How To Have A Great Day Tomorrow
When we have a bad day, it’s usually our own fault. Because while there are days when things happen that are out of our control, the quality of most days is det...
Category: Self Improvement
How To Feel Progress
“Even small wins can boost inner work life tremendously. Many of the progress events our research participants reported represented only minor steps forward. Ye...
How To Respond To An Insult Like Steve Jobs
“The first thing Jobs does is probably the hardest. He takes a pause, sits in silence…and thinks. In what seems like an eternity to the audience (and in reality...
Have Smartphones Destroyed A Generation?
“The allure of independence, so powerful to previous generations, holds less sway over today’s teens, who are less likely to leave the house without their paren...
Why Side Projects Are A Good Use Of Your Time
“My mistake was thinking the time I spent on side projects had been wasted. It was, and is, in fact, the most valuable time I’ve ever owned — the jewels in a lu...
How To Be A Better Communicator Online And Off
“Part of why online conversations can’t really get deep enough is that they’re missing two of the three pillars of analog human communication: facial expression...
The One Way Money Can Buy Happiness
“Compared with the days when they bought stuff, most participants reported that their timesaving purchases were accompanied by an increased positive effect, a d...
Why You Should Consume Less And Create More
“Rather than reading over one hundred books in the following year, I wrote over three hundred blog posts and a book. Rather than watching YouTube videos, I shot...
How To Harness The Power Of An Uncomfortable Silence
“More than product knowledge or anything else, silence is the hardest technique to learn. It’s against our instincts. We want to fill in the blanks.”
How To See What Successful People See
Yes or no. A or B. Pass or fail. It’s easy to believe success is determined by a series of binary decisions we make. But that’s a trap. Successful people refuse...