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Why Are Habits So Hard to Break?

When two or more brain cells (neurons) communicate, they physically move closer to each other. This shortens the distance neurotransmitters need to travel. If neurons keep up their communication, they…

Why We Dream

My Rich Habits research has taken me down many rabbit holes. One such rabbit hole was understanding how the brain works, in order to better understand how habits can be…

The Pursuit of Dreams & Goals Unleash Dormant Superpowers

The Thalamus sits between the Sensory Nerves (Optical Nerve and Auditory Vestibular Nerve, or Hearing Nerve) and the Cerebral Cortex, where our consciousness/awareness is located. Attached to and part of…

Cheat Sheet Method to Boosting Memory

I have to remember a lot. Tax law, financial planning rules/products, Rich Habits research … When I am interviewed by the media or preparing for a speaking engagement, I go…

Life Rewards Those who Simply Refuse to Quit

At the end of 2008, Elon Musk and all of his companies were on the verge of outright bankruptcy. His Falcon 1 rocket had failed to reach orbit for the…

Fasting is a Firewall Against Virus & Disease

In a comprehensive study on Fasting, the National Institute on Aging in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana, found that Intermittent Fasting dramatically…

A Positive Mental Outlook Physically Changes the Structure of Your Brain

If you were to view a picture of a brain cell, it would look a lot like an oak or maple leaf. It would have a body (a brain cell’s…

Why Do the Most Successful People Sleep So Much

According to researchers from the University of Illinois, the more sleep a person gets, the more optimistic they are about life. Why is optimism, and thus sleep, so important? Reason…

What’s Just as Contagious as a Virus? Habits

Nicholas Christakis, currently a Yale University Sociologist, did a study on obesity a few years ago and discovered that habits spread like a virus throughout your social networks. Dave Ramsey…

Daily Exercise Helps Kill Viruses

According to Robert Zilttzer, MD at US National Library of Medicine, daily exercise boosts your immune system, which enables your body to ward off viruses, bacterial infections, germs and other…