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If You Are Reading This, You Are Already Ahead

September 4, 2018 No Comments

I recently spoke with one of my students about her challenge to find a new job. She’s trying to get ahead.

And she invests a lot of time in her own education. After speaking to her, I was convinced she would be an asset to any company that hired her.

However, she didn’t feel the same certainty as I did.

“But what if everybody else is trying the same strategies to get a job?”

Like many people who invest a lot in their education, she assumed that literally every single other person on planet earth is doing the same. And that her chances to land a great job diminished because of that.

Life Lessons, Productivity

How To Be Productive When Your Life Is In Chaos

August 21, 2018 No Comments

In a perfect world, everything is steady. You can make plans that actually come true 100% of the time. You can anticipate things in advance.

But as you and I both know, that’s not how life works.

In real life, a single random (and unexpected) event can suddenly screw up all your plans, goals, and good intentions to make a change. Think of…

A family member who passes away.
Getting pregnant.
Getting into a car accident.
A calamity at work that causes bankruptcy.
Falling in love.

Unplanned events can disrupt everything. I’ve experienced that several times in my life. And there’s nothing you can do to prevent unexpected events.

Productivity, Self-Knowledge

Did You Fail At Something? Good—Do Something Else

August 14, 2018 No Comments

Do you have plans, goals, ideals, or outcomes that you want to achieve? And do you get frustrated when things don’t go according to plan?

If so, I want to share a simple, yet powerful idea with you in this article.

I learned this from Jocko Willink’s book Discipline Equals Freedom. The idea is very simple. Jocko believes that complaining when things go wrong is useless.

He says:

Life Lessons, Self-Knowledge

10 Practical Answers To 10 Powerful Questions

August 7, 2018 No Comments

The other day I received an email from a reader with 10 powerful questions she wanted me to answer. No introduction. No small talk.

Just a list of questions and “Thanks for your time” at the bottom.

Naturally, my first response was, “What?!”

But as I read the questions more carefully, I thought, “I can turn this into an article.” I was truly impressed by the quality of the questions of my reader, Mary.

So I wrote back to thank her for the inspiration. Here are my answers:

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