Better mornings. Better habits. Backed by science.
Sep 15, 2026
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4 min read
A study of 31,000 adults found something worth knowing about your first meal. It is not proof of anything about your own morning, and that distinction matters.
Sep 13, 2026
People valued their own clumsy paper folding as highly as an expert's. Everyone else valued it as a fifth of that.
Sep 10, 2026
You can lose the first hour of your morning and still win it. You cannot lose the last five minutes.
Sep 8, 2026
One extra sentence made a hard goal three times more likely to actually happen. Ninety-four studies later, the effects still held.
Sep 6, 2026
Six hundred managers were asked what actually motivates people. Almost none of them got the top answer right.
Sep 3, 2026
Being hard on yourself was supposed to keep you motivated. The research says it does the opposite.
Sep 1, 2026
How the word "I should" impacts habits more than you think
Aug 30, 2026
Every morning for thirty years he stepped on a scale and saw the same number. It was never about his weight.
Aug 27, 2026
The first scroll of the morning was never really about the news. It was about where you rank.
3 min read
You cannot out-argue a worry that shows up at 6am. You can schedule it for later.
Aug 13, 2026
2 min read
You have not had a drink in eight hours. Your brain noticed before you did.
Apr 22, 2026
Benjamin Franklin asked himself the same question every morning for fifty years. Here is what he did with the answer.
Apr 15, 2026
6 min read
Most people eat breakfast out of habit. Here is how to tell the difference.
Apr 13, 2026
5 min read
The first thing you agree to in the morning sets the tone for everything that follows.
Apr 10, 2026
You do not need a plunge pool. You need a bowl of cold water and thirty seconds.
Apr 8, 2026
You might just be an evening person in a morning world. The science explains why.
Apr 6, 2026
Doing less in the morning is sometimes the most productive thing you can do.
Apr 3, 2026
Not a workout. Five moves that fix what sleep actually does to your body.
Apr 2, 2026
New mercies every morning. The case for beginning again.
Apr 1, 2026
You do not rise to your goals. You fall to the level of your identity.
Mar 31, 2026
It is not about staying. It is about returning. Every morning.
Mar 30, 2026
Warren Buffett's 25-5 rule. The second list is the dangerous one.
Mar 27, 2026
Being alone in the morning is not loneliness. It is the whole point.
Mar 25, 2026
One habit. Not ten. Here is why less is actually more.
Ten minutes outside before anything else. The research on what it actually does is more interesting than you think.
