My 7 Rules for Happiness
...Happiness is a paradoxical goal. We all want to be happy, yet we often fail spectacularly at predicting what will make us happy...
The problem isn’t that life is unfair – it’s your broken idea of fairness
...Unless you’re winning, most of life will seem hideously unfair to you...
Clear Thinking - Recommended Book
...Each moment puts you in a better or worse position to handle the future. It’s that positioning that eventually makes life easier or harder...
The Joy of Not Wanting Things
...Just picture the freedom that would come with not wanting to buy stuff and being content with what you have. So much so, that you would find joy in noticing all the things you didn’t want...
Linguine with Shrimp Scampi
...Enjoy this linguine with shrimp scampi pasta recipe. It is delicious and refreshing...
Leaders Don’t Have to Choose Between Compassion and Performance
...Leaders are experiencing extreme demands for compassion at a time when there’s no room for compromising on outcomes. As a result, many leaders have fallen into the trap of thinking in terms of a binary choice between compassion or performance...
Even/Over Statements: The Prioritization Tool That Brings Your Strategy to Life
...As you’ve no doubt found from your own experience, the “We can have it all” mindset fails frequently as we repeatedly come up short trying to be the best at everything...
The crushing weight of expectations
...Unreasonable expectations are the ultimate joy killer...
Action is Everything
...What I learned from Michael Easter’s excellent book is how our bodies are programmed to be pushed. We were made to struggle, to be uncomfortable, to do hard things beyond our perceived capabilities. When we do, our potential expands. The boundaries we thought existed before stretch out like an expanding empire...
The Four Tendencies - Recommended Book
...The happiest, healthiest, most productive people aren’t those from a particular Tendency, but rather they’re the people who have figured out how to harness the strengths of their Tendency, counteract the weaknesses, and build the lives that work for them...
What are the stakes?
...How big a swing do we need to make it feel like it matters?...
Make These Pickle Fries, Which Rule
...Combine a concentrated brine soaking with a vinegar powder finish, and you’ve got quite the pickled french fry...
Strategic Willpower: How to Keep Going When Life Gets Hard
...I look at the concept of willpower as mental energy. Whenever you want to do something, you need to dedicate energy to that. Whether you can follow through on your intention or not depends on willpower...
An Evidence-Based Approach to Goal Setting and Behavior Change
...Successful goal attainment and behavior change are possible, but leaning exclusively on willpower and determination isn’t likely to get the job done...
Ten Commandments For Living From Philosopher Bertrand Russell
...The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows...
Your Gmail Account Has Unlimited Addresses
...Your Gmail can be used over and over again, with no one the wiser...
The Fifth Risk - Recommended Book
...the risk we should most fear is not the risk we easily imagine. It is the risk that we don’t...
The grey goo
...But then, often, a human being shows up with something that ‘everyone’ says isn’t going to work, and the game is reset...
How to Make the Perfect Grain Bowl
...Whether it's a protein, grain, Buddha, or veggie bowl, you'll need these tips to make a great one...
What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies
...What do people value in life? How much of what gives people satisfaction in their lives is fundamental and shared across cultures, and how much is unique to a given society?...
