The Feynman Learning Technique, developed by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, is a powerful method that uses the act of teaching to improve learning and understanding. This not only results in greater understanding but also promotes a growth mindset and the ability to learn from others. I discovered this technique on the FS blog and […]
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Greg Robinson is the NASA engineer who got the Webb Space Telescope launched (a huge moonshot). This was after the entire project was a complete disaster. Read his unbelievable story and more in the fabulous article from the WSJ below. While the story is fascinating, the takeaways are perfect for LIFEies and living a Fantastic Life. Achieving
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I want to learn, all the time. Which is why I email myself. If you look at the research, this is a powerful way to learn. Here are the cliff notes from the below article on improving learning: –Send yourself the same item at least 4 times. Our brains assign greater importance to repeated information.
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I write a lot about creating habits in LIFEies because they are important. Very important. But every time I write a LIFEies about habits, I have a couple people tell me they are too busy or too tired to create new, healthy habits. So I went searching for how to create habits when you are exhausted
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Fantastic Life Rule #8 is the 2% Rule — just do 2% more in anything you do. Put in 2% more effort, spend 2% more time, give it 2% more of your focus. Small changes compound over time. The article below lists 10 things you could do that take less than 10 minutes to help
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Most of the ideas I have for LIFEies come from my own failings. My own weaknesses.  Today is no exception. I have GREAT routines when I am at home.  Then I fall apart when I travel—and I travel a lot.  So I started looking into how I could keep my habits when I was on
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I saw the below article and had to get the book, The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self. Inside is a chapter on how humans are uniquely built to cover long distances with weight on our backs.  Good to know because over the last 25 years I have backpacked in something like
I am a big believer in reading. Â It’s the greatest way I continue to grow and learn. Â But I also love to read to get away and transport to another time, place, and story. Below is an article about how reading even rewires your mind and strengthens your ability to imagine and think through complex
Part of the Fantastic Life is staying physically healthy, which means being active in some way, shape, or form. I was an ultra-marathon runner for years before becoming a long-distance backpacker. When the pandemic hit and limited my ability to travel, and my backpacking partner suffered an injury, I had to change my ways. Â I
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I have made the commitment to meditate daily. That commitment alone has taken four years, reading over 10 books on the subject, and writing several LIFEies (here and here) on the topic and why it’s important. And it still took three months of being quarantined during a pandemic to truly get going. Anyway, I am
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