If you want to get something done, stop reading this post and read this book instead. Seriously. End of report. But you’re still reading this so you probably want to know why you should. Right? Well read on. ...
Can 20-minute goals save your life? It did for Joe Simpson. Back in 1985, he and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, were the first to successfully ascend the west face of the Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. ...
“Sit up straight!” Remember that old advice from Mom? As it turns out, her edict may do more than facilitate good dining etiquette. It may help you achieve your goals. Psychologist and renown willpower research pioneer Roy Baumeister, in ...
It’s that time of year when our thoughts naturally turn to resolutions. What new habits should I undertake this year? Exercise more? Eat less? Read more? Complement others more often? You may even have all of these and more ...
It’s time we reclaimed the word work. Let me prove it. When you think of the word work, what comes to mind? Frustration? Agony? Long hours? All of us have had those experiences with work. And we’ve become so ...
I had lunch with a friend recently and he asked a really good question: “How do you know when you’ve had a productive day?” In the past I would have dismissed that question with the obvious answer: “When I’ve knocked ...
We’ve all experienced those times when things just don’t go our way. All the planning and the resources in the world can’t prevent the frustration of our ambitions, no matter how noble. As the wisest King of his day ...
What are you relentlessly committed to pursue? Is there something that rises up to the level of importance that nothing could make you give in, even when heat of affliction is dialed way up? In 1942, at the height ...
Do you have something you’ve been longing to do—an idea you can’t shake—but you just can’t seem to get started, or don’t know how to? Or, do you feel stuck and find yourself frustrated or dispassionate about your life? ...
Do you have a firewall to protect your goals? I recently discovered my need for one. Being self-critical by nature, I find I have a persistent thought that whatever I’ve done, I could have done better. Nowhere does that ...