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Category Archives: Self Development

start your own business
December 15, 2016  in
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  • Business

The Untold Truth About Entrepreneurship – 10 Invaluable Ideas People Rarely Reveal

The Untold Truth About Entrepreneurship – 10 Invaluable Ideas People Rarely Reveal   Today, I will attempt a small diversion from our usual schedule afte

By Adrian Iliopoulos
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  • 11 minute read
monk mode
October 27, 2016  in
  • Self Development

Monk Mode – Pain Is Inevitable. Suffering Is a Choice.

Monk mode is a mental state that allows the individual to assume control over his mental well-being and eventually augment his value.

By Adrian Iliopoulos
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  • 9 minute read
supplements for cognitive enhancement
September 15, 2016  in
  • Self Development

Cognitive Enhancement – 10 Quintessential Supplements for Health, Longevity, and Endurance

Cognitive Enhancement – 10 Quintessential Supplements for Health, Longevity, and Endurance   We live in the first stage of the brain and body enhance

By Adrian Iliopoulos
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  • 9 minute read
July 17, 2016  in
  • Self Development

3 Important Books to Read This Summer and My Views on Speed-Reading

Reading, along with writing and speaking are the areas I have been investing in the most over the last couple of years. All three are essential to a person’s

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 3,685 views
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  • 7 minute read
10-tyrannies
July 7, 2016  in
  • Self Development

10 Tyrannies That We Torture Ourselves With

Becoming conscious of those tyrannies, helps us alleviate, and even eliminate, them. In this article, I show you how.

By Adrian Iliopoulos
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  • 11 minute read
life optimization
June 16, 2016  in
  • Self Development

The Life Optimization Doctrine

The Life Optimization Doctrine   Last year, I did a very thorough and enlightening interview with notorious investor and former hedge fund manager Mike Syd

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 4,609 views
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  • 13 minute read
June 7, 2016  in
  • Self Development

Overcoming Fear of Failure – A Mindset Trick I Use Successfully

This post is a sweet and short rant.   I was feeling kind of moody lately and I convinced myself that I should try something different. Something I have ne

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 2,584 views
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  • 4 minute read
list of maxims
April 30, 2016  in
  • Self Development

List of Maxims | 30 Years of Experience – 30 Maxims to Live By

List of Maxims | 30 Years of Experience – 30 Maxims to Live By   Today is my birthday.   Not just any birthday.   Today I reach a very special

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 13,961 views
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  • 7 minute read
February 12, 2016  in
  • Self Development

How to Have More Energy – The Quintessential Guide

How to Have More Energy – The Quintessential Guide   Executive summary: People nowadays tend to complain about not having enough time or that they ea

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 6,759 views
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  • 11 minute read
December 17, 2015  in
  • Self Development

The 8 Best Books of 2015 and How to Distill Books into Easy to Read Summaries

2015 is soon coming to an end and it is time to review my 8 favorite books of the year.   I read almost 24 books this year, most of them published in 2015

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 7,503 views
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  • 8 minute read
overcoming procrastination
December 8, 2015  in
  • Self Development

Overcoming Procrastination: A Quintessential 5-Step Strategy

Overcoming Procrastination: A Quintessential 5-Step Strategy   Some months ago, I asked the people who are active in my inner circle to identify the main s

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 14,966 views
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  • 9 minute read
self promotion
October 15, 2015  in
  • Self Development

The Elon Musk Method – A 3-Part Bulletproof Self Promotion Strategy

The Elon Musk Method – A 3-Part Bulletproof Self Promotion Strategy   You are your own personal brand.   Everything you do, everything you say, and

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 19,183 views
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  • 7 minute read
September 4, 2015  in
  • Self Development

How to Sleep Better – 10 Sleep Hacks to Master Your Sleep

In order to understand how to sleep better, you need to understand how sleep works. In this article, I propose 10 sleep hacks to get the most out of it.

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 22,416 views
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  • 9 minute read
how to read more books
August 6, 2015  in
  • Self Development

How to Read More Books and 5 Great Books to Get You Started

Why Is It Important to Read Books and How to Read More Books   “Read an hour every day. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year,

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 14,273 views
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  • 7 minute read
June 18, 2015  in
  • Self Development

10 Key Points on Developing a Genuine Personality

Recently, I got to see Jim Jefferies live in Seattle. Watching him perform live in person is somewhat of an extraordinary experience. In my opinion, with the e

By Quan
  • 12,001 views
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  • 8 minute read
how to stay motivated
June 11, 2015  in
  • Self Development

How to Stay Motivated: Track Small Wins. Reward Yourself. Repeat.

How to Stay Motivated: Track Small Wins. Reward Yourself. Repeat. Do you recognize the four people in the above picture?   Let me help you a bit.   Fr

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 8,070 views
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  • 7 minute read
systems thinking
June 4, 2015  in
  • Self Development

Systems Thinking – 7 Lessons for Ambitious Endeavors

Systems Thinking – 7 Lessons for Ambitious Endeavors Recently I stumbled upon a post on WSJ written by Scott Adams who is the creator of the famous comic

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 15,854 views
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  • 9 minute read
May 28, 2015  in
  • Self Development

There Are Many Moments in Life That Define Us. This Is Probably the Most Important

Racing from stoplight to stoplight, I am a god on two wheels. I have a higher power-to-weight ratio than a hypercar and the same level of skills as Valentino Ro

By Quan
  • 4,029 views
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  • 6 minute read
May 21, 2015  in
  • Self Development

The Problem Is Not That Others Don’t Get You. The Problem Is Your Perception.

My father is a heart surgeon.   Almost a month ago I visited him and my family in Athens, Greece where I am originally from.   During my stay, he aske

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 22,096 views
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  • 9 minute read
May 14, 2015  in
  • Self Development

10 Key Lessons on the Art of Being Self-Reliant

10 Key Lessons on the Art of Being Self-Reliant True self-confidence can only come from the inner conviction that you only ever need yourself to lean on in lif

By Adrian Iliopoulos
  • 40,523 views
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