Most people gravitate towards the easy and choosing the path of least resistance.

We tend to avoid doing the hard stuff and continue to look for shortcuts.

But greatness is never achieved that way.

In order to succeed in today’s world - in a culture that encourages shortcuts and quick fixes, we must learn to do hard, better.

In this episode, you’ll discover how today’s world discourages important life skills. You’ll also learn why they’re important and how to use those skills to live up to your full potential, build a successful life, career and businesses.

Listen now.

Show Highlights Include:

• An acronym that describes how technology depletes our emotional intelligence. (02:07)
• Why entertainment round the clock is bad for our brain health (and how being bored instead benefits us). (03:41)
• How to achieve genius-level performance. (05:05)
• How unpopular teachers help us imbibe important life skills (even with their unbearable methods). (06:38)
• The commitment technique used in the 1950s to build a profitable business (and you can use it even if you’re heavily disadvantaged). (12:52)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.