Hugh Jackman on the best decisions, daily routines, mindfulness, and more

Hugh Jackman acts, sings and produces for film, television and Broadway musicals. In addition, Jackman regularly works out and is a father of two, so how does he maintain the level of performance he does on and off the screen?

Spirit of the warrior

"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of a warrior." - Miyamoto Musashi

The polymathic path

Are polymaths born or made? There is certainly a level of genius that one needs to be born with to achieve the heights of the historically great polymaths, but other factors such as interpersonal environmental also play a role.

Confidence – the MJ mindset

“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” - Michael Jordan

Channeling Athena

Emotions and impulses bend our perception of reality and cripple our rationality, which severely hinders the mind’s strategic capability. The more we let emotions dictate our actions, the more vulnerable we are to defeat. Great strategists throughout history have understood this and have been able to use it to their advantage.

Be a pioneer

In the words of Peter Wang, “you are going to have to find your own way, you’re going to have to have a pioneer spirit even if you live in the middle of the most dense urban environment.”

Monday mindset: get fired up.

Don't go crawling into the new year. Fire up the engines and launch yourself into 2022 with the help of this one hour adrenaline shot.

Paul Graham’s hierarchy of disagreement

The way we communicate during disagreements defines the quality of the outcome. Since disagreements are inevitable, why not disagree well?

Abandoning predictions & embracing risk

If something is unpredictable, does this mean we should avoid it? Not at all. We should instead be welcoming it with open arms.

The nature of learning according to US Marines

Photo Cred: Aaron Burden In two episodes of Jocko Podcast, Jocko and Co. discussed MCDP 7 - a new Marine Corps publication describing the learning philosophy of Marines. While the MCDP 7 document is written for Marines, it is packed full of powerful, easily applicable lessons. Whether your a student, athlete, musician, academic, business professional - you name … Continue reading The nature of learning according to US Marines