“What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing.“—Nassim Nicholas Taleb (from Skin in the …
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Personal Development Articles
Turning Weakness into Strength
A few days ago, the wife and I found out that our two year-old, Nora—who’d been coughing and crying and causing all kinds of chaos—had caught …
Idea Killers
Throughout your long, beautifully fantastic life, it’s very likely you’ll interact with a wide range of different characters. Some of them will be …
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson : Book Summary
12 Rules For Life:Â An Antidote To Chaos By Jordan B. Peterson About: Over the years, (former) Harvard and (current) University of Toronto …
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How to Make Yourself Indispensable
How indispensable do you believe yourself to be …to your employer? …to your customers? …to anyone you rely on to regularly exchange value …
30 More Life Lessons Learned in 30 Years
Last year, on my 30th birthday, I published a piece on the 30 Life Lessons I Learned in 30 Years. Both the article and podcast versions of that piece …
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How to Find Your Why and Communicate Your Purpose
All businesses, organizations, and careers operate on three levels: (1) WHAT we do, (2) HOW we do it, and (3) WHY we do it.We’re all acquainted with …
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The Ultimate Guide to Developing Self-Discipline
All of the above is true... But it doesn’t go far enough. Self-discipline is more than simply doing stuff that you don’t want to do… Behind all …
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Action Leads to Motivation
The majority of people looking for motivation will wait for something, or someone, to come around and motivate them before they can get up and take …
10 Books on Increasing Your Creativity
Increasing your creativity—or developing any sense of creativity in the first place—seems to be hardest when you need it most. Personally, I’d always …
6 Journaling Ideas That Will Make You Better. Period.
If I had to choose between throwing my iPhone into a burning fire vs. throwing my journal into the fire, the journal would win every single …
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Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending
Did you know that Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, is currently pre-selling tickets for flights into outer space? No joke.[1] …
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