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Feb 3
Your mind can be your strongest ally or your worst enemy.

That's why it's so important to learn how to control your inner voice.

Here are 10 practical tips from the bestselling book "Chatter": Image
Our biggest critic is often our own voice.

Psychologist @ethan_kross refers to this negative self-talk as chatter. He spent 20 years studying the conversations we have with ourselves.

Here are 10 useful strategies for harnessing your inner voice:
1/ Talk To Yourself In 2nd or 3rd Person

A great way to distance yourself from negative thoughts is to use distanced self-talk.

That is, talking to yourself in second or third-person.

Doing so changes the way you think about yourself and helps you make better decisions.
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Feb 1
Twitter is the world's best free university.

But with 330,000,000+ users, it's difficult to know who to follow.

Here are the 20 most popular writers on Twitter (and their most popular thread):
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Jan 31
The last book recommendation thread you'll ever need:

(you may want to hide your credit card before clicking)
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Jan 30
I asked, "What’s the best self-improvement book you’ve ever read?"

I received 400+ replies.

Here are 20 books that will help you become a better version of yourself:
1/

Atomic Habits

by @JamesClear

amzn.to/3ubkTOD
2/

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

by @naval & @EricJorgenson

amzn.to/3G6imYl
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Jan 29
America is in a reading crisis.

New data on book reading shows that reading is on the decline.

Here are 12 scary stats that we need to stop:
A recent report from Gallup found that every category of readers are reading less: men, women, college graduates, non-college graduates, old people, and young people.

Americans are reading 3 fewer books per year.

Down from 15.2 books a year to 12.6.
College graduates read an average of about 6 fewer books in 2021, falling from 21.1 books to 14.6.

The average U.S. woman read about 4 fewer books, down from 19.3 to 15.7 books.

Americans aged 55+ read almost 5 fewer books, down from 16.7 to 12.
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Jan 27
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Readers:
1/ Schedule Reading

Effective readers don't hope they'll have time to read, they MAKE time to read.

They schedule time in their day to read a book just like how they schedule a time to have a meeting with a coworker or workout session with a trainer.
2/ Ask Questions

Effective readers view books as a discussion with the author, not a lecture.

They listen to what the author has to say but then ask questions such as:

-Are their sources reliable?
-Is this information up to date?
-Are these lessons backed by science?
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