Have you ever found yourself VERY productive at whatever you’re doing that you just hate for anyone to interrupt you. Okay, have you ever felt like you’ve wasted your time watching TV or playing video games when you know you should be doing something important? The trick here is to gain momentum in your activity. […]
Habits & Lifestyle Hacks
The Value bias Habit
Habits are formed without us even noticing. Most people have a tendency to be more accepting of things that confirm their perspective or beliefs. They also tend to flat out reject of things that contradict them. You have to do your best to set aside that pesky bias habit, look at the evidence critically and […]
Paying Your Dues to Reach Your Goals
Goals have a learning curve, believe it or not. Think about it this way. At one point or another, everyone has had a bill to pay. There’s usually no way around paying what’s “due”. Goals and habits work the same way. Key points Paying your dues means experience Practice = Experience There is no way […]
STOP GUESSING! A Habit to Never Making a Mistake Again
“The only source of knowledge is experience “ – Albert Einstein Let’s talk about a very popular habit that people usually acquire easily and at a young age. It’s all around us and we hardly notice, but it comes back to bite us in ways we wouldn’t expect. It’s guessing. Guessing you say? Well, let […]
When the World Moves, we Follow Closely Behind
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind”. -Mohandas Gandhi Today we’ll talk a little about adaptability. Human are especially good at adapting. We are constantly influenced by our surroundings and the way society moves. We cling to the values that are around us and make judgments based on our […]
Leadership Means Working Well with Others
“Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” Vince Lombardi If you already haven’t done so, I suggest you pick up the book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. It’s an amazing book. I recommend both […]
Take Risks, or Risk your Security…….
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -Helen Keller Let’s talk a little about “security” and why people seek it […]
How to be a Super Hero
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. -Joseph Campbell As children, we’ve all had dreams of becoming Batman or joining the X-Men. As we grew up, we soon learned these are pretty impractical lifestyles and move on. Our experiences begin to shape our reality and […]
The Security Box
“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them” -Henry Ford Let’s talk about the importance of critical thinking. It’s something I feel the school system neglects too often. In my opinion, our current school system conditions children to think being wrong is a terrible thing and it doesn’t encourage […]
Fight for your Habits or Fool Yourself
“Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.” -Mike Tyson Since my time in the Golden Gloves, I figured I’d write a little something about fighting and the intense challenge it is, physically and mentally. Fighting has become an art form in many disciplines. From karate to boxing to mixed martial arts, […]