Balancing Advice with Intuition
When I was growing up — until my early 20s even — I didn’t really think for myself. I lacked the ability to weigh external advice, guidance and information against an internal barometer. To my detriment, I went with whatever I was told. Too scared to contradict and feeling as if my…
READ MORETransformation: Small Changes Make a Big Difference
Whether you’re determined to improve your fitness, clean up your nutrition, work on a healthier mindset, or all three (yay, you!) the best approach is to make reasonable, sustainable changes to your daily life. Transformation, be it physical, mental, emotional, or habitual is about creating a new normal. That new…
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How to Build Billionaire Habits
Picture yourself having coffee with a billionaire. Just imagine what you’d learn. One of my friends recently had this opportunity. In fact, he had the chance to have dinner with several billionaires at the same time. One thing he noticed was every one acted the same: They gave their complete…
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You’ll Never Forget This Management Tip
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou I hate hearing people use this quote ONLY to describe positive people. The high-school math teacher who lets her class take their desks outside: When the…
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How Emotionally Intelligent People Handle Toxic People
Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people’s buttons. Either way, they create unnecessary complexity, strife, and worst of all stress. Studies have long shown that…
READ MOREHow to Shift From Critical to Confident
Can you imagine where you would be at this point in life if there weren’t a self-criticizing bone in your body? You would probably be one of those egomaniacs you love to hate. Self-criticism is healthy. It guides you to personal improvement and keeps your ego within healthy limits. However,…
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Regarding the Rest of Your Life
Life is full of unbelievable opportunities. Today, you can, as James Altucher says, “Choose Yourself.” You don’t have to get a 4-year degree, followed by a low-paying job with a giant corporation, and then hope and pray things go smoothly for 40 years until you can turn in your security…
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I Have No Confidence… So This Is What I Do
I am nervous all the time. Going to a party, I always try to back out at last minute. Even a party I threw last year, I tried to not go and three people had to call me and convince me to come. Business deal – I am scared right…
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How to Determine What Motivates You
I was talking to a 19-year-old recently and he has been struggling with motivation. His problem goes like this: he gets excited about starting a project or plan, and is very motivated at the start … but after a few days, that feeling dies down, and he starts procrastinating. He…
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Copywriting Tips Backed by Science
Cool copywriting tips backed by science that will help you write more persuasive copy, courtesy Nick Kolenda’s copywriting blog.
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What Gets Measured…
Have you heard of the sunk cost fallacy? Let me remind you… Whenever you invest money in something, there’s a tendency to feel obligated to follow through on whatever you’re invested in. For example, you and your parents invest $40,000 over 4 years toward your accounting degree. After you graduate and go…
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Why Constant Learners Embrace the 5-Hour Rule
At the age of 10, Benjamin Franklin left formal schooling to become an apprentice to his father. As a teenager, he showed no particular talent or aptitude aside from his love of books. When he died a little over half a century later, he was America’s most respected statesman, its most famous inventor, a prolific author, and…
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