Being more productive, relaxed, and physically healthy can be as easy as playing the numbers game — using 3 numbers as your guide. Photo by Miftah Rafli Hidayat How many times have you tried to change your habits, only to fall right back into the old ones? You try new workouts, new apps, new routines. You read a self-help… Read More »The 80/40/10 Method: How to Feel Better, Accomplish More, and Reclaim Your Time
If you have 3 minutes at the end of the day, you can do this — and it will change the way you approach each day. Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Unsplash Here’s a question for you: what were you doing at this time 4 years ago? Unless a huge life-altering event happened to you at that time, you… Read More »The 3 x 3 Journal: A Quick & Easy Journaling Method for People Who Don’t Have Time to Journal
Replacing common phrases in your thoughts and speech can radically improve your work and interpersonal relationships. Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash Language has a significant effect on how we experience the world, which has a correspondingly significant effect on our behavior. Our word choice can build or destroy relationships, make or break deals, and shape… Read More »How Your Choice of Words Can Reduce Stress and Empower You
Building excellence is as simple as looking for helpers, and working to be a helper yourself. Photo by Rachel on Unsplash If you had to start from scratch today, and build a company with an excellent culture, how would you do it? If you are committed to starting to grow your personal brand or company, what… Read More »Look for the Helpers
Making sense of ancient Toltec principles, and using them in your daily life. Photo by Valery Sysoev on Unsplash In 1997, former surgeon Don Miguel Ruiz published the book The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. It became a runaway hit, making the New York Times Bestseller list and becoming one of Oprah Winfrey’s “favorite… Read More »Gaining Personal Freedom by Living the Four Agreements
Get these misconceptions out of your mind, and open yourself up to growth in all areas of your life. Photo by Jeremy Bishop Unless you really take time to know yourself, you can’t effectively grow yourself. We all want to become better versions of ourselves. But the path to do that is less than clear and direct.… Read More »The 2 Biggest Myths About Growth
Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash Why I’ve stopped caring about how many emails are in my inbox, and why you should, too. The term Inbox Zero became ingrained in the vocabulary of life-hackers, GTD-ers, and productivity enthusiasts circa 2006 — when productivity writer Merlin Mann coined the phrase in a series of posts on his site 43 folders.… Read More »Inbox Infinity
How to improve your decision-making and level-up your growth by harnessing the power of disagreement Photo by xandtor on Unsplash Have you ever heard someone say the following phrase: “I could be wrong, but…”? Nine times out of ten, what follows is a long explanation that makes it clear that the speaker is pretty sure they’re… Read More »The Importance of Disagreement in Effective Decision-Making
Photo by Almos Bechtold on Unsplash How the gurus of self-help unwittingly derail our progress by creating unreal expectations. When we’re kids, we’re bombarded by talk of magic. From children’s books, shows, movies, and games — to Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy — there’s no shortage of magical explanations for things. Our entire worldview is filled… Read More »The Life-Changing Magic of Realizing There is No “Life-Changing Magic”
Photo by Camylla Battani on Unsplash Staying smart by playing dumb, and avoiding catastrophic mistakes In March of 2018, the BBC published a story about surgeons at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi who were 2 hours deep into brain surgery before they realized they were operating on the wrong patient. The error was discovered when the… Read More »The Indispensable Value of “Dumb Questions”
