The Initiation Ritual of The Unmistakable Creative
There are two types of creators in the world. Sporadic ones and prolific ones. The world we live in today disproportionately rewards the latter. I’d like to introduce you to two people- Ian and Sarah. I created them as representations of the two primary types of creatives I see. Ian represents the vast majority of…
What a World Champion Poker Player Can Teach You About Making Decisions You Won’t Regret
This article is the first installment in a new series. Over the next several weeks, I’ll be picking one podcast guest, applying what I learn from them to my life, and share my lessons learned with you. We kick off the series with decision-making expert, the “Duchess of Poker”- Annie Duke, who taught me how to make…
Using Behavioral Architecture and Commitment Devices to Avoid Distraction
Have you ever had a morning when you woke up with the best of intentions? You say to yourself, “Today is the day when I’m going to write the novel, paint something, etc., etc.” An hour later you’re scrolling through the Facebook newsfeed, uploading pictures of your breakfast to Instagram, and tweeting about the idiot who…
Do Something Today You’ll Be Glad You Did Ten Years From Now
When I finished business school in April 2009, the economy was in a tailspin, 90 percent of my classmates didn’t have job offers, and NOBODY was hiring MBA’s. Employers were receiving thousands of resumes from overqualified candidates. Some people spent all of their time looking for a job. One of our classmates said she’d applied to…
Why it Takes Five Years of Focused Action to Accomplish Something Significant
Today we live in a world where a person can go from idea to execution faster than ever. This creates an unrealistic expectation that they’ll be successful just as fast. It might take a day to start a blog. But it will take far longer to build an audience. It takes a trip to Guitar…
Why It’s Time for Us to Get Rid of the Eight-Hour Workday
Knowledge work is not an assembly line, and extracting value from information is an activity that’s often at odds with busyness, not supported by it. – Cal Newport, Deep WorkIt’s time for us to get rid of the 8-hour workday. For more than 20 years, I struggled to manage my attention so much I eventually…
Understanding This One Principle Will Make You a Happier Person
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule, and learn to distinguish between what you can and can’t control, that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible. – Sharon…
How you Spend Your Time and Attention Will Have a Massive Impact on How your Life Turns Out
For the average person, their consumption habits aren’t deliberate, their digital environment is on default, and there are a thousand things competing for their attention. Prolific creators, on the other hand, have gone out of their way to eliminate the competition for their attention and made deep work a big priority in their life.Attention is…
Zero to Dangerous: Flow Hacking Training Review
How would you feel if you could achieve massive performance gains in every part of your life? This is what you’ll learn to do in Zero To Dangerous: A Flow-Hacking Training Program for High Performers. Imagine what would happen if you could get more work done in less time and produce a higher quality of…
Speed of Execution and Bias Towards Action
In 2010, my friend Sid Savara sent me the following email: You should go full speed ahead on the blogger interviews- and really dedicate yourself to it. I think your interview series would be extremely successful if you made a completely separate blog for it. Your personal development writing and other people’s guest posts are good,…
