To make the right decisions, you need to master three methods: how to eat an elephant, how to eat a frog, and when to eat broccoli. You must have heard about the elephant and the frog: the elephant should be eaten slowly and in pieces, and the frog should be swallowed first thing in the morning. The broccoli idea isn't as well known, but the concept is: broccoli is good for longevity. But in order to live longer, it is not enough to know this. You also need to eat it regularly.

Why willpower does not work well and why avoid stupidity? What things are worth doing right now, and which ones are better thrown out of life? How are habits better than goals? How to do something new and interesting without leaving everything at the very beginning? How to learn anything and become one of the best? What is conscious practice and why 10,000 hours might not be enough?

Aleksey Markov, Ph.D. tough, with cynical jokes and very light language.

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