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What Separates Elite Achievers From Average Performers?

A surprising finding from the research behind the so-called ‘10,000 hour rule’

3 min readOct 11, 2019

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Itzhak Perlman performs at the Barclays Center on February 28, 2013 in New York City.

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Mind Cafe

How Decision Fatigue Is Silently Killing Your Productivity And What You Can Do About It.

Willpower is not about resisting, forcing, or controlling — it’s about choosing. — Penney Peirce

8 min readNov 9, 2021

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How Decision Fatigue Is Silently Killing Your Productivity And What You Can Do About It.

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Curious

Why We Struggle With Self-Control — The Problem of Two Minds

Make Advantage of The Righteous Evil Within You.

9 min readOct 11, 2021

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Why We Struggle With Self-Control — The Problem of Two Minds

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Curious

Veto Power: The Only Weapon You Need To Crush Your Temptations

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our…

4 min readOct 4, 2021

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Veto Power: The Only Weapon You Need To Crush Your Temptations

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Towards Data Science

Private, “Protected” Attributes in Python — Demystified Once and For All

Are protected attributes even real?

4 min readOct 15, 2020

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Private, “Protected” Attributes in Python — Demystified Once and For All

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The Startup

A 3-Tier System to Unleash the Productivity Monster Within You

Try a system-driven approach to staying productive.

5 min readOct 10, 2020

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A 3-Tier System to Unleash the Productivity Monster Within You

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How I Finish A 300-Pages Book Every Week And Remember All The Key Ideas

2X Your Reading Speed, 5X Your Retention.

5 min readOct 8, 2020

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How I Finish A 300-Pages Book Every Week And Remember All The Key Ideas

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The Startup

The Proper Starting Point for a Massive Change — According to Epictetus

We all try to seize every opportunity — like the new year — to commit to bold and lofty ideas. We do this of course because we valorize…

3 min readSep 15, 2019

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The Proper Starting Point for a Massive Change — According to Epictetus

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Ascent Publication

How To Increase Your Willpower By Hacking Your Heart Rate

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. —…

7 min readSep 15, 2019

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How To Increase Your Willpower By Hacking Your Heart Rate

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The Startup

Keto Diet As A Productivity Super Hack — 8 Game-Changing Benefits

At first, keto is hard. Then, you will love it.

7 min readSep 13, 2019

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Keto Diet As A Productivity Super Hack — 8 Game-Changing Benefits

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Amir Afianian

Amir Afianian

Productivity is My Passion | Programmer | I Read Obsessively, Experiment Like a Maniac, And Write What Actually Works in Here.

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