4 Lessons from Eastern Philosophy on Maximizing Your Performance Under Pressure
This is a guest post by my friend Brendan Barca, a career coach and personal development writer. He helps people find purpose and fulfillment in work and life. You can read more of his articles and learn about his coaching offerings on his website, Straddle …
Ask Yourself These 8 Questions To Find Your Next Career Opportunity
There’s a lot of material about how to get a job and how to advance your career, but not a lot about what career path to pursue, or whether you should start a business instead of getting a job. There’s a lot of material about …
Double Your Motivation with This Simple Technique
Have you ever had a hard time starting an important project? Ever lacked the motivation to read or exercise, even though you know it’s in your best interest? I have too. Sometimes scrolling through Twitter seems so much more thrilling than reading a book, even …
Decision Making Under Uncertainty: 16 Lessons I Learned From Annie Duke
I learned a lot about decision making under uncertainty from Annie Duke’s new book, Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts. Annie first mastered decision making in the field of poker. She won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet, …
50 Zen Quotes on Living a Good Life
In studying Zen for the past couple years, I’ve come across some amazing quotes on reducing stress, finding purpose, and achieving happiness. Zen is a school of Buddhism with teachings such as: Meditating, observing your mind, and focusing on your breath to achieve presence and self-control …
The Carnivore Diet: How to Survive the First Month
The carnivore diet – also known as the all meat diet or the carnivorous diet – entails eating almost nothing but meat for every meal, every day. That means a lot of protein, a lot of fat, and almost zero carbs. This runs contrary to …
7 Key Takeaways From The 12 Week Year by Moran and Lennington
I just finished reading The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington. The title sounded gimmicky, but since my friend, Brendan Barca, recommended it, and because I want to have a big …
How Do You Measure Success?
Wealth, job title, and happiness are some of the most common measures of success. It’s important to measure success the right way because it informs how you spend your time and effort. If you don’t measure success in terms of what’s truly important to you, …
How to Overcome Procrastination
9 Surprisingly Effective Strategies (Backed by Science!) I procrastinated on writing this article. I know that it’s a topic that my readers will love and that my ideas will be immediately valuable to them. And therefore, writing and publishing it will help me achieve my …
The Lost Art of Quitting
Why it’s so hard to quit, even when it’s in your best interest This article was originally published on Medium. I was making more money than I ever had before. I finally had the job I had worked so long and so hard to get. Life …
