Sublime

“If [more] information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.” TF: It’s not what you know, it’s what you do consistently. (See Tony Robbins, page 210.) “How to thrive in an unknowable future? Choose the plan with the most options. The best plan is the one that lets you change your plans.” TF: This is one of Derek’s “Directi

socially, have fewer friends but go deep with them so the relationship is rich. Accept fewer invitations, major in fewer leisure activities and study, then master, a smaller number of books versus skimming many. An intense concentration only on what matters most is how the pros realize victory. Simplify. Simplify. Simplify.

“Three to Thrive”: three things that I want to accomplish. I envision them as if they were already achieved and feel a sense of celebration and gratitude for them. Priming is an important gift to yourself—if you did it for ten days, you’d be hooked.

I always advise young people to become good public speakers (top 25%). Anyone can do it with practice. If you add that talent to any other, suddenly you’re the boss of the people who have only one skill. Or get a degree in business on top of your engineering degree, law degree, medical degree, science degree, or whatever. Suddenly you’re in charge,

OPRAH WINFREY CEO, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN); Actress and Producer

feels out of reach? In hindsight, 90-day goal looks insane, especially considering I could barely string a sentence together at the time I pitched the book. All of a sudden, I was going to not only attempt to solve a problem even the doctors couldn’t but also write a book on the new science of success using neuroscience, biohacking, technology, and