Welcome. Thank you for being here. You have just joined a growing community of people who take their minds seriously - and have a lot of fun doing it. Three things you should know. 1. What you have just gained access to. Mental Fitness sharpens the thinking skills that make everything else in your life work better - clearer decisions, faster problem-solving, more creative ideas, the confidence to think on your feet, and the ability to walk into any room and be the most interesting person in it. These are not promises. They are what happens when you put the reps in. 2. Your next step. Click on Classroom at the top of the page and select Start Here. That is where you will find everything you need to get the most out of this community - what each play does, how the challenges work, and your first challenge. 3. Your SHARP Playbook is waiting for you. Inside is the SHARP Playbook - 10 plays that each train a different dimension of your thinking. Lateral thinking. Verbal agility. Memory. Creative thinking. Mental arithmetic. Attention. Deduction. Perspective. Pattern recognition. Social intelligence. Plus a bonus method that ties them all together. No equipment needed. Just your mind. Start with Play 1. I will see you in there. - David

Assumption: Books are hard to sell What would change if that assumption were wrong: Lots of books would be sold New assumption - People in their droves are still buying good books

Hi, I'm Andrea and I live in London UK where I write non-fiction books. I love all things creative so I'm happy to be here. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

The sharpest person in the room makes the most money, closes the most deals, and is the one everyone wants to know. That person is not naturally smarter. They have read differently. I've just published a new class in the Classroom: ten books, each chosen for the specific, practical edge they offer to anyone operating at the CEO level. Not a philosophy to admire. A capability to develop. The list covers how your mind actually makes decisions (and where it routinely fails), how to influence outcomes without force, how to negotiate at a level most people don't know exists, how to be right about the future more often than the room, and how to see the power moves happening around you before they land. Every lesson follows the same structure: why this book belongs in your hands, what it actually delivers, and the one reason to go get it today. Amazon links included. There's also a Books of Note section at the end — six titles that didn't make the core ten but belong on the shelf of anyone serious about this. Head to the Classroom to read it. One thing before you go. Pick one book from the list, any one, and drop in a comment below. Tell me which one and one sentence on why. It could be that you've already read it and it changed something. It could be that the description made you uncomfortable in exactly the right way. It could be that it's the one you've been meaning to read for two years, and this is the nudge. Doesn't need to be long. One book. One reason. Let's see what this room reaches for first.

This community gets better every time a new mind walks in. So, before you dive into the Playbook, take a few seconds to introduce yourself. Drop a comment below and answer these three questions: 1. What do you do? Builder, founder, consultant, creator, executive — whatever it is. The more specific, the better. "I run a digital agency in Manchester" is more interesting than "I work in business." 2. What does being sharper mean for you specifically? Not in general terms. In your actual life. "I want to stop losing my train of thought in client pitches." "I want to be the most interesting person at a networking event." "I want to make faster decisions without second-guessing myself for three days." Whatever it is, say it. You will almost certainly find you are not the only one. 3. Which of the ten plays are you starting with — and why? There is no right answer. Some people go straight to Play 1. Some scan all ten and start with the one that frightens them most. Tell us your instinct.