How to manipulate your unconscious programming so that it works with you, not against you.
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Many things we do that seem “irrational” or “self-sabotaging” are perfectly rational — depending on what you mean by rational.
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The best way to win the email game is not to play.
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If you can’t get yourself to do something, why not pretend to be a different person for a while?
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The reason you can’t get yourself to the gym isn’t willpower. A stranger is sabotaging your efforts — and that stranger is you.
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A reader question: is anyone really a morning person? Do you have to be a morning person to be successful? How do you become a morning person?
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This essay by Henry Rollins first appeared in the now-defunct Details Magazine in 1994. We’ve decided to host a copy here as there is no longer an official version online.
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