[fusion_text]By the summer of 1830, Victor Hugo was facing an impossible deadline. Twelve months earlier, the famous French author had made an agreement with his publisher that he would write a new book titled, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Instead of writing the book, Hugo spent the next year pursuing other projects, entertaining guests, and […]
[fusion_text]Five years ago, I was lounging on a hammock when my friend handed me a copy of Rhonda Byrne’s best-selling personal development book, The Secret. As I delved into the book, I became frustrated—“How could anyone believe this nonsense?” I asked my friend. She told me millions of people (including herself) had read the book […]
[fusion_text] “Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker You will work better when you find and stick to habits that work best for you. You can’t use every productive habit you read about. The most insanely prouductive people stick to habits that produce the most […]
[fusion_text] These are a short, bullet-form compilation of some of my popular Quoraanswers on living well, which got 1.5M views in 30 days: Ignore the news. Why? Read the paper from 6 months ago. How much of it matters? None of it. It’s 0% signal, 100% noise. Go hungry. Fast for 24 hours once a […]
[fusion_text] Do👏 what👏 you👏 want👏 now👏 You know that time you always thought you’d set aside for your dreams and your business and your family? It’s running out. The time we always thought we had to start “the list” is running out. We keep saying that we’ll do it tomorrow, but there’s only so many tomorrows […]
[fusion_text] You can’t outwork your peers, but you can out-focus them. Everyone has the same number of hours in the day. The more time you spend fully-focused on the task at hand — while your peers are playing Candy Crush and sharing fake news—the higher your creative productivity will be. If GTD, by managing all of the […]
[fusion_text] These lessons are hard to swallow, but they’ll radically improve your success and make you a stronger individual. Ask any successful entrepreneur how they got to the top, and they’ll tell you they had to face plenty of harsh truths and realities to get there. This isn’t meant to be intimidating; it’s empowering! Plenty […]
Your time on this beautiful planet is brief. The more consciously awake you become, the more you realize how short life really is. You have no time to waste on pursuits that aren’t taking you where you want to go. If there is any form of internal conflict at all in the decisions you are […]
You live in a box you’ve carefully constructed to protect yourself. So have I. We all have. Literally, you have designed every detail of your life to protect yourself from the fears and internal conflicts you aren’t willing to face. In his book, The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer gives the analogy of a person with […]
Our daily routines can make a huge difference to how healthy, happy and productive we are. I’ve recently tried adjusting my own routine in the hopes of getting more done and wasting less time in-between tasks or activities. While it’s important to understand how your own brain works and what routine will suit your body […]