If you’re wondering how to be responsible, it’s actually quite simple. Being responsible has all sorts of meanings, but the principles that hold value are always the same. One thing to keep in mind is that there are systems in place that need to be changed, not human value. In terms of effectiveness, blaming individuals is […]
Habits & Lifestyle Hacks
Breaking Rules, Not Laws!
There is a difference between breaking rules and breaking the law. Breaking the law is breaking a set of rules that lead to an enforced social consequence. The rules that I’m talking about however, are the rules that we create for ourselves throughout life. An example out be to say “bless you” when someone sneezes […]
Top Five Ways to be Effective
The top five ways to be effective are all synergistic to each other. Meaning you can’t achieve one without the other. If you lack in one area, there is a good chance the rest of the deck will crumble. Key Summary Time Management Social Butterfly Simplicity Resource Management Sharpening the Saw Top Five Ways to […]
Sharpen the Saw – Learn to Stay on Top
“Sharpen the Saw means preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have–you. It means having a balanced program for self-renewal in the four areas of your life: physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual. – Stephen Covey The idea to sharpen the saw or blade comes from the analogy that a blade that is consistently sharpened will never get […]
Relativity – Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
Relativity must replace absolutism in the realm of morals as well as in the spheres of physics and biology. -Thomas Cochrane The theory of relativity, put simply means that reality is subject to the eye of the beholder. How is this relevant to anything in our lives? Well, let’s use the glass being half full […]
Learn to Steal
If you steal from one author it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many it’s research. Wilson Mizner We’ve been taught that stealing is a “bad” thing. Well, what is good and what is bad is subject to interpretation. Stealing material is illegal and unproductive in most cases, but what if we steal mentally? What I mean […]
Time Management
The key is in not spending time, but in investing it. – Stephen R. Covey Time Management Time is one of the most important concepts ever. If we spend more time than we have to on something, we are wasting something irreplaceable. Time management is completely underrated. The small details are what count. For example, like […]
Learning to Let go of Closure
I’m not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There’s no closure. -Larry David Sometimes things happen and that’s all there is to it. You can’t make everyone happy and reading into a situation too much is usually a waste of time. Learning to let go of closure is probably […]
The New Year Resolution
Resolutions shouldn’t only be reserved for a New Year – Amir Aribokill Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking New Year resolutions. If anything, I promote a resolution. But, I’d much rather make consistent small resolutions through out the year instead of a small lump of huge ones at the beginning. Coming up with small, […]