Category Archives for "Philosophy"

“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.” – […]

“Every truth is but a half-truth.” As much as I love self-improvement and sharing it with others, I always pepper my insights with caveats. Nothing is straightforward. Every important truth is a paradox. If you want to be successful, you need to be comfortable with holding contradictory thoughts in your mind at the same time. […]

If we were able to read the minds of every single person alive today, what percentage of the population would be able to say they truly feel excited to be alive? Are you excited to be alive? You don’t want to die, sure. You like not being dead. Your life has its ups and downs. […]

If you were being 100 percent honest with yourself, how would you judge the quality of your life? Are you content with the way you’ve lived so far? Do you want more for your life? Are things “so so” —  you’ve had some ups and downs but overall, you’re good? How much time have you […]

Gratitude can quickly turn trite and cliche. Some people use it as an excuse to do nothing with their lives. When you practice true gratitude, though — the combination of being thankful for what you have and continuing to improve your life — you develop a superpower. You’re grounded in the fundamental understanding that your […]

In the movie Arrival, the way a group of aliens talked dictated the nature of time and space itself. Because this species didn’t have the language to describe the past and future, they could essentially time travel. Why am I bringing this up? Because it’s an extreme example of one of the most important aspects […]

These next few sentences will describe why you’re weak-minded. I’m going to take a shot in the dark and guess you live in Western Civilization. You don’t live in a third-world country. You don’t have to worry about where your next meal will come from. You’re not at risk of dying from diarrhea. You have […]

Wanna know my secret to success? It’s definitely not what you think it is. It’s not grit, persistence, determination, moxy, spunk, mental toughness, none of the adjectives from the guru’s dictionary. In fact, my secret to success could be considered the opposite of those traits. What secret, you ask? I care less than you do. […]

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal I woke up this morning and did something I haven’t done in years, maybe even a decade or more. Rather, I didn’t do something — check my phone the moment I woke up.  I decided to try […]

What is the meaning of life?  The deep profound question that endless amounts of people have tried to answer.  Hunter S. Thompson famously had this to say in a letter he wrote to a friend (found in the book: Letters of Note) who asked him the meaning of life: “You ask advice: ah, what a […]