Reading Time: < 1 min We all have a list of problems that we’re working through, often put together on some kind of to-do list. It’s great to check things off the list, but it often seems like checking one thing off leads to putting something else on it. You’re not wrong. In the book “The Personal MBA“, author Josh […]
Keep tapping
Reading Time: < 1 min The ability to focus is often very underrated (“I multitask very well!“), but it’s key to getting deep work done. If you can stay focused on your main goals with minimal distraction, you’ll reach them much more quickly. To be honest, this is something I often struggle with. In Seth Godin’s classic book “The Dip“, […]
Of course there is another hot item in the news
Reading Time: < 1 min Over the last few years, I’ve seen quite a few people express outrage at the media “taking our attention with the next big story”. It’s often framed as a way to hide “what’s really going on”, but I see it simply as media outlets doing their job. A great example of this was the Russia-Ukraine […]
Lightning will strike soon, right?
Reading Time: < 1 min It can be easy to wait for inspiration to strike before you write your next blog post or record your next video. Many times, though, the waiting will never end. Prior to 2020, I generally blogged when I “felt inspired”. I intended to post a few times a week, but usually only posted once a […]
Fix the damage, don’t bury it
Reading Time: < 1 min In the past few months, I’ve seen a few situations on social media that were odd to me. First, a few months friend of mine shared a fake story related to George Floyd and his family. After he posted, it was shared a handful of times by other friends of his. Eventually someone pointed out […]
Fuzzy boundaries can be powerful
Reading Time: < 1 min We’re stuck in a weird place in our world right now, where people are feeling like they have to set up firm boundaries around their beliefs. There’s also the angle that if you take one position, like supporting gun rights, you are forced to take a particular position on a separate subject, like opposing abortion […]
Slow growth is stable
Reading Time: < 1 min When we’re starting something new, many of dive in completely. Workouts go from 0 to brutal. Reading goes from 2 books/year to 2 books/week. Running goes from never to 20 miles/week. Most often, we burn out and these all end quickly and poorly. You need to decide, particularly early on in a new venture, to […]
“Here I am” or “there you are”?
Reading Time: < 1 min There are two kinds of people in this world. Those that show up to be seen, and those that show up to see others. In his book “High Performance Habits“, author Brendon Burchard puts it this way: “There are two types of people. One walks into the room and announces, ‘Here I am!’ The other […]
100 books you need to read before you die
Reading Time: 2 min A few weeks ago, “SeekLifeMastery” posted a fantastic thread on Twitter with the “100 books you need to read before you die“. As I went through it, I found that it was indeed an excellent list, and one that I need to work on quite a bit as I’ve only read about 25 of the […]
The pretense of knowledge is our most dangerous vice
Reading Time: < 1 min In his book “Ego Is the Enemy“, author Ryan Holiday spends a good deal of time essentially breaking down the Dunning-Krueger Effect and how overconfidence can be a bad thing. Confidence, in and of itself, is valuable to have. When you become overconfident and your ego creeps in, it can often inhibit your growth. If […]