Today is my 30th birthday. With my 20s officially behind me, I thought about some of the most important life lessons I’ve learned over my first 30 …
Personal Development Archives
Welcome to the cornerstone of my site: The Personal Development section. Here, you'll find my best articles and podcast episodes about self-improvement, productivity, motivation, habits, happiness, relationships, and more.
Learn to Love Yourself
We’re born knowing how to trust our instincts, how to breathe deeply, how to eat only when we’re hungry, how to not care about what anyone thinks of …
The Four Thieves of Productivity
At any moment in time there can be only ONE Thing, and when that ONE Thing is in line with your purpose and sits atop your priorities, it will be …
The First Key To Mastery : Finding Your Life’s Task
MENU: //READ //LISTEN “At your birth a seed is planted. That seed is your uniqueness. It wants to grow, transform itself, and flower to its full …
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SMART Goals + Stretch Goals = SUCCESS
This is part II of our two-part series on goal setting, inspired by the book, Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg. In part I, we talked about …
12 Powerful Mini Habits To Practice Each Day
Mini habits are daily routines/rituals that take just a few minutes to perform, but have huge returns in the overall quality of your life as a result …
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Habit Loops: The Secret to Creating or Breaking Any Habit
When you woke up this morning, what did you do first? Did you hop in the shower, did you check your email, or did you grab a doughnut from the kitchen …
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Stressed Out? Remember Your Core Values
“The kind of self-affirmation I’m talking about—the kind whose effects [researchers] have studied—doesn’t have anything to do with reciting generic …
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How To Wake Up Early and Work Out—An 8-Step Guide
Some people believe that waking up early and starting their day with a workout robs them of energy and keeps them from getting enough sleep. They're …
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The Growth Mindset: Muhammad Ali’s Real Secret To Success
Ali’s brilliance was his mind. His brains, not his brawn. Back since the earliest days of boxing, experts relied on what they called the “tales of …
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The One Thing by Gary Keller: Book Summary
The One Thing The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan Summarized by Dean Bokhari Get Book: Print | …
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Leaders Eat Last : Book Summary
Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek The main message of Leaders Eat Last is simple -- the buck stops at the leader’s desk. …