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“How do they do that?” I’m sure you’ve found yourself asking that question, thinking about that one person who always seems to catch the lucky break. No matter what they do, they grow. Everything they try seems to take off. They are always in the right place at the...

How do you make things work? Believe it or not, that’s a question I’ve been wrestling with for weeks. One way to answer it is to go online, listen to a million pieces of conflicting advice, and conclude, “No one knows what they’re talking about.” Or, take time to...

#1 Ask Yourself, ‘What’s Worth Wanting?’ I’ve always believed that knowing what you want is important. But recently, my thought process has changed (for good). Knowing what you want will give you clarity of direction. But knowing what’s worth wanting will give you the...

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.—Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States Great things take time. But the actions that lead you to them begin right now, in this moment. That’s why luck is a force you can...

If you’ve chatted with AI anytime in the past year, you would have noticed it says “YES” a lot. In fact, it says “YES” to almost everything. Got a business idea? AI will tell you it’s brilliant.Wrote something? AI will tell you you’re rivaling Shakespeare...

“Like our stomachs, our minds are hurt more often by overeating than by hunger.”— Petrarch, 14th-Century Italian Poet All ads come with a big, implicit promise: “Just pull out your wallet once more, and you’ll be happy.” But when we’re bombarded by 4000 to 10000...

What would you do if all you had was you? Think about it—nothing to blame your problems on, no one to lean on as support, no limitations except the ones you place on yourself. What would you do then? Would you still sulk and complain, wait for others to solve your...

Innovation and pessimism go hand in hand. Anytime there’s something new, you’ll surely find cynics who say this is the doom. And it’s not a modern, techno-fueled phenomenon. 146 years ago, on January 25th, 1879, a newspaper headline in America read, “Do children...

Question 1: What’s the problem? Our brains don’t make decisions based on information. They make decisions based on how they feel about the information. If we relied solely on data, we’d never make a single decision in life because most of the time, we do not have...

#1 Everything Feels Messy I know the perfectionist in you doesn’t want to believe that, but it is true. The number one sign that you’re growing is feeling like your life is out of order, that it’s falling apart. It can be daunting. But it’s a powerful state to be in....