You have a major problem. This problem keeps you stuck, keeps you from getting what you want. It’s not that you don’t have talent, you do. It’s not that you don’t have intelligence, you do. In fact, smart people tend to suffer from this problem the most. You have many problems in your life […]

Breaking news: no self-help writer on planet earth can tell you exactly what to do with your life. With 7 billion humans on planet earth, it’s impossible to create an exact description of success that works for everyone. Often, I’ll write an article about using ambition to improve your life. Someone will reply back with […]

That’s all you want. You want to feel deep confidence in your core. When you have true confidence, you have full security in who you are as a person. Confidence has many contexts. You feel better about yourself the more confident you are as a whole and you feel more confident as a whole by […]

I’m not going to do what you think I’m going to do. That would be too easy. I’m not just going to rail against the education system and make some vague and empty statements about the education system being broken. I’m not going to devalue the idea of education in and of itself either. Education […]

We’ve all been through this scenario before. I call it the habit death spiral. You’re in the process of trying to form good habits, reach a long-term goal, and/or maintain the good habits you already do have. Things have been going well for a while until you reach that fateful day. Diet and exercise is […]

“I have all this time on my hands now, I bet I’m going to be insanely productive.” When I quit my job a year and a half ago, I thought having unlimited time and flexibility would lead to these massive workdays. Since I had so much free time, I figured I’d work 10-12 hour days […]

All self-improvement advice is more or less the same. You have to listen to the advice over and over again while trying to implement it into your life. As Zig Ziglar said: “Motivation doesn’t last. Neither do showers. That’s why they’re recommended daily.” For whatever reason, some advice works better when it comes from the […]

Deep down, most people know the brutally honest truth. You know it, too. Nobody is coming to save you. Yes, there are a ton of things that can be, need to be, and even will be improved about society. Politics matters. When I say nobody is coming to save you, I’m saying nobody is going […]

Self-improvement writers do nothing more than tell you the things you know to be true. So why do you read self-help articles if you already know the answers? Because following through with advice is hard. I openly admit that self-improvement advice is ineffectual. That’s why you have to drill it into your head, constantly. Everything […]

You can’t escape politics in 2020, it’s impossible. There’s just too much going on in the world right now. While I tend to stick to the motto that no one is going to save you, I’m aware that politics directly affects your life. It directly affects everyone’s life. Should you stay informed? Yes, you should. […]