The myth of multitasking
One of the more contentious debates in households and work places alike is the one that starts with “I can just get more done by multi-tasking” and “I’m just better at multitasking than you so I’m more productive”.
Is it wrong to eat your pet?
Billions of humans eat meat. To provide it, we raise animals. We control, hurt, and kill hundreds of millions of geese, nearly a billion cattle, billions of pigs and ducks, and tens of billions of chickens each year.
FIRE part two: cashflow
Aside from pure luck or privilege like receiving an inheritance, benefitting from a trust fund or winning the lottery the vast majority of people are born into a situation where they will have to earn their own income
Indistractable, how
to cultivate a superpower
…distraction is just another way our brains attempt to deal with pain. If we accept this fact, then it makes sense that the only way to handle distraction is by learning to handle discomfort.
Nature, a cure for anxiety
Anxiety is now one of the most diagnosed mental illnesses in the west having over taken depression in recent years and there is a growing movement of psychologists and therapists...
Some of us wake up
Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow
Is a vegan diet really a cure to all ills?
Reduce your cholesterol, lower cardio vascular disease and reverse type two diabetes. Is following a plant based diet the single most important choice you can make today?
How to live an examined life
How many times have we been told that the secret to happiness in life is to find something you are passionate about and make that your life’s work?
FIRE and the quest for financial freedom
The FIRE movement is literally on fire at the moment but if you haven’t yet come across it yet then we are here to put you straight and give you a summary of what its all about and the steps you can start taking to get in on the act
Meaning and purpose, how to find your direction
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Sorry, I wasn't paying attention
Let’s face it, if we are truly honest with ourselves right now we can all attest to the energy draining demands that are placed upon our cognitive time these days.
A call to action
We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments
Can changing what we eat really save the environment?
Environmentally speaking, the world is not in a great place right now. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere...
How to own your morning
The power and benefits of developing your ‘morning routine’ are extolled everywhere you look at the moment from youtube and personal blogs to Forbes magazine and fortune 500 leaders
Why we sleep and what you need to do about it
A paradox of modern life is that despite clear and unequivocal scientific evidence as to why sleep is so important for our health and effectiveness we still continue to deprioritise it.
My plant based journey
Over night I went from being a practicing carnivore and borderline cheese addict to a puritan vegan.
Going Ultra
What ultra distance endurance events can teach us about ourselves and our potential to realise change.
Punishment Fitness
Despite the challenges of modern living Punishment Fitness proves that if you want to reach complete physical development, you need only comply with the following two principles