Outlive in 5 Minutes: Peter Attia's Plan to Train Now for the 90-Year-Old You Want to Be
Most of us will die slowly, after a frail final decade. Peter Attia's Outlive says medicine acts too late, and that you should prevent early and train now for the body you'll need at 90. Medicine 3.0, the Four Horsemen and his exercise plan, plus what holds up.
Expect the Gold to Get the Silver: A Neuroscientist on Why Optimism Pays
Most of us expect a better future than the evidence suggests. Neuroscientist Tali Sharot says that bias is mostly useful: it fuels effort and happiness. Stress shrinks it; a plan and a sense of control bring it back. What holds up, and what needs caveats.
Memory Series, Part 1: How a Six-Time Memory Champion Remembers (It Starts at Your Front Door)
Memory Series, Part 1. Six-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis says he was never a natural. His main tool is the ancient memory palace, and anyone can learn it. Plus the review schedule the episode skips, and a fact-check of its wilder claims.
Your Brain Pays Your Body's Bills: What 200,000 Brain Scans Reveal
Across 200,000 brain scans, neuroscientist Paul Thompson keeps finding the body: weight, hormones, sleep and food all show up in the brain, and some changes fade with treatment. Here's what holds up, what's overstated, and what's a sales pitch.
The Nod That Rewrites You: Chase Hughes's Quiet Trick for Changing Minds
Behavior profiler Chase Hughes says one casual remark can get you to nod, and quietly agree who you are. Here's how his "negative dissociation" and PCP model work, the research behind them, and where his best stories fail a fact-check.
A Harlem Globetrotter's Rule for Change: Feel It Before You Have It
After eight years with the Harlem Globetrotters and losing everything to fraud, Derick Grant says change is about identity, not willpower. His boldest idea: create the feeling before you get the thing. Here's what holds up, and what doesn't.
Brian Tracy's 10 Cs of Success, and the Courage That Shows Up at 4 A.M.
Brian Tracy started out broke and a high-school dropout. In a vintage seminar, he boils success down to ten learnable habits, all starting with C, and one decision: that nothing will stop you. Here's what holds up, and what doesn't.
Adam Grant Was the Worst Diver in His School. That's the Point.
At 13, Adam Grant was afraid of heights and couldn't touch his toes. On Mel Robbins' show, he explains why starting ability is a weak predictor of potential, plus small research-backed fixes for overthinking, quitting and fading friendships.
Don't Pick a Side: Be a Specialized Generalist
Should you go deep in one thing or spread across many? Tim Ferriss calls it a false choice. Be a specialized generalist: combine a few skills that rarely go together, add communication as a multiplier, and pick projects that leave you with skills and relationships even if they fail.
13 Books, Read in Order: Dan Martell's Staged Reading Plan
Dan Martell's reading list is a sequence, not a pile: 13 books grouped by the job each one does, from fixing your money scripts to building a business that runs without you, each with an age window. The staging is the useful part. A few of his claims are overstated.
Respect Is Taught: Dan Martell's Six Habits for Earning It
Dan Martell says respect isn't given for money or brains, it's taught by how you show up. His six habits: speak up early, stop people-pleasing, look the part, speak with certainty, lead with your body, and be the same person everywhere. The useful core, and where it overreaches.
Read the Mask: The One Question for Sizing Someone Up
An 'ex-CIA' clip reduces reading people to a single question: what does this person want you to feel and notice about them? The answer, it claims, reveals the mask they wear. The question is sharp. The shame-only theory, the 99 percent, and the CIA label are not.