“Focus on one hour at the time. From the moment you wake up, even though your goal should be to do the best you can for the day, your focus should be in the hour that’s ahead of you.”
The Benefits Of Living A 24-Hour Life
20 Truths Women Over 50 Want To Share With Younger Women
“Maintain a beginner’s mind. We live in a culture that places a high priority on expertise and productivity. If you want to live a rich, creative, and fun life, you need to expose yourself to new endeavors — where you’ll obviously be a beginner.”
What Happens When You Automate Your Decisions For A Week
“If wearing the same thing, choosing what to eat and deciding what to watch, read, and listen to leads to more mental clarity — and more brain power to tackle the decisions that really matter — isn’t it worth the 15 minutes of planning it would take on a Sunday night?”
The Difference Between Amateurs And Professionals
“Amateurs don’t have any idea what improves the odds of achieving good outcomes. Professionals do.”
12 Non-Sales Habits That Will Improve Your Ability To Sell Things
“Try to be an interesting individual, able to hold a conversation on topics outside of work. People tend to do business with someone they like. They like those, who are similar to them, are engaging conversation partners and have a life outside of work.”
How To Use Content To Improve Your Business
“When selling a personal service, the goal of content marketing is not ‘content.’ It’s to create an emotional connection to people over time through that content (and any other means) that leads to awareness, trust, and loyalty.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou
How To Get More People To Subscribe To Your Newsletter
It’s not easy to get somebody to give you their email address.
Most people wage an ongoing war with their inbox and the last thing they want is to invite more incoming missives into their life.
But, with the right approach you can still build a large and engaged subscriber base.
Here are five simple keys to getting people to hit that subscribe button, based on my experience growing the For The Interested newsletter to 25,000 subscribers.
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 determined by how we choose to approach them.
A bad day is often the result of bad choices we make about what we invite into our day. The better we choose our “inputs,” the better our days become.
Our inputs — the things we consume, interact with, or experience in a given day — are largely in our control.
While we can never guarantee ourselves a great day, we can stack the deck in our favor by pursuing positive inputs and limiting negative ones.
Here are a few simple places to start.
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. Yet they often evoked outsize positive reactions.”