There’s a Book For That
A house without books is like a room without windows.” – Horace Mann You’ve probably seen the now famous 2009 Apple “there’s an app for that” commercial. Well… just as there’s an app for doing almost anything, there’s a book for learning almost anything. I believe there are some things that transcend money and finances […]
Hope Molecules
“If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.” -Robin Sharma Imagine you could snap your fingers and protect yourself from future physical and mental health illnesses. That’d change everything, wouldn’t it? Well… it turns out you do have an “internal pharmacy” you can access anytime you want with […]
Everything Else is B.S.
“A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.” – Marcus Aurelius If it’s anything like mine, your schedule is probably full of things to do — meetings to attend, projects to complete, and people to appease. Important things. Forget a meeting with a potential client, for instance, and you might miss […]
The Precedent
“There’s no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don’t spring up overnight…every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.” – Seth Godin Did you know your kids thinking you’re […]
How To Nap
“Always nap when you can. It is cheap medicine.” – Lord Byron Did you know that people who nap habitually might have a 37% lower risk of death from coronary heart disease? Naps have also been shown to “improve performance in areas such as reaction time, logical reasoning and symbol recognition.” They also improve your […]
Default Mode
“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think.” – Warren Buffett Most of life happens in default mode. That’s fine. Because you can’t constantly reconsider every action in your life or you’ll go crazy. The […]
Mood Follows Action
“It’s impossible to control your thoughts, let alone your feelings. But what you can control is your actions. If you’re in a rut—be it a loss of motivation or something rougher—don’t think, just do.” – Brad Stulberg “I don’t feel like it.” You’re not the only one who’s said that as an excuse for not […]
Region Beta
“It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.” – Seneca According to one survey, 50% of people hate their jobs. And yet many of those people stay at jobs they hate for years or even decades. Sometimes not for the better, humans […]
Ow or Wow?
“Most people overestimate what they can achieve in a year and underestimate what they can achieve in ten years.” – Bill Gates Did you know Ancient Romans would sometimes drop a piece of toast into their wine for good health. That’s where we get the idea of “raising a toast.” Sounds soggy. But it sure […]
The Hamster Wheel
“Doing less is not being lazy. Don’t give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.” – Tim Ferriss “Stop whining,” some meme shouts from its proverbial rooftop, “start hustling.” We see it all around us. “Hustle culture.” The demand to do more if we want to be more. But a bit […]