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A book, magnifying glass and pen with a globe in the background - tools for language learning

Guide

Language learning: Quick start guide

Two old books, side by side - one of 'my memories' and the other of family photos

Blog Post

How to remember like Sherlock Holmes

The title for the What I've Learned video on how to improve willpower through heart rate variability

Video

Improve Willpower in 5 Minutes

Writing paper and a fountain pen

Blog Post

I’m writing my own 2017

Karoliina Korppoo presenting her TED talk on how the video game Cities: Skylines could be used to design better cities

Video

How a video game might help us build better cities

An infographic from Information is Beautiful showing the size of the codebases of different types of software

Infographic

Million Lines of Code

Grace Kim presenting her TED talk on how cohousing can make us happier

Video

How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)

A still from the video Philosophical Meditation from the School of Life YouTube channel

Video

Philosophical Meditation

Alain de Botton presenting his TED talk on a kinder, gentler philosophy of success

Video

A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

The cover of A Concise History of the World by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Book

A Concise History of the World

A set of wooden measuring instruments

Blog Post

3 steps for measuring improvement

A blow torch, heating some glass as part of an experiment

Blog Post

Don’t search for your passion — just experiment

The legs of runners as they cross a finish line

Blog Post

End each day on a high

Episode 145 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Cal Fussman as a guest

Podcast

Tim Ferris Podcast #145: The Interview Master

Episode 117 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Kelly Starrett talking about Crossfit

Podcast

Tim Ferriss Podcast #64: Crossfit

Article

Screened Out

App

Anki

Daniel Kahneman presenting his TED talk on experience vs. memory

Video

The riddle of experience vs. memory

Didier Sornette presenting his TED talk on how to predict the next financial crisis

Video

How can we predict the next financial crisis?

Max Strom presenting his TED talk on how there is no app for happiness — the effect of technology on happiness and relationships

Video

There is No App for Happiness