One of the reasons I asked you to think about your time dials a few days ago is because it’s actually quite difficult for us to think about what we are actually striving towards and using that as inspiration for our actions. There’s certain areas we want to cover like security, comfort, health, and freedom, […]
It’s Not The Best Time
But when is it really? When Gutenberg developed the printing press, 92% of the world couldn’t read. It wasn’t the best time. When the car was released to purchase for consumers, it was illegal to drive a car, and there were no roads or gas stations. It wasn’t the best time. Even when Apple made […]
Time Dials
What do you LOVE spending time on? There can be easy answers to this like watching Netflix. But I want you to dig a big deeper to the things that make you feel fulfilled after doing them. It often tends to be a creative activity like cooking, reading, writing, drawing. Or it could be about […]
Wounds Or Wisdom?
Which would we prefer? We make mistakes. Human history does not always have the best foot forward. But unfortunately, we can’t fix the past. No matter how much we want to make up for it. Because it no longer exists. It only is remembered through our own minds. Of course, an option would be to […]
Getting Lost In the Waves
How easy is it to find yourself swamped by the work you have to do? It could be a lot of homework assigned. It could be a project you’re leading. It could be the clients you have to meet. And during those times we think it’s ok to sacrifice a little bit of something else. […]
The Journey Ends With Its Beginning
I recently stumbled upon a video by the Youtuber Matt D’Avella where he discussed himself stumbling upon a saying by Alan Watts. In it, Watts describes how the movement of things often happen in the reverse of what we would like. We want to walk on water, but we sink. We want to sink into […]
The Easy Thing About Hard Things
Iowa State researchers conducted a study where they took three groups of students and gave them a list of words to remember. Afterward, a group either recited the words immediate, after 15 seconds of rehearsal, or after 15 seconds of doing math problems. Unsurprisingly, the average scores followed this same order when ranked highest to […]
The Work Before The Work
What’s the best superfood to have for breakfast? What’s the best equipment to train with? What’s the best camera to shoot with? What’s the best pen to write with? And on and on and on. These questions aren’t irrelevant. But they are unimportant at the end of the day. It’s a unproductive way to seem […]
It’s About Your Intentions, Not Your Results
Toy Story 2 was one of the luckiest movies to be made. There was a particular instance Ed Catmull, one of the founders of Pixar and current head of both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation, describes in his book Creativity Inc. Essentially, when the release date was coming up, someone had accidentally typed in a […]
Choose Your Battles
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 something else. Kind of like […]