Instead, schedule your priorities. Time is a finite resource. It’s invaluable and we can only do so much in our day. But that just means you’ll have to decide how you want to use it. The poor and popular strategy is to find something you want to do and find a way to fit in […]
We’ve Lost the Information Game
And Google has won it. So what does it mean when I’ve found something else more reliable than you and more informative, no matter what you try to do? You’ll need to provide something more meaningful than information: the knowledge to use information as a tool for creation. Don’t play the game of memorization and […]
The Most Motivational Speech Ever
The most motivational speech is the one you use every day. You have to turn it on a bit after you wake up. You have to tell it to yourself when you brush your teeth. You need it for the energy to brush your teeth. It’s the one that’s never needed. You don’t think about […]
Confused Voting
James Clear says that each action we take is a vote on the type of person we choose to be. So vote correctly. Vote for the right habits. And avoid voting for the bad ones. That’s the problem right? It certainly isn’t in our long-term interest to vote poorly for ourselves. But it can often […]
Curious or Angry?
Catherine Hoke says that “You can’t be curious and angry at the same time”. So you have to choose. When the misfortune of losing something stumbles upon you, will you be angry at fate, or be curious how it happened? When inconvenience like traffic is troubling you, are you angry at those around you, or […]
The Shared Addiction
“There is something about yourself that you don’t know. Something that you will deny even exists until it’s too late to do anything about it. It’s the only reason you get up in the morning, the only reason you suffer the sh*tty boss, the blood, the sweat and the tears. “This is because you want […]
Running In Circles
We start a habit the same way and say it’s going to stick. We take a similar workload and say this time we’ll be ok. We start our day the same way and say this time it will be different. We know doing the same thing over and over again and expecting something new is […]
Better or Worse?
Have you ever spent a long time not having written anything with a pen or pencil? It feels strange getting used to writing again. Almost like it’s a completely novel experience. We usually view the world as a static background to which living beings apply dynamic change. Nature is like the board game in which […]
Boredom is Exciting
When people think of difficult challenges, they think of athletic feats or complex mental puzzles. But very few look at something that may be the most challenging of all. Sitting down for a lengthy period of time and doing nothing. There’s a certain frustration that comes with creating something new. It’s the writer’s block that […]
The Gift That Gives Back
If I was trying to give you free flowers, books, and other gifts, would you try to stay away from me? The Hare Krishna Society struggled a lot to get money in the 1970’s. Many of its members were on the streets begging for donations. And not much came by. Many people were disrupted by […]