How to Make a Daily Plan & Focus on Your Gains

How to Make a Daily Plan & Focus on Your Gains

What’s the best time of day to make a daily plan? What are implementation intentions and linked habits? Gap-thinking and Gain-thinking are two different ways to interpret your achievements in life. Gap-thinking is measuring forward by using your ideal future self as the object of comparison. Gain-thinking is measuring backward by using your past self instead. In The Gap and the Gain, Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy share practical recommendations on how to make a daily plan that helps you stay focused on Gains. Keep reading for tips on planning ahead, one day at a time.

Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit: Check Your Beliefs

Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit: Check Your Beliefs

What’s Carl Sagan’s baloney detection kit? How can you use it to get at the truth about science and everything else? Scientists are trained with what Carl Sagan calls a “baloney detection kit.” They’re given tools for critical thinking and healthy skepticism that help them cut through the fog in the pursuit of truth. Sagan argues that we all need this kit, whether we’re trying to figure out the truth about the moon landing or an ad’s claim about toothpaste. In The Demon-Haunted World, Sagan explains how commercial culture tends to discourage critical thinking, shares three questions that foster healthy

Why Passive Income Is Important (Naval Ravikant)

Why Passive Income Is Important (Naval Ravikant)

Why should you have passive income? What can passive income do that active income can’t? Working for wages is no way to achieve financial freedom. That’s the view of Naval Ravikant, who argues that passive income is the way to go. He explains why that is, and he identifies what he thinks is the best way to generate passive income. Keep reading to learn Ravikant’s view on why passive income is important.

Gratitude Exercises: 3 Ways to Practice Gratitude Today

Gratitude Exercises: 3 Ways to Practice Gratitude Today

What are some good ways to practice gratitude? What difference can it make in your life? The Gap and The Gain describes two ways of thinking that measure your progress in life. Gap-thinking is focusing your thoughts on the “gap” between where you are now and where you want to be. Gain-thinking is focusing on how far you’ve come, or the “gains” you’ve made. The authors believe that practicing gratitude is a great way to stay in the Gain mindset. Keep reading to learn three gratitude exercises that can help you maintain your focus on Gains.

3 Ways Science and Society Are Woven Together

3 Ways Science and Society Are Woven Together

How can we get rid of stereotypes and racism? How can we give more political power back to the people? How can we use science to advance civilization? The more we apply scientific thinking and values to the world at large, the better the world will be. That’s the view of Carl Sagan. In The Demon-Haunted World, he argues that scientific understanding and principles can eliminate bigotry, fight tyranny, and bolster democracy. Keep reading to learn more about this important connection between science and society.

Ravikant: 3 Types of Leverage in Financial Management

Ravikant: 3 Types of Leverage in Financial Management

What’s leverage? How can you use this principle to build wealth over time? The Almanack of Naval Ravikant shares Ravikant’s ideas on leverage. He argues that leverage is a key component of building a passive income. He explains how you can leverage labor, money, and products that can be replicated without further inputs. Keep reading to learn about three types of leverage in financial management.

The Gap and the Gain: Overview & Key Takeaways

The Gap and the Gain: Overview & Key Takeaways

What does “the gap and the gain” mean? What’s the difference between these two ways of measuring progress and success? You might need to make one simple shift in your thinking. That’s the core idea of The Gap and the Gain that was developed by entrepreneurial coach Dan Sullivan. In the book, organizational psychologist Benjamin Hardy connects Sullivan’s ideas to scientific concepts that help explain why we tend to focus on the future and how we can train ourselves to focus on the past instead. Hardy and Sullivan argue that making this change can drastically improve your quality of life.

What Is Anti-Science? Carl Sagan Debunks 4 Criticisms

What Is Anti-Science? Carl Sagan Debunks 4 Criticisms

What is anti-science? Is it different from scientific skepticism? What are some of the most common criticisms of science? Science isn’t perfect. It should be challenged, questioned, and even criticized. Some of these criticisms, though, don’t hold water and amount to what could be called anti-science. This is the view of Carl Sagan, who discusses anti-science and addresses four of the most common criticisms that scientists face: science is evil, science is too narrow, science changes too fast, and we might be better off not knowing. Let’s take a look at how Sagan explains anti-science and unpacks these four criticisms.

Naval Ravikant: Specific Knowledge Is a Key to Success

Naval Ravikant: Specific Knowledge Is a Key to Success

What does Naval Ravikant mean by “specific knowledge”? What’s his advice for developing a specialization? According to Naval Ravikant, specific knowledge is required if you want to build wealth over time. To develop a specialization, you first have to learn the basics of communication and math. Then, you must discover where your true interest lies. Continue reading to learn how to develop specific knowledge on your path to success.

How to Overcome Trauma: The 2 Steps Toward Healing

How to Overcome Trauma: The 2 Steps Toward Healing

What are some practical ways to heal from the trauma you’ve experienced? How might you deal with your past in a way that gives you a brighter future? In The Gap and the Gain, entrepreneurial coach Dan Sullivan and organizational psychologist Benjamin Hardy contend that Gap- and Gain-thinking affect your well-being. Gain-thinking, they argue, can lead to a happier life. If you’ve experienced trauma, though, a happy life might seem out of reach. The authors provide techniques that help you frame your past trauma in a way that promotes Gain-thinking and puts you on the path toward healing. Read more