And reach 681,022 readers. — “So you want to be an author now?” my dad said when I told him I’d quit my teaching job to become a writer. He looked skeptical. I felt empathy for his doubts. I doubted my plan as well as he did. It was May 2020, and I had spent…

These resources can help you expand your brain. — “Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life,” Mortimer J. Adler said. I disagree. Books don’t magically make you live the good life. You can read a book a week without changing at all. Reading doesn’t help you per se — it’s reading the right books…

How to use this simple principle for you. — Books give you access to the smartest brains on our planet. And learning from the greatest thinkers and doers is your fast track to health, wealth, and wisdom. Yet, reading per se doesn’t elevate your life. You can read 52 books a year without changing at all. Social climber Dale…

How to set up your writing routine for attracting a large audience — “What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever received?” is a question I get asked a lot. And while many things come to my mind — how to write headlines, engaging introductions, or a clear idea-to-paper process — there’s one particular knowledge nugget that has changed my writing journey ever since. …

And create a solid base for your online writing journey — When I started writing in March 2020, I felt like quitting all the time. I had no idea how to write stuff people want to read. I didn’t know how to write articles on a consistent basis, and I tried and tested a lot before I got into a solid…

How you can overcome confirmation bias and make better choices. — “We laugh at people who still use Windows 95, yet we still cling to opinions that we formed in 1995,” psychology professor Adam Grant writes. Cognitive scientists call this thinking pattern confirmation bias. Once you form a belief, you rarely question it again. A 2016 study published by Cambridge University…

How you can become a better language learner. — Mathias Barra is a polyglot. He has studied about 20 languages and is fluent in six. But Mathias didn’t grow up bilingual. Nor was he a natural talent. “In Spanish classes at school, I didn’t listen at all,” he told me last week. How can you transform from an average…

Creativity is a choice once you manage your ideas. — When I started writing, I felt I had nothing worthy to say and that I’d soon run out of ideas. Two years and 300 articles later, I know I was wrong about both. Everybody has something worthy to share. And creativity is a choice. The following lines reveal how you…

Computerized flashcard programs make memory a choice. — How often have you read something thinking, “I should remember this,” only to forget it a couple of hours later? Don’t blame your memory. Forgetting is part of how our brains work. And contrary to common belief, our brains work not too different from each other (hint: learning styles don’t…