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What would you do for free?

Your employer isn't responsible for your sense of purpose

Reading books is the antidote to everything wrong with modern society

Editor's note: The beautiful, real reason why we have holidays

Your dream job is waiting for you to invent it

3 non-obvious ideas that can change your life right now

Hard work is making you lazy

Think Faster, Talk Smarter: The world’s top public speaking expert shares the secrets of charisma

The world needs more failures (the secret behind big ideas)

Extraordinary people chase outlier ideas (how to leverage curiosity)

How to get smarter (good ideas don't happen by accident)

Perfection is the enemy of creativity (how to actually ship great work)

Even in a place like New York City, eternity lasts far too long

The Best Life Advice You Haven't Heard: 27 lessons in 27 years

The most important years of your life will pass even if you don't make the most of them

Everything you want in life depends on one hidden equation

The Infinite Game: A framework to pursue work you actually care about

Do more of what you love

The life-changing magic of seeking out discomfort

Personal Brand 101: Transform yourself into an opportunity magnet

This is exactly how you get ahead of 99% of people

How to transform yourself and become unrecognizable in 6 months

I've published 2 books and millions have read my online writing. This is my playbook.

Life in HD: Everything changes once you clarify what you really want

5 dead-simple ways to supercharge your writing and attract millions of readers online

The single most important skill of the modern era - and how to master it

The Ultimate Guide to Focus for Creatives

This is the easiest way to generate endless ideas for content creation

The Ancient Aboriginal Village of Hong Kong

Gertrude Stein on a writer's life abroad and belonging somewhere different from where you're born

Kurt Vonnegut breaks down why good writing means prioritizing simplicity and plain language

Don't let social media convince you to back the wrong ideas

Ernest Hemingway explains his craft, and why he had to be a 'literary pirate' to make money as an author

The fastest way to figure out who you are and where you're going

The Ultimate Guide to Habits

How I wrote a book in a year while working full-time as a journalist

This reading strategy will transform how you pick books and make you an expert in anything

Work-life balance is as much about life as it is your job

Beating writer's block isn't about writing better. It's about living with bad writing.

The best and worst part of writing a book are the same thing

The life-changing magic of taking time off work

How writers can refuel creativity and unlock productivity by planning time off

Why travel makes good writing better

Travel offers a chance to escape: Reflections from a week on a Caribbean cruise

Blogging will change your life: What I learned in 5 years of writing online and building a personal brand

The subtle art of not setting goals

Here's what I learned writing fiction while launching my career as a business journalist

Being happier with your job starts with reclaiming life outside the office

The Genius of Mad Men: How Don Draper tells his own story to create meaning from nothing

The Rise of AI: ChatGPT does the opposite of the printing press and it's making humanity dumber

How to Write: Susan Sontag explains the duty of a storyteller and the dangers of distilling culture into content

Read this if you feel lost and want to do work you actually care about.

A Wall Street influencer breaks down how he gained 72,000 TikTok followers

Want to be like the rich and famous? Steal their reading habits.

Finding your "why" is easy — if you ask your best friends

The Life-Changing Magic of Losing My Suitcase in Italy

Travel Doesn't Change You. You Change You.

You won't find the meaning of life without looking - these 3 things will get you closer

You are what you read: How curating what you consume curates the way you think

What I Learned From A Stranger in Thailand

ChatGPT is only the start of the AI revolution

The Rise of AI: We're in serious trouble if artificial intelligence gets any smarter

Write Well and Travel Deeply

Here's how I wrote 2 bestselling books without taking time off work

Reverse-engineer a reputation for excellence

What teaching English in Hong Kong taught me about habits and reputation

How to Write: Friedrich Nietzsche's 10 rules for impactful writing and rich language

How to (actually) be happier at work in 2023

I asked ChatGPT to argue why social media is better than reading. The bot made an absurd but clear case for TikTok and Instagram over books.

The lead designer at sportswear brand ASRV breaks down his creative process and how to bring art to life

George Orwell lays out 6 rules for clear writing and forceful communication

I published a bestseller at 25 - but my obsession with progress prevented me from enjoying the milestone

Here's why even your dream job won't be perfect

Zadie Smith teaches 10 practical and poetic rules of writing

Henry Miller shares timeless advice on focus and routine for wordsmiths

How to think like Sherlock Holmes, according to neuroscience and psychology

John Steinbeck shares his creative process and discipline tactics

I asked 2,800 people for the best life advice they’ve ever received. This is what they said.