How to keep the good, going
What goes up must come down. Complacency eventually turns into panic. Once the stream of contentedness kicks in, progress stymies. The will to compete and...
Tag: motivation
Revolutionizing tomorrow
Enough schooling will kick the creativity out of you. What it doesn’t teach you is how to push ideas to completion. That comes within. The...
The missing ingredient
The game is in our heads, not always in our hands. Like a skilled attuner we can produce ideas in a Ford production line and...
Looking for aim and purpose
Persistence is the key that separates the professional from the hobbyist. The professional does three things He sticks to a strict schedule He completes the...
The biggest productivity tip of 2019
The biggest productivity tip anyone can offer is to do it now. No more waiting, no more excuses, no more muses. The biggest productivity trap...
Avoid the suck
The carrot dangles, tempting a response. But the incentive is not always worthy. What we need more is a beautiful constraint, to cease ourselves from...
‘If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.’
“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.” — Jim Rohn...
One small change
Sometimes it is one small change that makes all the difference. And seeking it makes our aspirations feel alive. The alternative is adopting other people’s...
The courage to believe
If you don’t believe in yourself, who will? Faith drives action. Faith drives results. Without faith, nothing works. Indifference and pessimism are attractive because they’re...
How to avoid the comparison bubble
It’s easy to get caught up in the comparison bubble. You always want what we don’t have. You are incorrectly taught to copy, just as...
Rebecca Solnit: ‘Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible’
“Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible.” — Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark...