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It’s probably going to be the most boring moment of your life. The Interstellar soundtrack won’t be playing in the background. A halo won’t appear on the top of your head. No one will be there to congratulate you and bagpipes won’t echo through the air. It will be...

#1 What You Think is NOT Who You Are Your worst enemy is not your biggest hater, but your own mind. Human beings are genetically programmed to seek safety. Encountering cobras, lions, and saber-toothed tigers was possibly a daily occurrence for our ancestors a hundred...

Humans only have twenty-four hours in a day. Which means, if someone wants to get to the bottom of their Herculean to-do list, they’ll probably need a day with one hundred hours. But unless they have special favors in store with a genie, extending the length of a day...

Motivation is a drug. The more you take, the more you need. When that ‘high’ and enthusiasm for doing your work doesn’t come from within, you keep searching for quick fixes that push you over the edge—temporarily. Your heart no longer finds joy in struggle or hard...

#1 Your work and life need to be balanced every day. No. You can try as hard as you want, but a perfectly balanced life—every single day—is a fantasy at best. What work-life balance truly means is getting to a stage where you’re satisfied in both your work and your...

For a moment, imagine yourself as an accomplice to a crime. You and your partner are under arrest, and the police put you in two different rooms for questioning. The rules are simple: if both of you cooperate and tell the truth, you walk free. If you tell the truth...

There’s no thrill in doing the easy stuff. No one wakes up thinking, “Yes! I can finally wash the dishes today.” It’s boring, easy, and something we’re used to doing. But we do wake up thinking, “Yes! I’m finally going to hike in the Swiss Alps...

Your mindset matters way more than you think because your actions are a direct reflection of the thoughts inside your head.  I understood this reality as a seven-year-old when I gave a speech in front of 500 people at my school’s annual function. I was just a...

Small actions make a big difference—especially when it comes to success. Extraordinary results come from ordinary, boring things done consistently. Look at anyone who’s made it big, and you’ll see that when others glorified big leaps of faith, they worked in silence...

On a crisp September morning in 2019, I walked into school feeling invincible. The night before, I had finished my fourth blog post, and I couldn’t wait to tell my friends. In my mind, I was the next J.K. Rowling, and my classmates? Die-hard Harry Potter fans waiting...