Reading Time: < 1 minThe title of this post isn’t necessarily true, but I try to act like it is. Over the past few years, I’ve tried to make a point to notice when things go well. It’s little things, but it helps a ton with my attitude. There are certainly still times when what I need is out […]
Encouragement
Do Better in 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minMichael Schur, writer for “The Office” and creator of “The Good Place” recently wrote a book called “How to Be Perfect“. The title is meant to be a little clickbaity, but it largely just follows concepts that he explored in The Good Place surrounding historical philosophers and complex moral issues. While it’s a great read, […]
Advice is for your past self
Reading Time: < 1 minIf you start a business, there’s a good chance that you started it to help solve a problem that you once had. Learning to serve your past self is a powerful way to serve others, as you likely know their problems on a level that others don’t. The same comes from advice. If you’re giving […]
When you’re up, go down, and vice-versa
Reading Time: < 1 minDepending on the role in your organization, you may have people above and/or below you in the hierarchy of the company. A good use of your emotions is to remember “when you’re up, go down, and when you’re down, go up“. If you’re feeling great, that’s a perfect time to chat those lower than you […]
Inspiration is found in work
Reading Time: < 1 minIt’s easy to sit back and wait for inspiration to strike. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. I’d venture to say that most times it won’t. If you want inspiration to show up, then get to work and you may find that it randomly appears. As I’m writing this, my queue of blog posts was […]
Push toward your goals or not, but you age at the same rate
Reading Time: < 1 minYou have a choice today to push forward toward your goals, or to just continue on with the status quo. Whether you push forward today or not, either way you’ll be a day older. Julia Cameron used an excellent question to explain this in her book “The Artist’s Way“. Suppose you’re considering learning to play […]
Do it every day
Reading Time: < 1 minA few months ago, I talked about how I push for “always” to help achieve “usually”, meaning there are some things that I try to do every day simply to make sure they get done sometimes. While reading Molly Beck’s excellent book “Reach Out“, she shared a quote from Gretchen Rubin’s blog that is a […]
Only one person can change me
Reading Time: < 1 minIn recently reading the book “QBQ” (the “Question Before the Question”, which I discussed a bit here), much of it felt similar to some of the ideas in “The Daily Stoic“. The books come from completely different directions, but end up focusing on one idea — you are responsible for yourself. QBQ had a few […]
Don’t wait to be told
Reading Time: < 1 minI recently finished reading John Miller’s excellent (and rather short) book QBQ (The Question Behind the Question). The focus of the book is about taking responsibility rather than handing out blame, even when blame feels like it might be more appropriate. One piece of taking responsibility is choosing to push things forward without waiting for […]
Keep tapping
Reading Time: < 1 minThe ability to focus is often very underrated (“I multitask very well!“), but it’s key to getting deep work done. If you can stay focused on your main goals with minimal distraction, you’ll reach them much more quickly. To be honest, this is something I often struggle with. In Seth Godin’s classic book “The Dip“, […]