Lachlan Brown is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Brown Brothers Media, a digital publishing network reaching tens of millions of readers monthly. He holds a Graduate Diploma of Psychological Studies from Deakin University, though his real education came afterward: a warehouse job shifting TVs, a stretch of anxiety in his mid-twenties, and the slow discovery that studying the mind is not the same as learning how to live well. He started experimenting with Buddhist principles during breaks at the warehouse and eventually began writing about what he was learning. That writing became Hack Spirit, a widely read personal development site, and his book Hidden Secrets of Buddhism became a bestseller. His work breaks down complex ideas into frameworks people can apply immediately, whether they are navigating a career change, a difficult relationship, or the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. Lachlan splits his time between Singapore and Saigon. He writes about high-performance routines, decision-making under pressure, digital innovation, and the intersection of Eastern philosophy with modern life. His perspective comes from having built things from scratch, failed at some of them, and learned that clarity comes from practice, not theory.
For a long time, I was oblivious to the subtle signs of envy that people around me were displaying.I'm Lachlan Brown, founder of Hack Spirit and a psychology enthusiast with a deep fascination for human behavior — the undercurrents of emotions that dictate our actions.As I grew Hack ...Read More
If you strip his message down to its core, the Dalai Lama is remarkably consistent: happiness is an inside job cultivated by how we train the mind and treat other people. In his own words, “The key to happiness is peace of mind… Inner peace has to be ...Read More
Manipulators don’t always come at you head-on.The most effective ones rarely yell, threaten, or show their true colors immediately. Instead, they quietly chip away at your confidence, twist your emotions, and make you doubt yourself—all without you fully realizing what’s happening. Recognizing these subtle tactics is the first step ...Read More
Being upper middle class doesn’t just change your financial situation—it subtly reshapes how you see the world. The very things that once dazzled you often start to feel ordinary, even unimportant. This isn’t about arrogance or ingratitude. It’s about perspective. When you’ve achieved a certain level of stability ...Read More
Standing up to a manipulator can feel like pulling back the curtain on a stage illusion—you suddenly see all the tricks they’ve been using to control, confuse, or diminish you. What’s fascinating is that manipulators tend to follow predictable patterns when their usual tactics stop working. The moment you ...Read More
We’re often taught to see success as something big, loud, and Instagram-worthy. The kind of thing you can point to: the flashy job title, the big house, the vacation photos with hashtags that scream, I’ve made it. But if you’ve been chasing those benchmarks and still don’t feel like ...Read More