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Ran Zilca is a research scientist, technology entrepreneur, and certified personal coach, who pioneered the use of mobile devices to deliver programs of positive personal transformation.

With a combination of psychological research and computer science, Ran’s companies develop innovative programs of personal growth and have worked closely with partners like Deepak Chopra and Stephen Covey. His research in engineering and psychology has been published in major scientific publications in the past 22 years, and his weekly posts on major blogs attract hundreds of thousands of readers each month.

Ran is a loving husband and father of three, a guitar player, and a biker. In the course of his work, he developed a step-by-step process of personal tra
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Ran Zilca Ride of Your Life started as a project: a blog, a cross-country ride, and eventually a book. Step by step, I started transforming my life, and in the …moreRide of Your Life started as a project: a blog, a cross-country ride, and eventually a book. Step by step, I started transforming my life, and in the process, discovered that I enjoy writing down the experiences, and sharing them with others.

when I took my coast-to-coast ride, I wrote each night, and the notes served as the first draft for the book.(less)
Ran Zilca The biggest challenge is to write without expecting any outcome or thinking about the reader. It's a twist of sorts, because I find that when you mana…moreThe biggest challenge is to write without expecting any outcome or thinking about the reader. It's a twist of sorts, because I find that when you manage to forget that someone is actually going to be reading the text, readers end up enjoying it the most. It becomes truly authentic.(less)
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Blinded by Science? Open Your Eyes

Blinded with scienceBlinded with science

Before you use an app to train your mind, be sure to read the fine print on its label

Ten years ago I left IBM Research to start a company that will build the “technology of psychology”. Back then, most people didn’t quite understand what that was. The intersection between behavioral science and computer science was virtually nonexistent.

My first step as an entrepreneur was to approach Lew Go

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“The most important time in your life is now The most important person in your life is the one you’re with now And the most important activity in your life is what you’re doing now The rest is theory.”
Ran Zilca, Ride of Your Life: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Finding Inner Peace

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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