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Course21 days1–20 min per dayRationality

Rationality in practice

Three weeks of rationality applied to real life choices, as a complement to the Foundations of Thinking course. Week one you see yourself more clearly, week two you test assumptions and values, week three you apply it to money, habits and work.

How it works

One exercise, session or article per day for 21 days. You go at your own pace — the app remembers where you are, and you can pause and restart whenever you want.

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Day by day

  1. 1
    Article
    Does self-help work?
    An honest look at what research says about helping yourself, and when it isn't enough.
    1 min
  2. 2
    Self-assessment
    How is your self-esteem doing?
    Six signs that reveal how your self-esteem is actually doing, beyond how it feels on a good day.
    4 min
  3. 3
    Article
    Self-esteem can't be talked into being
    Mirror affirmations, praise and "you are amazing" never built anyone's self-esteem. What builds it is less glamorous — and doable.
    1 min
  4. 4
    Exercise
    How do you explain a setback?
    It isn't the setback that determines how heavy it gets. It's the explanation you give it. Examine yours on three dimensions.
    11 min
  5. 5
    Exercise
    Your blind spots
    Most of this is about being too hard on yourself. This is about the opposite: the places where we see ourselves as better than we are.
    12 min
  6. 6
    Article
    Memory is not a recording
    We trust our memories like video evidence. Research shows otherwise, and that has practical consequences for how you use yours.
    2 min
  7. 7
    Exercise
    The evidence that you can handle it
    Self-trust is not a feeling you wait for. It is built from four sources. Here you gather the evidence and top up the weakest one.
    12 min
Show all 21 days
  1. 8Values exercise20 min
  2. 9The conformity check10 min
  3. 10When two values collide12 min
  4. 11The value or the impulse11 min
  5. 12The values compass8 min
  6. 13Are you holding the wheel?4 min
  7. 14The time you have12 min
  8. 15The math of habit7 min
  9. 16Before, during, after10 min
  10. 17Money without anxiety: the system10 min
  11. 18What you can influence in your finances8 min
  12. 19The energy audit15 min
  13. 20Learning goals, not image goals10 min
  14. 21How is your self-esteem doing?4 min

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