...The last minute is an easy habit to fall into. Once you start focusing on crises, it makes it really difficult to find the focus and energy to begin planning ahead. But the last minute can be risky and expensive...

...People often limit their creativity by continually adding new features to a design rather than removing existing ones...

...Golden eras are constantly coming and going, and that means some are happening now — they’re just harder to recognize until you feel their absence...

...So how can you propel your firm toward an anywhere, anytime model? Start by identifying key jobs and tasks, determine what the drivers of productivity and performance are for each, and think about the arrangements that would serve them best...

...In a climate of constant uncertainty, it’s tempting to be cautious with our joy; to hold our breath, wait for the other shoe to drop. Anticipating disaster can give us an illusion of control. But it doesn’t make us free...

...It never pays to wait until a deadline, but when you see the world changing, it might be a good excuse to redouble your efforts...

...They’re delightfully sweet and smoky, making them the perfect companion to barbecued meats and burgers...

...Work diligently to avoid regrets related to the core four: stability, growth, goodness, and love. They’re important. But for lesser things, take it easy...

...Money is a touchy subject in relationships — even in friendships. If you make less than your friends, you may feel less-than; make more and you risk taking on too many financial favors or coming across as out of touch...

...I’m sure there was a really good reason twenty years ago for all the steps that are now involved in the thing you do right now, but your competitor, the one who is starting from scratch, is skipping most of them...

...Using a true multidisciplinary understanding of things, Peter identifies two often overlooked, parabolic “Big Ideas”: 1) Mirrored Reciprocation (go positive and go first) and 2) Compound Interest (being constant). A great “Life Hack” is to simply combine these two into one basic approach to living your life...

...Sunk cost fallacy in full effect. Just finished since I was hoping that there would be some redeeming value to the book as he has turned 'his image' around. There wasn't...

...No. 1 financial-appeal mistake: Not asking for a review in the first place...

...the six-ingredient recipe that's easy to assemble...

...“I’ve got this,” is a phrase that some people will go out of their way to avoid saying. At work, where it’s incredibly valuable, or in personal relationships, where it creates deep connection...

...What's the real reason you were let go?...

...States have official unclaimed property websites where you can enter some basic information (often just your name) and search for abandoned assets to reclaim...

...If we want to improve a skill, we need to know what exactly has to change and what might get us there. Otherwise, we plateau..

...All of this illustrates what might be termed the paradox of limitation, which runs through everything that follows: the more you try to manage your time with the goal of achieving a feeling of total control, and freedom from the inevitable constraints of being human, the more stressful, empty, and frustrating life gets. But the more you confront the facts of finitude instead—and work with them, rather than against them—the more productive, meaningful, and joyful life becomes...

...If you understand it, that means you can change it. You have resilience and insight and the leverage to make it better...