7 Ideas That Changed How I Live

The most useful advice I've gathered from nearly 40 podcast episodes.

Fridays are reserved for our signature posts: Burn the Ships, Gear Not Stuff, The Expedition, Q&As.

On the rare fifth Friday of a month, we run our All Killer, No Filler posts.

These posts feature something that’s improved my life lately. They’re quick, practical, and potent.

This fifth Friday, we’re featuring seven of the best insights and advice from recent Two Percent podcast episodes.

We’re almost 40 episodes in. Every episode, I walk away with ideas and practices that make me think or act differently.

Selecting episodes and pinning down one takeaway from each was hard—most podcasts have many ideas I love and use. But we like doing hard things around here.

These seven altered how I live day to day. They’re free and easy to implement. They’ll help you live better, too. Each one ends with exactly what I’m doing differently because of it.

Let’s roll …

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