The 21 Extra Cheat Days Paradigm
You’re probably familiar with the normal concept of a cheat day. You get six days on your diet, one day off every week, week after week. The Slow-Carb diet (which I am on and recommend) implements this strategy and as I’ve written before, I think...
The Importance of an Unrestricted Cheat Day
One of the refrains of the health section of this blog is that Psychology is more important than Biology when it comes to dieting. The idea is simple: we all know enough of the science behind it that we really don’t need any more information. No one out...
Productivity Isn’t About Time Management
I’m not sure how it happened, but somehow the concepts of time management and productivity have become nearly synonymous with each other. This seems on the surface to make sense, after all when it comes to getting things done your time is your most...
The Four Pillars of Personal Finance
When it comes to personal finance, the basics are so important. We live in a day and age where more and more people are finding their net worth in the negatives and that just shouldn’t be happening. I really believe that it is within the grasp of...
The Best Diet on the Market
A couple of weeks ago I posted a challenge to the popular notion that people get fat because they eat too much and exercise to little. Instead, I argued, we get fat because we eat so much sugar and refined carbohydrates. Last week, I switched gears and argued...
Grit, Delayed Gratification, and Loooooong-Term Perspective
I remember one time watching a YouTube video where a fitness instructor was asked by someone how they could lose a hundred pounds. To paraphrase the start of his answer: “The first thing you need to do is to say hello to your new best friend,...
The Three Ways a Regular Person Can Become a Millionaire
Today I want to take a very serious attempt at answering the question of how can a regular person like you really become a millionaire? If you’re honest with yourself, you want to be rich. You don’t want to have to worry about how much is in your...
Losing Weight is About Psychology, Not Biology
If you want to lose weight, you’ve probably assumed that with the right information and a large amount of willpower, you would be able to crush your goals. This is the thought process of everyone that tries to lose weight or build a more favorable body...
The 10 Year Plan for a Remarkable Life
People tend to overestimate what they can get done in a day. Have you ever seen the naively optimistic person who makes their first to do list and it has about fifteen items on it? (or have you ever been that person?) As much as we overestimate what we...Buy my new book:
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