“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened” Mark Twain Certainly feels like they have though right? I’ve never stopped and thought about how many troubles I’ve actually had in the past. It just seems like they’ve been a part of my life, as I’m […]
Want to Talk To The CEO of Google?
You’re probably thinking it’s not possible. When Tim Ferris challenged a lecture hall of Princeton students to contact the highest profile person they can (George Bush, Bill Gates, etc.) and ask them a question, no one did anything. Even though the prize was a free round-trip ticket to the destination of their choosing. When Seth […]
Systems Over Feelings
Flossing is an important aspect of our health. Nearly every dentist will ask if you do it daily. But the majority of people end up having to answer no. Even when they know they should be doing it, they don’t take the time to do so. And likely we don’t have much regret for it, […]
Choosing Our Experience
Imagine I decided a particular event was disdainful. Not just that it may cause me some pain or a distressed emotional state. But that I really don’t like when it happens. Now whenever this event occurs, I find myself in a great deal of misery. Even just the potential of it occurring leaves me anxious […]
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, […]
Don’t Wash Your Hands?
Washing your hands more than twenty times a day makes you 2.8 times more likely to contract dermatitis. Sounds crazy right? Well, maybe we don’t wash our hands twenty times a day. Btu shouldn’t it be even safer? Sanitation is really, really effective at cleaning and avoiding disease. But have you ever noticed that most […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 our phones for a second […]