1:Fred Kofman was in the United Kingdom facilitating an executive meeting for one of his clients.

The meeting was scheduled to finish on Friday. Fred would fly home to the United States on Saturday so we could attend his daughter Sophie’s 14th birthday party on Sunday.

However, the executive team was unable to reach a decision on a critical issue.  They decided to resume the discussion on Monday. 

The … continue reading

“To a man with only a hammer, every problem tends to look pretty much like a nail.” -Proverb

1: B. F. Skinner was a renowned Harvard psychology professor. 

He “may have been the best-known psychology professor in the world,” Charlie Munger writes in  Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger.

The reason for his reputation?  He proved that “incentives are superpowers” by conducting experiments using … continue reading

1: The year was 2008. Dr. Benjamin Hardy had barely graduated from high school. He hadn’t taken his grades seriously and let his friends dictate the direction of his life.

Then, he made a decision that would change his life.  He decided to commit to serving a two-year church mission.

Doing so allowed him to confront “the trauma and pain of my past,” Ben recounts in 10x Is Easier Than … continue reading

1: The year was 1990. Jim Carrey was a struggling young comic.

Sitting in his car high up in the Hollywood Hills overlooking the lights of Los Angeles, he took out his checkbook and wrote himself a check for $10 million. He dated it five years in the future: November 1995. In the notation, he wrote, “For acting services rendered.”  

Five years later, just before Thanksgiving of 1995, he … continue reading

When we are learning to drive, we pay close attention to every aspect of what we are doing.  When we change lanes, we think through every step.

As we gain experience, we begin to group together many of these tasks and internalize them in our subconscious.

“When viewing a particular situation—such as a car accident—the experienced driver has a better understanding of what may have occurred than a newbie driver … continue reading

1: A large passenger jet left New Zealand for a sightseeing flight to Antarctica. 257 people were on board. The year was 1979.  

“Unknown to the pilots, however, someone had modified the flight coordinates by a mere two degrees,” recounts famed German pilot Dieter Utchdorf in Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x.

“This error placed the aircraft 28 miles to the east of … continue reading

1: “I had a friend who carried a thick stack of linen-based cards,” Charlie Munger writes in Poor Charlie’s Almanack.  Before his death at 99 in 2023, Charlie was Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett‘s business partner.

“When somebody would make a comment that reflected self-pity, he would slowly and portentously pull out his huge stack of cards, take the top one, and hand it to … continue reading

1: Sophie was “a vibrant, athletic woman who had seemed ageless,” Dr. Peter Attia writes in his book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.

One afternoon, when she was in her early seventies, she slipped while working in her garden and tore a muscle in her shoulder. 

That began a steep physical decline. Her “back and neck pain was so severe,” Peter writes, “that she could no longer … continue reading

1: Question: “When was the last time your doctor tested your grip strength or asked you a detailed question about your strength training?” Dr. Peter Attia asks in his powerful book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

Does our doctor know our VO2 max, the highest amount of oxygen we can use during intense exercise (a key measure of cardiovascular fitness)? Have they provided any training suggestions for … continue reading

1: “The strong association between cardiorespiratory fitness and longevity has long been known,” Dr. Peter Attia writes in his powerful book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity. .

What may be more surprising is that our strength is also powerfully correlated with living longer.

“A ten-year observational study of roughly 4,500 subjects ages fifty and older,” Peter writes, “found that those with low muscle mass were at 40 … continue reading