A comprehensive no b.s. step-by-step guide — From 55 kgs of skin, fat, and bones to 77 kgs of mostly muscle, my 4.5-year fitness journey has been quite life-changing. The physical change’s just the tip of the iceberg — the self-esteem, mindset, confidence, discipline, work ethic, and other mental developments are the real ones. I transformed from…

They can do the same for you if you stick to them for long enough — There are tons of cliche habit articles floating around the internet. This is not one of them. I’ll share with you 3 habits, just three — the only ones I’ve consistently stuck to for years and reaped tremendous returns. Like most other articles, I could throw in 7 or 12…

21st June edition of the Ma(n)ximize newsletter — Day 87 of NoFap and I relapsed — only 3 days short of my 90-day target. My brain tried to rationalize it by blaming my terrible fever, the stormy home environment, and my messed-up routine. But none of that is true — it wasn’t a sudden uncontrollable urge either. I…

It’s not about motivation, discipline, or willpower — Procrastination is the sky-high wall between the life you have and the life you want. One “I’ll start working out tomorrow” and donut-filled months of obesity whizz by. One “I’ll switch after my next pay hike” and you’re still in the same soul-sucking desk years later. …

Happiness isn’t a plush penthouse or a roaring supercar — As the bland morsel of food passes through my esophagus painlessly, I break into an elated ear-to-ear grin. Thanks to tonsillitis, my throat had turned into Satan’s passage — so much that swallowing painlessly had become a distant Utopian memory. As I plow into my meal with vigor and bask…

It’s neither superhuman magic nor a fad — NoFap or abstaining from porn and masturbation is one of the most powerful things you can do as a man. Period. “Upon the proper use and conservation of sexual force, the progress of civilization itself depends.” — Orison Swett But the internet shows a stark dichotomy — harsh skeptics bashing…

I almost killed myself — My first fat-loss journey almost proved to be a death sentence. I expected a sharply angled face, veiny roadmaps, and washboard abs. But I ended up with deep eye bags, visible ribs, and a skeleton-like face. Since then, I’ve learned a ton — and now, getting “shredded” is a breezy…

Short-term discomfort for long-term happiness — The most defining moments of my life have also been the hardest. The acceptance of truth demands the rejection of falsities — your existing beliefs, worldview, values, or self-image. But the sunk-cost fallacy makes this hard to do. Yet, would you trade the short-term “comfort” for a miserable lie of…

Brilliant gems that deserve regular re-reading — As a Kindle reader, I only buy paperbacks I’m hyper-certain I’ll reread regularly. But thanks to father time’s ever-moving hands, the pile on my desk grew into a mountain—encroaching into my hand and laptop space. As I cracked my cleaning knuckles, I challenged myself, “Can I whittle this stack down…