Psychology
The Real Procrastination Killer: The If-Then Strategy That Makes Motivation Irrelevant
You don't have a motivation problem, you have a planning problem. In 1999 Peter Gollwitzer proved that a two-minute if-then plan beats willpower: 75% completion versus 33%, and 100% versus half for a cancer screening. Here is how to install the trigger.
Joe Navarro: What 25 Years in the FBI Taught Him About Reading People
A former FBI counterintelligence agent who caught spies by watching their bodies explains how we are judged in milliseconds, the handful of signals that leak what people really feel, and how to read a room, and project confidence, on purpose.
Charisma Is a Skill, Not a Gift
Charlie Houpert grew up so forgettable a classmate told him he was invisible. Then he treated charisma as something you practice, not something you are born with, and rebuilt himself. Here is his playbook for connection, and the small habits that quietly push people away.
The Hidden Code of Influence: A Former Interrogator's Playbook for Reading and Guiding Human Behavior
On The Diary of a CEO, behavior expert and former Navy interrogator Chase Hughes reveals the repeatable mechanics of influence, micro-compliance, the PCP cascade, and identity, and shows how the same tools that manipulate us can be turned into instruments of self-mastery.
How You Get Roped In
The same handful of techniques run cults, ads, political outrage, and your last sales call. Behavior expert Chase Hughes breaks down the machinery of influence, so you can see it working on you, and turn the useful parts on yourself.
The Father's Brain
When a man becomes a father, his brain physically shrinks and his testosterone drops by about a quarter. Neuroscientist Darby Saxbe explains why both are good news, and why great fathers are made, not born.