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#22: Protecting Your Brain For Life
In 1986 a multi-decade study by David Snowdon began into 678 Roman Catholic nuns. Through studying these ladies in their later years, the...


#17: Thinking The Opposite
TIGER KINGS It’s 1989 in the Sundarbans, located on the Ganges Delta and home to one of nature’s most impressive apex predators – the...


#19: Taking Chances - The Biggest Betting Coup Ever
YELLOW SAM It’s June 1975 in a sleepy Irish village, named Bellewstown - the sort of place where time stands still. Yellow Sam is...


#8: Thinking Beyond The Obvious
KEYS FOR SUCCESS It’s 5.45am on a December morning, 1979 in Pretoria, South Africa. Apartheid opposing political prisoners Tim Jenkin and...


#11: How Your Environment Makes You
GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM! It’s 1971 and the U.S. are starting to exit from Vietnam. The controversial war has divided a nation and the...


#6: Predicting How Events will Unfold
MAKE PREDICTIONS GREAT AGAIN! It’s 2.30am on the 9th of November 2016. Hilary Clinton has just hung up the phone after conceding defeat...


#12: How Overconfidence Can Be Disastrous
UNSINKABLE It’s mid-April 1912, and the unthinkable has happened: The Titanic has sunk. Over 1500 people have perished in the icy water,...


#36: Going Against the Grain
Dick Fosbury is 16 and desperate to make the high school athletics team, but despite standing well over 6ft he can’t clear a modest...


#35: How You See Yourself is Everything
David Goggins, was busy evicting cockroaches and other unwelcome guests in yet another restaurant kitchen. He worked the graveyard shift...


#33: Following Your Heart
February 24th, 1981, was the date everything changed for Diana Spencer. At 19, she had now been thrust into the spotlight as the fiancée...


#32: Building Our Brains
To become a black cab driver in London, you need to learn ‘The Knowledge’. This involves memorising everything within a 6-mile radius of...


#31: Winning at Negotiation
Sat in the principal’s office, Herb and Larry were in big trouble. What had started as a prank, now left them in jeopardy of getting...


#30: Creating Your Own Luck
Bryan was auditioning for a ‘Mars’ advert; the brief - rappel down a rockface athletically and eat a Mars bar halfway down! The...


#34: Trial and Error for Success
It’s the 1970s and consumer goods firm Unilever have a big problem in their Liverpool factory, costing them millions of pounds a year....


#29: Succeed in Business and Investing
Last Tuesday we gained some pearls of wisdom from the inimitable Charlie Munger on getting ahead in life. Charlie espoused the power of...


#28: Thinking Smarter and Gaining Wisdom
In 1959 two men met during a dinner party in Omaha, Nebraska. They had much in common and over several hours of storytelling they admired...


#27: Hitting This Year's Goals
It’s early 2015 and I’ve got big goals. I’ve even stuck a colour coded timetable on my wall and stayed up watching several motivational...


#26: Living in the Moment
WISDOM 💎 ‘Your entire life consists of the present moment.’ Eckhart Tolle Tip 1 - A SMART PLAY ✅ Goals are helpful tools, but we...


#25: Performing at Your Best
Stuart Anderson played pro football in the NFL, but it’s his mindset growing up playing high-school basketball that we can all learn...


#24: Overcoming the Little Voice
It’s a warm Tuesday afternoon in Rome, September 6th, 1960, at the starting line of the men’s 1500m Olympic final. At only 22, Australian...
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