Because unfortunately, there’s a cost to everything. Whether you decide to eat healthy or not. Be unproductive or not. Focus on this path instead of another. There’s something you’re sacrificing. That’s just the natural state of things. Sometimes the choice can be to give up something for the pursuit of Continue Reading
Cheat Days Are Fine. Cheat Moments Destroy Us.
How can a day of wasting time, skipping healthy habits, and being unproductive be better than just doing it for a quick second? Because at least it’s scheduled. You know what you’re doing. And you do it for the day. The moment is nonexistent yet everlasting. To divulge attention to Continue Reading
Are You A Consumer Or A Creator?
We can’t really be both at once. But we usually start our day by being a critic. Browsing through social media and the news to judge positively or negatively about what others are doing. We finish our day as an audience member, browsing through videos and articles. We become a Continue Reading
Just One More Thing To Check
Maybe I should send this e-mail too while I’m at it. Oh, someone just messaged me. Let me reply. Hm, I think I need to check up on my post online. Oh look at what this person put on their feed. It’s hilarious. I’m going to comment something. This seems Continue Reading
What Promises Are You Making?
“The thing that makes someone swipe right on you on Tinder may not be what you want to be in the long run” Seth Godin I’m sure we’ve all been in a situation where we tell ourselves we “need” to do this to get what we want. It could be Continue Reading
Your Sets Can Ruin Your Reps
There was an interesting video I watched a while back from professional trainer Jeff Cavaliere. He discusses the limitations in mindset around the common “3 sets of 12” paradigm around workouts. His criticism comes not from the ineffectiveness of the structure, but what it incentivizes us to do. Particularly, our Continue Reading
Letting Go Of Our Story
When a professional trader is faced with a stock dropping in price when he believes it will eventually go up, what does he do? Most people would believe that if one is confident that a stock will eventually rise, they should hold on to it. In fact, they should buy Continue Reading
“Is This Going To Be On Test?”
You’re asking if you have to do more. It means you’re here just to tell everyone you were here. If you ask “How can I learn/do/give more,” you’re here for a lot more than a certificate of attendance. I think it’s a lot more productive to show up to things Continue Reading
Stop Depriving Others Of Your Best Self
How do we grab someone’s attention? It’s what we want. For people to see us, listen to us, and treat our ideas with respect. So imagine if you’re giving a speech on a topic you’re most passionate about and you notice someone sitting down on their phone. Or, perhaps more Continue Reading
You’ve Pushed The Rock Up The Mountain
Congrats. Now what? Maybe you can find another rock. You can find another mountain. Maybe you can find a way to do it faster, to do it better. But a better question is to look at that rock and ask, “What was it for?” Most people are pushing rocks up Continue Reading