reopening my course, Make it Happen!, for a new session. This course is about mastering the invisible systems that help (or hinder) you in making progress on your goals. Before that, I’ll be sharing a free four-part lesson series. Let’s get started… There are two dominant stories about how success happens. […]

I tend to prefer courses to books. Although the best books definitely beat mediocre courses, there’s a few reasons why a great course can leave a lasting impression. For starters, courses tend to teach foundational topics. Most books try to be original. But much of what’s worth knowing is actually fairly old. Courses tend to […]