Do this instead. Here are 6 ways to motivate your team that doesn’t undermine intrinsic employee motivation that they already have. “I need to figure out how to motivate my employees.” When was the last time thought that to yourself? It could’ve been the other week when you noticed one of your…

Understanding where you have an edge and where you don’t can help you prevent problems, spot opportunities others miss, and rapidly learn. We all have a circle of competence – an area in which we have a lot of earned knowledge. The size of that circle is not important. What is important is knowing…

“The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.” *** Life is full of problems. We can moan about them, or we can solve them. Scott Peck argues in The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth that discipline is the toolbox for…

Inefficient does not mean ineffective, and it is certainly not the same as lazy. You get things done – just not in the most effective way possible. You’re a bit sloppy, and use more energy. But don’t feel bad about it. There is real value in not being the best. *** Trying to be perfect is a waste of…

Nothing will change your future trajectory like your habits. We all have goals, big or small, things we want to achieve within a certain time frame. Maybe you want to make a million dollars by the time you turn 30. Or to lose 20 pounds before summer. Or to write a book in the next six months. When…

The path to success often comes through avoiding major mistakes rather than pursuing brilliant moves. This isn’t about being passive – it’s about being thoughtful and disciplined about where and how you compete. Success comes from playing where you have an edge, ensuring you’re properly compensated…

大部分人会惊诧于这 30 秒内产生的念头竟然有那么多，而且杂乱无章。

Good decisions don’t always have a good outcome, just as bad decisions don’t always have bad outcomes. Sometimes bad outcomes happen to good decisions. And sometimes good things happen to bad decisions. Learning to distinguish between when you’re brilliant and lucky is the key to rapid improvement.…

艺术、音乐、文学、数学、科学、体育等等学科之间有一些什么共同的学习方法？这门开设在 Coursera 上的课程，将帮助你了解专业学习者的学习技巧。

This article is an excerpt from Atomic Habits, my New York Times bestselling book.

编者按：在提到读书的时候，很多人都会说自己很忙，没有时间。但又有谁能够比沃伦·巴菲特需要做的事情更多？为什么巴菲特能够有大量的时间去阅读？这背后有什么可以借鉴的地方？近日，畅销书作家迈克尔·西蒙斯（Michael Simmons）发表了一篇文章，研究了巴菲特独特的做事风格，目前在Medium上已经获得了6.7K鼓掌。原文标题为Warren Buffett: “Really Successful People Say No To Almost Everything”，文章由36氪编译，希望能够为你带来启发。 当比尔·盖茨（Bill Gates）第一次见到沃伦·巴菲特（Warren…

It’s been more than 2,200 years since Archimedes ran naked through the streets of Sicily shouting, “Eureka!” (“I’ve found it!”), but there’s still a lot we could learn from that moment.

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