I’m wrapping up the seventh month of my year-long Foundations project. This month’s focus is sleep. I’ll share some personal reflections in the next post. In this post, I’ll share the books I read and key takeaways on sleep. For those interested, you can also read my updates and book lists from previous months here: […]
Lesson 4: Happiness is the expansion of possibility
In the prior three lessons, I’ve shared how to become a project finisher (not just a starter), how to design effective learning projects, and finally how to create flow so learning becomes a joy, not a grind. Today, I want to step back and consider the question of why to learn in the first place. […]
Lesson 3: The surprising secret to flow
This is the third lesson in a four-part series on how to design and finish successful learning projects. I’ve written it in anticipation of my six-week course Rapid Learner reopening on Monday. In the first lesson, I shared how to go from being a starter to a finisher. In the second one, I shared the […]
Lesson 2: The three questions for effective meta-learning
In anticipation of a new session of my popular course, Rapid Learner, I’m sharing a four-part lesson series on how to create successful learning projects. In the first lesson, I distinguished the key differences between project finishers and project starters. Today, I’d like to discuss how to make the projects you undertake effective. How can […]
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