“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” I definitely could’ve utilized my quarantine time better. I could have written more, read more, learned more. But needless to say, I haven’t used my time in a way I wish I had. I could’ve been way farther […]
It’s Not Always About Ease
The fact that most poor habits are common is explained by the idea that they have easy and instantaneous rewards. And most productive habits are rare because they have hard and far-away rewards. It’s often easy to think of lying and telling the truth within these categories as well. As in, people lie because it’s […]
Which Wolf Are You Feeding?
An amazing parable: “” An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, […]
Seize The Moment, Or Maybe Find A New One
It’s simple to formulate one future. One path. One outcome you want to see come to fruition. And we start running in that direction. Because this is what will help accomplish our goals and achieve success. And what happens when that opportunity doesn’t open up for us? When someone or something has selected against us. […]
Put In The Reps
A photography professor at the University of Florida had his class split up into two groups. One group was told that their grade was determined by the quantity of photos they’ve taken. That is, the more photos they take, the better their score. The other group was told that they will be judged on the […]
Better To Be a Beginner Than Not Play
It can be easy to stay on the sidelines when we don’t feel qualified enough for a pursuit, and yet say we still want to eventually reap the benefits. Most people want to be financially responsible, independent, and secure. But many think they’re not smart enough to properly invest and save their money. So they […]
It’s All On You Now
No one else is going to make you do it. The dropout rate for online courses for some platforms are as high as 94%. Why? Because when things get challenging, nobody really wants to force themselves to continue. Of course, when in a job or classroom, you can’t really just walk out and quit like […]
The Antidote To Chaos
When many people consult Ramit Sethi on dealing with situations of tremendous debt, they often find themselves in despair over how they can pull themselves out of such places. But Ramit asks a simple question back to them, “What’s your debt payoff date?” Most people don’t have one. They might think they’d be lucky to […]
It’s Your Dream, Define It
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, […]
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 […]