Curiosity Chronicle

Welcome to the final day of 2025. Happy New Year!As this very well may be the final newsletter you read (or listen to) in 2025, I want to use this opportunity to set the tone for the year ahead.You're all familiar with the idea of New Year's Resolutions:Specific actions or behaviors you commit to for the coming year.I've never been a fan. The notion that you can choose the perfect resolution on January 1 and have it continue to be relevant throughout an entire year has always struck me as wishful thinking.I prefer to set New Year's Intentions...•••Andrew Huberman called my first book "An important clarifying force in anyone’s search to make the best possible choices for their life." Join 400,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

Steve Jobs once described the difference between good work and great work with a simple image:“When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”That idea has always stuck with me. It captures something deeply unintuitive about how exceptional quality is created.We tend to assume that effort and results go hand in hand. That more energy input reliably produces higher quality output. That the relationship between energy and output quality is linear, stable, and fixed.But here’s the truth: It isn’t...•••Apple CEO Tim Cook called my first book "a powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up."Join 400,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

In 2015, tennis legend Novak Djokovic was asked about the drivers of his exceptional on-court success.His response was simple:"I can carry on playing at this level because I like hitting the tennis ball."When the interviewer pressed him, asking whether there were players who don't, he continued:"There are people out there who don't have the right motivation. I can see it. But I don't judge."That line unlocked something for me, I just didn't know it yet...•••Mel Robbins called my first book "a powerful wake-up call that will push you to rethink everything about how you’re spending your time." Join 400,000+ other readers and get it today on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

When I started this newsletter in 2021, I had one simple goal:To share actionable ideas to help you build a high-performing, healthy, wealthy life.I had no idea that just a few years later, that simple focus would extend to reach nearly 1 million readers around the world.To say I'm humbled by this is something of an understatement.But I'm not surprised by it.Why? Well, I haven't missed a single send since I started it in May 2021. Two sends per week for all of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Three sends per week (plus a Saturday week-in-review) for all of 2025.That's nearly 600 newsletters—without a single miss. Not for a holiday. Not for an illness. Not for anything.I want you to know that when I talk about consistency and the power of showing up, you can trust me, because I live by it.But let me be clear: The only reason I can do it is because I love it. I love writing this newsletter for all of you. I love wrestling with the ideas. I love seeing the impact they have on your lives.I shared hundreds of ideas with you this year. Here were my 25 favorites.The best ideas of 2025...•••Andrew Huberman called my first book "An important clarifying force in anyone’s search to make the best possible choices for their life." Join 400,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

There’s an old fable I love about a villager trying to catch a monkey.He doesn’t use force. He doesn’t set a net. He doesn’t try to chase it.Instead, he hooks a single coconut to the side of his house, drills a small hole in it, and places a few morsels of food inside.That evening at dusk, the monkey quietly slips into the village. It sees the coconut, smells the food, and slips its open hand into the hole.It feels the food and grabs hold of it excitedly. But when it tries to remove its hand, it can’t.The hole is just wide enough for an open palm, but not a clenched fist.The stubborn monkey refuses to let go of the food—and therefore, resigns itself to its own fate.The villager’s clever trap has worked…•••Apple CEO Tim Cook called my first book "a powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up."Join 400,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

My wife and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary this week.Two years ago, I started an annual tradition of asking couples who’ve been married 40, 50, or 60+ years for their best relationship advice.The advice they wish they could give to their younger selves.At this point, the advice captures over 1,000 years of earned wisdom from these beautiful relationships.Today, I’d like to share that advice (plus a few additions of my own).This is the relationship advice everyone needs to hear…•••Mel Robbins called my first book "a powerful wake-up call that will push you to rethink everything about how you’re spending your time." Join 400,000+ other readers and get it today on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

2025 is officially coming to a close.At the end of every year, I do two things:Conduct a reflection on the current yearCreate a plan for the coming yearI provided my reflection process in my ​​​Personal Annual Review​​​ last week.Note: To go deeper on that process, you can download a free template ​here​​.Today, I'll share my ​Annual Planning Guide​, which will arm you with the structure and tools you need to make 2026 your best year yet.

In 2021, as I was leaving a traditional career path to create my own, I asked a mentor for advice on the entrepreneurial journey ahead.His response was simple:Create things that you’d want to consume.To be completely transparent, while that always made sense to me when it came to my writing, I never knew what it meant when it came to business.That is, until 18 months ago, when something clicked.Here’s the story of what happened—and the secret project that changed my life...•••Introducing ​Wild Roman​: 100% natural skincare for men.The name is a nod to my son—my own wild Roman—because this is a legacy that means something to me.The products are made with:Grass fed tallowCold pressed oilsWild-harvested botanicalsAn ingredient list your grandparents would understand.As a special for my amazing readers & listeners, I’m gifting you a $25 store credit you can use towards any of the product sets (face, body, or complete).Use code WR25NEWS at checkout. Offer expires in one week.Order Wild Roman Today!

Last week, I read a ​research paper​ from a group of Harvard and UCLA psychologists that I can't stop thinking about.Its title grabbed me immediately: The peculiar longevity of things not so bad.In this piece, I share my learnings from the paper and what they mean for your life...•••Andrew Huberman called my first book "An important clarifying force in anyone’s search to make the best possible choices for their life." Join 400,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

I started conducting a Personal Annual Review over a decade ago. It's been a life-changing exercise—one with an outsized impact on my personal and professional growth and transformation.Today's piece shares the structure for my Personal Annual Review...•••Note: I recommend downloading my free ​Annual Review PDF​ to walk through each of the questions and create space for the reflection. For those who want to go deeper and return to the exercise more regularly, I recommend ordering a copy of the ​Life Planner​.

