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My Favourite Supplements: Graded, Ranked & Reviewed (Video)

July 2, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

I’m a complete supplement junky. Most supplements are bunk. But after years of trial and error, I’ve found a stable rotation that have completely enhanced my life. Effective supplementation helped me: Through finals and dissertation writing at Oxford University Learn Japanese to conversational fluency in Tokyo Teach myself the basics of computer coding, graphic and […]

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Wim Hof Method Q&A Video

June 29, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

I’ve practiced the Wim Hof Method for half a decade. I was one of the early adopters and one of the first people to spread the word about how life-changing the Wim Hof Method is.  So, many years on, I’ve decided to answer a few common questions about the Wim Hof Method. Let’s consider this […]

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Drillers are Killers (Video)

June 8, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

This is my educational philosophy in a nut-shell: Drillers are killers. In this short video, I discuss the mindset that helped me go from floundering to flourishing student in my final year at Oxford, how to go from dumb and mute foreigner living in Japan to being conversationally fluent, and even how I improved my […]

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My Lockdown Reading Habits & Revelations

June 6, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

As I’ve had new books turning up at my door every day during lockdown, I decided a “lockdown reading habits” article was in order. Here are two huge reading revelations, followed by three reading habits. Huge reading revelation number one: we need to stop making Amazon a monopoly Amazon’s great for books and next day […]

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How Was Your Lockdown?

May 31, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Lockdown is being eased. Although things won’t be completely “back to normal” for quite a while, another month or two and the extended quarantine time should have been mostly phased out. Of course, 2020 keeps getting crazier. We’ll talk about that at some point, but not now. I’m just pausing to take stock. Step back […]

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How to Deal with Toxic People (Video)

May 21, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

This isn’t a topic I talk about a lot (though I certainly had a rant or two during the Rumi Podcast) because I prefer to focus on what you want in your life rather than what you don’t want in your life. But it’s worth being said. Toxic people abound. And you need to be […]

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How To Get Started (In Anything)

May 17, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

So I’m putting together this lecture series. Several lecture series actually. One of them is an introduction to Shakespeare. And I want to cover every single Shakespeare play. That means a couple of introductory, hour-long, lectures followed by one on King Lear, then Othello, then Hamlet, then Much Ado. And so on. Plus there’s the […]

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How To Analyse Your Dreams (Video)

May 8, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

This is probably one of the strangest videos I’ll ever do. We’re talking about dream analysis, using art to get into your unconscious, tarot readings, self-help practices, and examining the metaphors that rule our lives. How To Analyse Your Dreams Works that inspired this video: Carl Jung’s Man and His Symbols (link) (review) Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of […]

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I Wanna Be Adored

May 4, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

Sometimes you need to be angry.  Wrath pays. In life, like in writing. And in running too. This is not what I’m thinking as I start jogging this morning. But it will be what I’m thinking by the time the run is over.  The run begins with the iconic opening track of The Stone Roses […]

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The Best Lockdown Workout Routine

May 3, 2020 By Ben McEvoy

You’re about to learn the fitness secrets that will result in you leaving lockdown with the body of a Greek god. But act fast! This once-in-a-lifetime deal is only going to be available for the next 23 hours for the ludicrously low price of $989 $579 $299 $39.99 FREE! I’m just messing. Any fitness advice […]

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Benjamin McEvoy

I write essays on great books, elite education, practical mindset tips, and living a healthy, happy lifestyle. I'm here to help you live a meaningful life.

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