“Rates of violent crime and property crime have dropped by around 50% in the United States since 1990, yet a majority of people still believe it’s gotten worse.”
99 Reasons 2017 Was Great
Tomorrow Is Not Your Friend
“We aren’t opposed to doing the right things, but we’ve simply trained ourselves to put them off indefinitely because tomorrow is sexy.”
This Video Will Make You Think Twice About Your Social Media Use
“Everybody has to soul search a little more about what you’re willing to do because your behaviors, you don’t realize it, but you are being programmed. It was unintentional, but now you’ve got to decide how much you’re willing to give up — how much of your intellectual independence?”
The Number One Reason Why Good Habits Don’t Last
“It’s a simple truth: you are less likely to continue doing something that you do not enjoy.”
How to Organize Your Schedule for a Productive Week
“Bringing structure to your week and day schedule is similar to de-cluttering your personal space. When you eliminate clutter, your mind perceives your environment as an organized area and that allows it to analyze patterns in a more effective way.”
A Prediction: Social and Media Are About to Split
“As users migrate to these closed systems, they’re also shifting away from the type of broad-based algorithmic feeds packed with news and media content that were the hallmark of first-generation social media.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
How To Get People To Buy, Share, Or Consume Your Creations
You need action.
No matter what you want to accomplish, your success depends on your ability to convince others to take action.
And while every situation is unique, there are some universal tactics you can employ to increase the chances your audience will purchase, click, share, join, watch, or do.
How Gary Vaynerchuk Discovers New Trends
“My mentor is you. It is far better for you to look up to the 31 people that leave comments on your shit than to watch me more.”
How to Get Focused for 2018
“One of the biggest mistakes I see students make when setting goals to get focused is that they start to think about how to accomplish the goals before just laying out what they want.”