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  • Equip yourself with personalized resources tailored to your growth journey so you can take action to be your best self.

Page Last Updated: January 22, 2024

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We Support You Throughout Your Growth Journey

Success is about getting the right support when you need it most. Here, you'll find programs meticulously developed with people who have been in your shoes, designed to offer effective, timely, and relevant resources throughout your growth journey.

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Understand Yourself

How well do you understand why you do what you do and have clarity on where you are at in your growth journey?

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Knowledge

We share personalized content to help you understand how to navigate your challenges and showcase real world examples.

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Tools

We develop tools and systems that convert fundamental principles into practical, actionable steps that integrate seamlessly into your life.

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Community

Surround yourself with people who have already done the things that you want to do and are excited to share how with you.

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Why Did We Create This?

How often have we read a book and thought, 'I wish I had discovered this sooner'? We want to eliminate such missed opportunities by sharing resources tailored to your current stage of growth.

We've found that when growth-minded individuals are equipped with tools to take action on their learning, and have a community to support them in their endeavors - they experience drastic life improvements and positively impact the world.

Explore Our Principles

This is where we distill learnings from our extensive experiences and a wide array of literature, and show you the first principles that makes our programs successful. This transparency ensures you're not just taking our word that it'll be helpful; instead, you can thoroughly understand what goes into each program to help you be your best self.

Overview

Program Principles

Your guide to the first principles behind our programs.

What Are First Principles?

A detailed exploration of the concept of first principles, and how they differ from conventional thinking.

Submitting New Principles

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General Principles

You Are The Average Of 5

You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. Who do you want to be?

Balance Reduces Burnout

Maintaining a balance between work and play reduces burnout and keeps you motivated for long-term success.

Better Done Than Perfect

The journey towards your goals is more important than achieving a perfect outcome.

Clarity Builds Confidence

Knowing where you're going boosts confidence, reduces uncertainty, and keeps you motivated throughout the journey.

Delayed Gratification

Rewards are more satisfying and meaningful when earned through effort. Learn how delaying rewards reinforces discipline and builds long-term success.

Fight, Flight, or Freeze

Understand the different ways we respond to danger, and the pros and cons of each.

Habit Stacking

Pairing a new habit with an existing one (habit stacking) makes it easier to build routines by anchoring new behavior to something already ingrained in your daily life.

I Know That I Know Nothing

You can't fill a cup that is full. Embracing our own ignorance opens the door to new perspectives.

Immersion Drives Engagement

Fully immersing yourself in an experience boosts engagement and success with your tasks.

Measure Twice, Cut Once

Careful planning enables you to minimize mistakes and avoid unnecessary rework.

Perspective Changes Rewards

Your changing perspectives influence what rewards will matter to you.

Practice With Purpose

Progress in any skill requires intentional and focused practice over time, not just repetition.

Write It or Forget It

Capturing ideas and tasks ensures nothing slips through the cracks and keeps you organized.

Specific Principles

Ask, Don’t Assume

Asking open-ended questions helps you understand the world better instead of making assumptions about others' thoughts and intentions.

Basic Needs Are Universal

Our shared basic needs create bonds between people and fosters mutual understanding.

Big Results Take Time

The planning fallacy causes us to overestimate short-term gains and underestimate long-term success.

Breathing Techniques

How does breathing affect your focus and well-being?

Celebrate Your Wins

Big or small, celebrating your wins along the way keeps you motivated to push forward toward even greater challenges.

Discipline Comes From Within

True discipline comes from taking ownership of our choices and actions, helping us build internal boundaries for long-term success.

Empathy Is Understanding Their Journey

We can't truly feel what another person is feeling, so true empathy is all about understanding and validating how they got to their perspective

Flow State

How does flow state actually work?

It's OK to Say No

Setting boundaries and saying no is a critical skill for prioritizing what truly matters and maintaining your well-being.

Love With No Expectations

Depending on the perspectives we hold, our love often comes with expectations or conditions.

Meditation

What does meditation do to your brain?

Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule)

What is the most effective way of prioritizing that will help you achieve the most productivity and results?

Perfectly Imperfect

Use the power of accepting and embracing imperfections to truly let go of negative thoughts and take meaningful action.

Quests You Get To Do

Reframe your tasks as opportunities for growth and rewards, turning them into quests you get to do, not chores you have to do.

Reward Should Match Effort

The more challenging or time-consuming the task, the greater the reward should be to sustain your motivation.

Reward What Matters

Align your rewards with high-impact actions to ensure you're prioritizing the most meaningful actions for growth and success.

Seek Discomfort

How does seeking discomfort faciliate growth and development?

Self-Preservation

Learn how our bodies are hardwired to survive at all costs and how we can use it to our advantage.

Sensory Deprivation

What does depriving yourself of your senses do?

Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain

Take short-term actions while being mindful of the long-term consequences they might carry.

Start With Why

Understanding the deeper purpose behind your actions fuels motivation and leads to getting the success you want.

Systems Thinking

Replicate successful outcomes by building best practices and workflows.

The Gacha Effect

Variable rewards create excitement and sustain motivation, turning even mundane tasks into engaging challenges.

Together We Thrive

Cooperation and mutual support enhance our chances of survival, showing that we thrive when we work together.

Visibility Drives Accountability

Learn how sharing your progress (aka working out loud) can create accountability and help you stay consistent in working toward your goals.

Visible Progress Fuels Motivation

Discover how visible progress boosts motivation and learn strategies to stay motivated when results take time.

Vulnerability Connects and Heals

Vulnerability fosters connection and healing, creating space for personal growth.

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Understand Yourself

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  • The Evolution Of Wants
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Our Programs

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