How to Ask Better Questions and Have More Interesting Conversations
“The most interesting information is found in stories, so ask people to tell you one.”
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What If Your Mantra for the Year Was Optimism?
“Cynicism is lazy, it’s the easy way out. If you only expect the worst from society, you never have to worry about being wrong, or disappointed.”
How to Get Your Company and Clients Addicted to Your Work
Lots of people are good at their job. But many of those same people ultimately lose their job. “That’s because job security is rooted in more than the qua...
Six Easy Ways to Save Money
“Studies have found not only that people are more willing to pay when they use credit cards, but also that they make larger purchases, leave larger tips, are mo...
What Happens When You Give up Shopping for a Year
“Once I got the hang of giving shopping up, it wasn’t much of a trick. The trickier part was living with the startling abundance that had become glaringly obvio...
How to Quit Bad Habits by Creating Friction
“The harder it is to perform a habit, the less you will want to do it. You want it to be as frictionful (yes, that’s a made up word) as possible.”
Three Methods to Get Your Writing Published
“The big secret to climbing the blog world is to get in on the ground floor, trade up.”
Content Promotion Is About Meeting Your Readers Where They Live
“Every content team vastly overestimates the percentage of their total readership that has read, applied, or even remembered any individual article.”
Four Ways to Create Your Best Social Media Post Ever
You don’t need more content — you need more VALUABLE content. Every business, creator, and cause these days tries to use social media to grow and activate their...
Nine Creative New Year’s Resolutions Inspired by Ted Talks
“When you talk to strangers, you’re making beautiful interruptions into the expected narrative of your daily life and theirs.”