Personal Development for Smart People^TM

Since polyphasic sleep has given me an abundance of extra free time each day, I’ve decided to devote some of that time to improving my fitness. I’ve been exercising regularly for over 15 years now (with some off periods never lasting more than a few months), but my focus has been almost entirely on […]

I’ve been told there’s a Seinfeld episode where Kramer attempts polyphasic sleep. Of course it doesn’t go quite as well for him as it did for me. I haven’t watched Seinfeld in a long time, but given how often Seinfeld re-runs are aired, I figured that particular episode is bound to come up […]

I’ve added a new article called “Do It Now” to the free articles section.
This is an updated version of an extremely popular time management article I wrote in 2000. That original article was geared towards shareware developers, so I’ve rewritten much of it to broaden its appeal. I’ve also added about 70% new […]

The Million Dollar Experiment is up to about $20,000 now, with 310 public participants, 89 of which are already in the money.  25 people report receiving more than $100 so far.  Obviously all of this info is reported via the honor system, so feel free to interpret it however you see fit.
One of the most common […]

At the suggestion of many readers, I created a print.css file for this site, meaning that now you can print any page here in a printer-friendly format. By printer-friendly I mean that only the substantial content of each page will print, so your printouts won’t include the masthead, navigation elements, sidebar, newsletter sign-up form, […]

Consider this a continuation of the original post on this subject.
The Million Dollar Experiment isn’t going to prove anything even if it works.  It’s totally unscientific.
Of course it won’t prove anything to you.  It wasn’t designed for that purpose.
But don’t you realize you’re just deluding yourself?
Precisely.  That’s the whole point.
Huh?  You don’t see anything wrong […]

In this post I’ll do a Q&A to address the pattern of the most common reader questions/comments I’ve been receiving lately, especially with respect to the Intention-Manifestation Model, the Polyphasic Sleep Experiment, and the Million Dollar Experiment.
Steve, it seems you approach certain topics in a rather unscientific way.
You’re right.
Are you saying that you’re being intentionally unscientific?
Right again.
Why?
The Scientific […]

Skepticism means to use doubt and disbelief as tools for understanding reality, with the hope that the resulting insights will allow one to behave intelligently.  Skepticism originally came about as a form of opposition to dogma.  The general idea behind skepticism is to avoid swallowing foolish beliefs.
That’s all well and good, but today it’s common to see […]

Several people have suggested to me that we alter the Million Dollar Experiment to make it more scientific and controlled in order to objectively prove one way or the other whether the intention-manifestation model works.
There’s only one problem with that — it’s impossible, at least as far as my knowledge of human experience is concerned.
Intention-manifestation works on an entirely different level […]

Quantum Biocommunication Technology is a relatively new blog I discovered a few weeks ago, and it has quickly become one of my favorite reads. This blog serves to bridge the gap between quantum physics and human consciousness, and I think it would be of great interest to anyone who wishes to dive more deeply […]