“The average adult checks their email 45 times. Yet nobody has claimed to have changed the world by checking email.”
Nine Email Productivity Tips
The Purpose of Life Is Usefulness
“Happiness is merely a byproduct of usefulness.”
Transcripts of Great Speeches You’ve Probably Never Heard
“You may see a few famous speeches on this list, but my guess is that most people are not aware of many of them — just as I wasn’t when I first started looking around.”
Stress Plus Rest Equals Growth
“I encourage my clients to systematically challenge — to stress — themselves in the direction they want to grow. And then I ask them to follow those challenges with rest and reflection.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Eliot
8 Not-So-Obvious Concepts That Will Improve Your Social Media Posts
This post is trick-free.
I won’t tell you the best time of day to post on Facebook, how many characters your tweet should have, or which Instagram filter will make you famous.
Because none of those things matter.
10 Principles for the Care and Feeding of Ideas
“Like eating, this is something that you do every day, not just once in a while. The whole process of capturing, curating, and sharing content is continuous, not discrete.”
Four Ways to Figure out If You Should Take a Job
“Always, always, always choose the people. The people you work with every day will be by far the biggest factor in your work happiness. This isn’t measured just by whether they’re good happy hour companions or quick with a witty joke, however.”
10 Tips for a Creative Life
“In this world, we can do many things. Make sure to say no, unless they really matter.”
Six Life Lessons from a Guy Who Has Charted His Life Every Week for 30+ Years
“A lot of the greatest things that moved the needle the highest involve either traveling somewhere new, or trying something new.”