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the ultimate guide to keeping a journal Resource

the ultimate guide to keeping a journal

Clark Kegley presents journaling as the single tool he would pick to transform a life and walks through his 'six-in-one' journaling …

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You’re NOT lazy, You’re Afraid: How to Force Yourself to Take Action (LIFE-CHANGING) Resource

You’re NOT lazy, You’re Afraid: How to Force Yourself to Take Action (LIFE-CHANGING)

Kegley argues you are not lazy but afraid: procrastination is a protection mechanism in which the amygdala's fight, flight, or …

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10 Ways to Look Attractive AF (it takes 30-seconds) Resource

10 Ways to Look Attractive AF (it takes 30-seconds)

Kegley lists ten ways to become more attractive in about 30 seconds each, arguing attraction is largely an energy dynamic that can …

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Do Shadow Work... It Will Change Your Life (Best Technique) Resource

Do Shadow Work... It Will Change Your Life (Best Technique)

Kegley presents shadow work as facing avoided, embarrassing habits and emotions rather than only fixing surface habits. He teaches …

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how this one habit is ruining your life Resource

how this one habit is ruining your life

Clark explains core stories as the deep narratives that drive emotions, beliefs, habits, routines, and self-image, sitting one layer …

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Identity Shifting: The ONE thing that changed my life Resource

Identity Shifting: The ONE thing that changed my life

Kegley opens with a personal story from his mid-20s as a touring professional drummer: stressed and vaping the equivalent, he says, …

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The 7-day MONK MODE challenge that changed my life Resource

The 7-day MONK MODE challenge that changed my life

The creator undertakes a challenge to read seven self-improvement books in seven days — each cover to cover within 24 hours, with a …

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The WORST Productivity Advice Everyone Told You Resource

The WORST Productivity Advice Everyone Told You

The creator argues that conventional productivity advice is flawed because it treats productivity as getting more done, which he …

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How I remember everything I read Resource

How I remember everything I read

Clark Kegley explains how he remembers what he reads by shifting from passive to active learning, citing Edgar Dale's 1969 Cone of …

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This 3 min SUBCONSCIOUS MIND exercise will CHANGE YOUR LIFE! Resource

This 3 min SUBCONSCIOUS MIND exercise will CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

The creator says most change fails because people try to force it consciously with willpower, while, as he presents it, over 90% of …

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5 things I wish I knew at 20 Resource

5 things I wish I knew at 20

Kegley offers five lessons he wishes he had known at 20. First, life has three currencies, money, time, and energy, and each life …

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9 Cognitive Distortions: Why You're Stuck in Negative Thinking Loops Resource

9 Cognitive Distortions: Why You're Stuck in Negative Thinking Loops

The creator argues that trying to change all of your thoughts is overwhelming — he cites an estimate of over 60,000 thoughts a day, …

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How to unf*k YOUR life (3 Steps) Resource

How to unf*k YOUR life (3 Steps)

Kegley gives three ways to reinvent yourself when you feel stuck with the same goals, in a soul-sucking job, or after a breakup. …

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The Dip: The MOST important lesson YOU learn too late in life... Resource

The Dip: The MOST important lesson YOU learn too late in life...

Reflecting on receiving YouTube's million-subscriber award, the creator explains Seth Godin's concept from 'The Dip': after an …

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CUT OUT TOXIC people from YOUR life (here's how) Resource

CUT OUT TOXIC people from YOUR life (here's how)

Clark argues against reflexively cutting out unsupportive people, especially family you can't simply remove. He describes an …

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these 5 journaling questions let you COACH YOURSELF Resource

these 5 journaling questions let you COACH YOURSELF

Kegley offers five journaling questions intended to let viewers coach themselves, drawn, he says, from his experience investing in …

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4 habits that (actually) changed my life Resource

4 habits that (actually) changed my life

Kegley shares four habits that he says actually changed his life, starting with one he stopped: drinking. Describing his 20s pattern …

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How to Design Your Life (Step by Step) Resource

How to Design Your Life (Step by Step)

Kegley lays out a five-step method for designing a life, moving from the 1.0 you to a 2.0 'true north.' Step one is defining the …

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the BRUTAL truth about Relationships YOU need to hear Resource

the BRUTAL truth about Relationships YOU need to hear

Clark Kegley presents three harsh truths about relationships. First, love fades but values don't: drawing on Jonathan Haidt's The …

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Ultimate Self-Improvement BOOK Tier List (BEST to WORST) Resource

Ultimate Self-Improvement BOOK Tier List (BEST to WORST)

Kegley ranks 14 famous self-improvement books into tiers, using three filters: at least 10,000 Amazon reviews or five million copies …

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5 Books that Make You Attractive AF (Best Relationship Advice) Resource

5 Books that Make You Attractive AF (Best Relationship Advice)

Kegley presents five relationship books with his favourite point from each, opening with a warning against toxic advice about making …

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Why YOU SUCK at LETTING GO (3 reasons) Resource

Why YOU SUCK at LETTING GO (3 reasons)

In a whiteboard video, Kegley uses a vibrations chart — low emotions like shame, guilt, jealousy and fear versus higher states like …

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I read 300 self-improvement books to learn these 3 lessons... Resource

I read 300 self-improvement books to learn these 3 lessons...

Kegley says that after reading over 300 self-improvement books, in the video's framing 369, they reduce to three lessons. First, …

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shift your identity, change your life Resource

shift your identity, change your life

Drawing on James Clear's Atomic Habits, Clark Kegley argues all change is an identity shift — becoming a runner or a non-smoker, not …

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