Academic Pressure

Barbara Oakley: With Brain Retraining, She Conquered Her Fear of Math

Oakley earned a B.S. in electrical engineering, an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering, and a Ph.D. in systems engineering, becoming Professor of Engineering at Oaklan...

David Goggins: With the Accountability Mirror, He Became a Navy SEAL

Goggins lost 106 pounds in 87 days, entering Navy SEAL training at 190 pounds. After enduring and completing Hell Week three separate times due to severe medical setbacks (dou...

Francesco Cirillo: With 25-Minute Work Blocks, He Ended Procrastination

Cirillo completely cured his procrastination, condensed twelve hours of distracted study into four hours of hyper-focused daily progress, passed his university exams with hono...

Kristin Neff: With Mindful Self-Compassion, She Silenced Her Inner Critic

Neff dismantled her chronic self-criticism, achieving deep emotional stability and resilience. As a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, she published the seminal 2...

Niloofar: Daily Meditation Ended Her 12 Years of Severe Depression

## Before the Change Hello, I am Niloofar; an Iranian girl. I am writing this because my awakening path was filled with detours and fake gurus. To explain where it started, I ...

James Clear: Using Micro-Habits to Recover from Severe Brain Injury

Clear's micro-habits compounded into extraordinary results: by senior year, he was voted team captain, named to the All-NCAC First Team, selected as Denison's top male scholar...