2The Thermostat Inside You
Your body has a built-in regulator that keeps you steady, and most doctors were never taught about it.
Not written yet
You Are a Whirlpool · Letters
fol. 8After the five rules come more letters.
3Your Body Wants to Heal
Your body is always trying to repair itself; your job is to stop getting in its way.
Not written yet
4Getting Stronger Means Breaking Down First
Muscles, minds and people grow by taking a hit they can recover from.
Not written yet
5Sleep Is Where You Get Rebuilt
You cannot trick your way around sleep; it is when the repair crew works.
Not written yet
6When You’re Scared
Short fear makes you stronger and long fear wears you down, so learn to tell them apart.
Not written yet
7What I Want You to Know About Cannabis
A straight, no-hype talk from your dad about what this plant does, why it fits the body, and how to respect it.
Not written yet
8The Man Who Taught Me All This
Who Dr. Bob was, what he taught me, and why I keep telling his story.
Not written yet
9Your Brain Is a Guessing Machine
Your brain predicts the world and then checks, which is why it works a lot like the machines people are afraid of.
Not written yet
10What You Expect Is What You Get
What you believe changes what your body and your luck actually do (placebo and self-fulfilling prophecy).
Not written yet
11Whose Voice Is in Your Head
Many of your beliefs were installed by other people; here is how to find the ones that are really yours.
Not written yet
12Why Older People See a Different World
Your parents and grandparents drew their maps in a world that no longer exists, and that is not their fault or yours.
Not written yet
13Where Your Attention Goes
Attention is the energy you feed things with; a few quiet minutes a day teaches you to aim it.
Not written yet
14Small Things Every Day
Weight, money, skill and health all move by small daily pushes, not big fixes.
Not written yet
15When Work Feels Like Play
Flow happens when the job is just a bit harder than you are; chase that feeling and the work takes care of itself.
Not written yet
16Stop Pushing the River
Trying harder is not always the answer; sometimes the move is to stop forcing and let things settle.
Not written yet
17Be Happy With People
Being happy with people costs less than fighting them, and the strongest person in the room is usually the one who listens.
Not written yet
18You Don’t Have to Win the Argument
You cannot reason someone out of a belief they did not reason their way into, so save your energy.
Not written yet
19Letting Go of a Grudge
A grudge is a leak in your own tank; here is a five-minute daily way to plug it.
Not written yet
20Some Doors Only Open One Way
Time runs one direction and some choices cannot be undone, so learn which pushes pick the road.
Not written yet
21Which Way Are You Facing
The one habit that separates people who get through change from people who get stuck: looking forward.
Not written yet
22When the World Changes Under Your Feet
Jobs, institutions and whole countries can flip fast; when it happens to you, here is what to hold and what to drop.
Not written yet
23Holding On Loosely
Loss hurts because we grip; forgetting and letting go are how a living thing keeps changing.
Not written yet
24Blame Is a Dead End
What happened may not be your fault, but what you do next is always yours.
Not written yet
25The Machines Are Not Coming for You
AI is a change like every other change; the people who lean in come out ahead.
Not written yet
26Try It and See
Wishing and vision boards do nothing; small experiments and honest results are how you find what works.
Not written yet
27Nobody Can Plan Everything
Big plans fail because no one knows enough; keep things small, spread out and able to fail safely.
Not written yet
28Money Is Stored Energy
Money is energy you saved for later; never put it where you do not understand it, and never in one place.
Not written yet
29Meaning Is Something You Make
The world does not hand you a purpose; the meaning is in the doing, like the painting is in the painting.
Not written yet
30Why Ants Never Built Anything New
Being perfectly efficient at one thing is the enemy of trying new things; flexibility wins in the long run.
Not written yet
