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…

These resources help you adapt evidence-based learning strategies. — Frustration rushed over me as I stared at the failed exam paper in front of me. I had spent weeks in the library of Goethe University in Frankfurt, studying relentlessly for my Bachelor’s most crucial exam, only to be met with disappointment. It was a pivotal moment, one that should…

Creating my dream job while working four hours a day. — Many online creators complain about how hard it is to make a living from writing online. But if you take a more strategic approach, it can become easier. Back in 2020, I had a couple of +$5,000 months on this platform, primarily through shallow buzzword articles like this one:

And why I don’t want to live another day without it. — When I wrote my first article three years ago, I had no idea how writing would change my life. Here’s my most personal story on Medium so far. …

These revolutionary ideas can rewire how you think about the erotic. — When my tantra teacher read out a sentence, I didn’t anticipate how much the words would influence my life. It was last August, and the sentence was one of those where you need to put in some mental effort to get it. I didn’t. My brain was fogged from Vienna’s…

Vital lessons you likely didn’t learn in school. — Learning how to learn is the meta-skill that accelerates everything else you do. Once you understand the fundamentals of learning science, you can save hours every time you learn something new. …

A no-fluff template for living a more intentional life. — I should not compare myself to others, but I do it anyway. I browse social feeds and see acquaintances mastering the most challenging yoga pose or raising millions of venture capital. I then enter thought patterns of no being and doing enough. At the turn of the year, it’s easy…