At the beginning of each year, for four full years, I’d set goals to quit my corporate job to start doing work that actually matters to me. For four …
Personal Development Articles
5 Tips for Avoiding Procrastination
Most of us procrastinate. Correction: ALL of us procrastinate. Heck, I even procrastinated writing this article. We’ve all been there at some point. …
You are not your inner dialogue
“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind – you are the one who hears it.” —Michael …
Be Specific
Imagine you’re at work. It’s a normal day. Business as usual. You need to pee, so you get up and walk towards the bathroom to handle your business. As …
Principles: Life and Work
"If you can think for yourself while being open-minded in a clearheaded way to find out what is best for you to do, and if you can summon up the …
3 Personality Types That Are Obstacles to Mastery
In his book Mastery, George Leonard writes that “we all aspire to mastery, but the path is always long and sometimes rocky, and it promises no quick …
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Sell or Be Sold
Everything in life is sales. Succeeding at selling leads to succeeding at life — both personally and professionally. (click to tweet) Whatever you do …
Self Development and Communication: 6 Ways to Elevate Your Life by Elevating Your Communication
“The best communication occurs when both people are sincere—one sincerely wishing to learn or listen, and the other sincerely wishing to share.”—Jim …
Achieving Self-Ownership Through Skin in the Game
“What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing.“—Nassim Nicholas Taleb (from Skin in the …
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Turning Weakness into Strength
A few days ago, the wife and I found out that our two year-old, Nora—who’d been coughing and crying and causing all kinds of chaos—had caught …
Idea Killers
Throughout your long, beautifully fantastic life, it’s very likely you’ll interact with a wide range of different characters. Some of them will be …
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson : Book Summary
12 Rules For Life:Â An Antidote To Chaos By Jordan B. Peterson About: Over the years, (former) Harvard and (current) University of Toronto …
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