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This page covers articles on decision making and personal development. New one published every week.
Write About What Is Unique To You
When I first began writing, I wrote about everything. Books I had read, life experiences, random thoughts, etc. Even wrote about my 10 favorite beers. Which was fine, but I wanted to be a great writer. I STILL want to be great...
Assuming You Know Nothing is a Power Stance
The world is full of information. So much so, that it's easy to think you know everything. Such as this collection of random facts: The ratio of ants to humans is 1 million to 1. For every 1 million ants, there is one human.The...
Why You Should, and Shouldn’t, Write Consistently
Whether you should write consistently is an often debated topic. Some believe writers can't publish quality material if they have to adhere to a strict schedule. Others have built giant empires by publishing their writing...
The Scorpion & The Frog – It’s In Your Nature
You may know the Aesop's Fable called The Scorpion and The Frog. If you haven't, it's a short read: A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across. The frog hesitates, afraid that the...
3 Ways To Jumpstart Your Creative Process
Being creative is difficult. It's time consuming and does not happen on a clear schedule, but it can be incredibly rewarding. I've tried to make the creative process more efficient over the past year. Here are the three...
50% Effort
There are few things that I put 100% effort into. That level of effort is scary for two reasons. First, putting 100% of your effort requires a unique amount of dedication. It will overshadow everything else in your life. Second,...
Why You Should Slowly Add Forcing Functions To Your Life
When you have your first child, it forces you to become more mature. You've added a net new responsibility to your list. The care and ownership of another human. To take on that responsibility, you need to make better decisions....
Sometimes, not getting what you want is exactly what you need.
At the start of 2020 I was unemployed. I had just dissolved the business that I worked on for the past year. So I started my job hunt and applied to my two "𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴". Here's how the interview process went: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐀: Got...
Be Yourself…
An AMAZING song by Audioslave, and also a terrible piece of advice. If I had a dime for every time that I read "Be Yourself, Be Authentic, Be Real", I would have at least 100 dimes. Maybe 200. But definitely not 500. Be Yourself...