Definition Strength is built by tensing the muscles harder, not by exhausting them with reps. Now, in order to achieve high tension, you need: High resistance. Mental focus on contracting the muscle harder. You want to treat your training as a practice rather than a workout. High resistance With heavy weights, high resistance can be achieved by the powerlifts such as bench press, squat, deadlift, and so on. However, without heavy weights, high resistance can be achieved by:...

Compound yourself If your business grows 50% in value every year, it can become huge in a very short amount of time, thanks to compounding. You also want to take advantage of compounding magic and apply it on your life. Your rate of learning should always be high. As your career progresses, the work you do should generate more impact and leverage, either via capital, technology, brand, network effects and so on....

Correlation is not the same as causality The masses of data that companies accumulated are not organized in a way that enables them to predict which ideas will succeed. For examples, your height, age, shoe size, shopping habits,… don’t necessarily cause you to buy this or that product. There might be a correlation between some of collected characteristics and the tendency of customers who purchase the same product. However, they don’t cause you to go and buy them....

Hi friend, I’m here to tell you that Motion was shut down at 5 P.M. EST today. Thank you so much for your support over the past months. It means a lot to me. The reason that I built Motion in the first place was to make it easier for me and you to achieve our goals. However, after using it myself for the last month and asking people for feedback, I came to the conclusion that it was not as useful as I thought it would be....

Whenever you find it hard to get started on a task, consider scaling it down into a 2-minute version. For example, Read a book → Read one page Write an essay → Write one sentence Run 10 miles → Wear my running shoes Do 100 push-ups → Do 1 push up Eat more vegetables → Eat an apple Study for interview → Skim through my notes Build a program → Code a function The idea is to make it super easy to get started....

Let me know if you agree to these: Everyone wants to have an amazing job and financial independence but not everyone wants to sacrifice their late nights and weekends, do unpleasant paperwork, practice networking, or take lots of risks even though it’s not guaranteed to be successful. Everyone wants to have a great relationship but not everyone wants to go through tough conversations and discuss about feelings and emotions. Everyone wants to have a strong and healthy body but not everyone appreciates the pain of working out and eating strictly....

Photo/Video Sharing Service Photo/Video Sharing Service lets users upload photos/videos and share them with other users. Similar services Instagram Youtube Netflix Requirements clarifications Functional requirements: Users can upload, view, like/dislike, comment, download photos/videos. Photos/videos stats are recorded: numbers of likes/dislike, views, etc. Users can upload as many photos/videos as they like. Users can search for photos/videos titles, and other usernames. Users can follow other users. Users can have a News Feed consisting of recent photos/videos from all of their following users....

According to Adam M. Grant’s Originals, many creative geniuses came up with a large number of ideas throughout the years. For example, Shakespeare produced 37 plays and 154 sonnets in the span of 2 decades. Mozart composed more than 600 pieces before his death at 35. Beethoven produced 650 pieces in his lifetime. Bach wrote over a thousand. Picasso had more than 1800 paintings, 1200 sculptures, 2800 ceramics, 1200 drawings, not to mention prints, rugs....