The Domino Mindset occurs when one small negative creates a chain reaction of negative conclusions."I made a mistake on this task" becomes "I'm terrible at my job""That conversation felt awkward" becomes "Everyone thinks I'm weird""That was a stressful commute" becomes "My morning is ruined"The first domino tips and cascades. The small piece of evidence becomes a full story. The tiny miss becomes the defining feature...•••Apple CEO Tim Cook called my first book "a powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up."Join 400,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

We all want clarity. We all want a perfect line of sight from where we are to where we want to end up. The plan for the perfect career. The perfect business. The perfect relationship. The perfect whatever.So, we wait for that clarity. We assume the perfect move will come to us. Like a blinding flash in the middle of the night. The insight. The revelation.We tell ourselves we’ll act once we know for sure what the right move really is...•••The 5 Types of Wealth has now sold over 400,000 copies since its release.If you’re ready to rethink success and redesign your life, the book is currently on a huge sale. Get it now, just in time for the holidays!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

I spent the last three years of my life researching money and wealth.During that time, I developed and battle-tested my own set of money principles, mindsets, tips, guardrails, and tools that helped me build a life that feels truly abundant.In today’s piece, I want to share 26 money rules I’m following to live a wealthy life in 2026 and beyond…•••Apple CEO Tim Cook called my first book "a powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up."Join 400,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale just in time for the holidays!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

One day, a young warrior was walking to his training when he spotted his teacher, a master warrior, tending to plants in the garden.He approached cautiously and stood quietly, not wanting to disturb the man from whom he had learned so much.“What is it you want?” Asked the master warrior, without breaking focus from the plants.The student replied, “Why do we train for war? Would it not be more tranquil and serene to be a gardener and tend the plants?"The master paused, turned to the student, and smiled...•••The 5 Types of Wealth has now sold over 400,000 copies since its release. If you’re ready to rethink success and redesign your life, the book is currently on a huge sale. Get it now, just in time for the holidays!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

Every year around the holidays, I take some time to set my intentions for the year ahead.There's a simple story I came across years ago that has proven helpful in this exercise year after year...•••The 5 Types of Wealth has now sold over 400,000 copies since its release.If you’re ready to rethink success and redesign your life, the book is currently on a huge sale. Get it now, just in time for the holidays!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States.Ever since I was a kid, it's been my favorite holiday. To me, it was always a celebration of here and now.My mom embraced the day as a chance to bring people together. Having been introduced to Thanksgiving by a loving host family who took her in when she came to America for college in 1978, it strikes me that she feels a sense of duty to pay that love forward.Every year, she hosts a big gathering of family, friends, and a smattering of my dad's students and mentees who don't have local family to visit for the occasion.And every year, after the big meal is finished, we choose a prompt and go around the table reflecting and responding to it.This year, I'm in charge of that prompt. Here's what I plan to ask:What did your younger self pray for that you take for granted today?To understand why I chose this, let me take you back to 2021...•••The 5 Types of Wealth has now sold over 400,000 copies since its release.If you’re ready to rethink success and redesign your life, the book is currently on a huge sale. Get 3 for the price of 2 just in time for the holidays!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

I have a weird confession:I enjoy listening to audiobooks about running, while running.It all started a few years ago with ​Born to Run​, the incredible story of a journalist who ventures deep into Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains to train and learn from the Tarahumara, an indigenous group known for their prolific ultra-long-distance running capabilities.So last week, embracing my odd habit, I picked up a new audiobook called ​The Running Ground​ and headed out for a run on the cold roads of the Boston suburbs.Somewhere around mile three, a story in the book stopped me in my tracks (literally)...•••Mel Robbins called my first book "a powerful wake-up call that will push you to rethink everything about how you’re spending your time." Join 400,000+ other readers and get it today on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

A few days ago, I came across a ​fascinating tweet​ about Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani.Long before Ohtani was winning back-to-back World Series Championships and Most Valuable Player awards, he was just another kid with a dream.As a high school freshman, he dreamed of being the #1 draft pick for eight teams in the Nippon Professional Baseball league in Japan. It was an ambitious vision, to say the least.But where most people stop with the loose vision, Ohtani was just getting started...•••Andrew Huberman called my first book "An important clarifying force in anyone’s search to make the best possible choices for their life." Join 400,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!

You're faced with a career choice:Option A: Stay in your current roleOption B: Switch to a new company, team, role, etc.How do you evaluate and make the best decision possible?Here’s my framework for making career decisions...•••My debut book was just nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards in the Nonfiction category!If you enjoyed it, please vote for The 5 Types of Wealth and help me move on to the next round!Vote For My Book!

Andy Weir is one of the most successful science fiction authors of our time.His list of mega-bestsellers includes The Martian (later adapted into an award-winning drama starring Matt Damon), Artemis, and Project Hail Mary (soon to be released as a film starring Ryan Gosling).He has achieved a top-0.01% outcome. A true outlier.But Andy Weir’s success in the field was anything but expected.15 years ago, he wasn’t a household name. He wasn’t even a full-time writer...•••Apple CEO Tim Cook called my first book "a powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up."Join 400,000+ other readers and get it now on a big sale!Order The 5 Types of Wealth Today!