I bought new shoes today. Brown ones this time. With black soles. Leather uppers. They’re so smooth that I’m tempted to match them with my regular outfits. Yet despite how slick they may appear, they were never intended for casual wear: The outsoles are slip-, oil-, and abrasion-resistant. The materials protect … [Read more...]
How to Break Through a Creative Wall (A 2 Phase Strategy Guaranteed to Work!)
You’ve been thinking about it all day. From the minute you clocked in at work, grabbed a donut off the commons table, and then plopped into your ergonomic yet somehow still uncomfortable chair, you were desperate to get back to your own project. Instead, you sifted through email after email, went to approximately 3.5 … [Read more...]
The Loner’s Guide to Becoming a Surprisingly Inspirational Team Player
Are you one of those weird people who likes to work alone? Was the work you consider to be a cornerstone, a masterpiece, or maybe even your magnum opus created while you were locked in a room with no people in sight? Well chances are that others notice your autonomous ways when you don’t have the luxury of solitude—and … [Read more...]
The Enemy of Good: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Get On with Life
“Knees... Hands... Square... Pull...” “Knees... Hands... Square... Pull...” Basketball, like many other sports, is a repetitive game. And I completed that four-word sequence hundreds of times before practice even began. Those were the steps to my jumpshot routine—a process I used to counter fatigue’s effect on my … [Read more...]
Why New Year’s Resolutions are a Joke, and the Foolproof Method for Lasting Improvements
I have never made a New Year's resolution. Okay well, barring any lapse in my memory, I haven’t made any New Year's resolutions in my life. I’ve never thought about why I haven’t before, but now with a chance to ponder in my thinking chair, I realize that they’re, well, a joke. Any improvement effort I’ve made wasn’t … [Read more...]
Just… Stop… Talking
“I was gonna…” If there was one phrase that defined my teenage years, that was it. I had a knack for verbally committing to actions without ever following through. Of course my parents didn’t take too kindly to that. And I remember quite a few scoldings that were sparked by my unreliable nature. It wasn’t so much … [Read more...]
The Two Words Every 18-Year-Old Needs to Hear
If I could deliver a message to my younger self—no, scratch that. If I could only deliver two hand written words to that guy, these would be it: Care more. Care more, care more, care more. Every blog post I’ve written, every job I’ve worked, every exam I’ve aced, every hole I’ve escaped from, and every person who’s … [Read more...]
How to Transform from Complainer to Problem Solver: Introducing the AWARE Problem Solving Method
I'm a problem solver. It's what I'm paid to do professionally. But even if I didn't make a living from it, I'd still be just as interested. There's something about finding the cause behind your circumstances that fires me up. It's pretty much the adult version of videogames, and I love it. I haven't always been good … [Read more...]
Follow These 7 Steps to Turn Whatever You Love into Work You Love
If you’re like most people, work is the last thing you want to do in your free time. There’s a reason why no one complains about how long their vacation was. Those moments away from it all are amazing, but what if you had work you didn’t want to take a break from? What if the path you chose was so fulfilling that you … [Read more...]
The 4 Step Ladder to Mastery and the Trick to Making the Climb
I’ve always found it weird how we laugh at other people’s failures. When we hear the singer struggle to hit the high notes at auditions, the artist who seemingly let his toddler smear paint on the canvas, or the boy who gets rejected by Susie in class, a little grin forms on our faces. We praise victory so much that we … [Read more...]
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