This is a guest post by Abel Cheng of Parent Wonder. If you have to drag yourself to exercise, then you’re doing it wrong. I started doing exercise since I was in school. I did weight lifting, swimming, jogging and played tennis while in University. Now, I jog and more recently I’ve picked up jungle […]
Find Your Personal Marathon
Why do people run marathons? Completing a marathon has few outside benefits. Do marathon runners finish all twenty-six grueling miles just to boast about it later? Is it trying to achieve an Olympian status of physical excellence? Or is it a mark of status, giving you pride over your discipline and ability to conquer pain […]
How to Read 70+ Books in a Year
Over the past two years I’ve read over 120 books. If you add up partial books I read for specific segments, that number would be well over 140. But only four years ago I would have read 10-12 books per year. Although reading at least seventy books a year sounds difficult, it doesn’t require a […]
How to Overcome Plateaus
Many people quit after encountering plateaus. Discover the philosophy behind them and how you can overcome them with the right techniques.
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