Personal branding is about managing your name - even if you don't own a business - in a world of misinformation, disinformation, and semi-permanent Google records. Going on a date? Chances are that your "blind" date has Googled your name. Going to a job interview? Ditto.

World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes.

I have scary eyes. I look like the guy in 'American History X,' yes. I remember coming home from school and asking my mum if I could get an eye transplant, and of course she declined.

Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.

Someday is a dis-ease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

I think about willpower almost never. I realize for myself, trying to be more disciplined is pretty nebulous and it's often a slippery target. For me, I've just thought about incentives.