12 articles
Marcus Reeves on why visualizing your goal is the wrong move — and what a 2025 study in the British Journal of Health Psychology reveals about the specific mental rehearsal technique that actually turns intentions into automatic habits.
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Marcus Reeves on why procrastination isn't a time management problem — it's an emotion regulation problem — and what a 2025 RCT with a Cohen's d of 1.09 reveals about how to actually break the avoidance loop for good.
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Jordan Kessler makes the systems-thinking case for sleep as the foundational OS of your entire performance stack — with a mental model, the latest evidence on CBT-I and digital sleep tools, and four levers for actually engineering better sleep.
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Marcus Reeves on why pessimism isn't a personality trait — it's a learned explanatory style. The science of cognitive reappraisal, habit formation, and how to train your brain to explain setbacks differently.
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Marcus Reeves on why the performance armor most high achievers wear isn't protection — it's a drag. The science of authenticity, emotional suppression, and what it actually costs you to keep pretending you've got it all together.
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Marcus Reeves on why aging doesn't have to mean slowing down — the research on exercise, resilience, and the mental models that separate people who thrive in their 40s, 50s, and beyond from those who just accept decline.
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Marcus Reeves on why the best mentors are still doing the work — and how coaching someone else through adversity might be the fastest way to finally finish your own.
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Marcus Reeves on why forgiveness isn't a spiritual practice — it's a performance decision. The science of psychological flexibility, rumination, and how to actually let go of what's been weighing you down.
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Marcus Reeves on why your phone isn't just wasting your time — it's actively training your brain to underperform. The neuroscience of distraction, and three moves to take your focus back.
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Marcus Reeves on why emotional intelligence is the performance edge most competitors ignore — and the three practical EI skills that separate people who break through from those who burn out.
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Marcus Reeves on why vague goals are emotionally satisfying but practically useless — and the three-question specificity test that actually moves the needle, backed by research.
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Marcus Reeves breaks down the science of habit formation — why willpower is the wrong lever, what actually makes behaviors stick, and three structural changes you can make today.
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