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self-improvement

6 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.

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Atomic Habits

James Clear's 2018 system for building good habits and breaking bad ones — based on four laws (make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, make it satisfying) — the best-selling habits book and one of the best-selling self-help books of all time (15M+ copies).

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James Clear

American author — author of Atomic Habits — whose 3-2-1 newsletter and blog on habits built an audience of millions before the book — whose 2018 book became one of the best-selling self-help books of all time.

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The 4-Hour Chef

Timothy Ferriss's 2012 book — using cooking as a vehicle for teaching his meta-learning methodology (DiSSS: Deconstruct, Select, Sequence, Stakes) — arguing that any skill can be learned to an intermediate level quickly through the right sequencing.

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Podcast

The Tim Ferriss Show

One of the most downloaded business podcasts — Tim Ferriss's long-form interviews with world-class performers aimed at deconstructing their habits, routines, and decision-making frameworks.

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Ultralearning

Scott Young's guide to intense self-directed learning projects — drawn from his MIT Challenge (completing the 4-year CS curriculum in 12 months) and other radical learning experiments.

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Founders podcast

Founders is a podcast dedicated to extracting timeless business and life lessons from the biographies of legendary entrepreneurs, artists, and thinkers.

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