Author name: Paul Hagen

Your brain has a blueprint for the world around you. A blueprint that’ll shape how you live your life. If you believe people are kind, you’ll meet kind people. If you believe that people only come into your life to take advantage of you, you’ll meet people who will take advantage of you. The same […]

When you’ve been doing something a thousand times, it becomes so automatic that you barely notice what you’re doing anymore. Bad habits may have entered your routines and taken away your time and energy without you noticing it. A habit scorecard is a tool that helps you understand your routines and notice if you have

When I first tried to change my life, I tried to force it. I tried to keep a gym routine, eat better, and rest more using willpower alone. It never worked. I thought discipline was all I needed, but that is a complete delusion. Success only happened when I started rooting the new behaviors I

You have probably known someone who, with seemingly no effort, managed to change their life. In no time, they gained confidence, looked better, seemed smarter, and performed better in most aspects of life. While it seems they have done the impossible, it’s more likely they exploited a keystone habit. You can do the same. Here’s

Making real change in our lives is a long and slow process. We have to do small things every day to improve. While we’re in this process, it can feel like we’re getting nowhere, and it might be hard to stay motivated without tangible proof of us moving forward. A great tool for proving our

Most habit advice is written for people who live in a perfect vacuum. It tells you to “just be more disciplined,” wake up at 5 AM, and rely on pure willpower to change your life. But motivation is a fragile strategy. In the early days of building Hagen Growth, I fell into this exact trap.