Look, I get it. Life isn’t all about winning. You shouldn’t measure yourself solely by worldly standards and accomplishments. You’re inherently worthy of equal opportunities as a human being. You’re probably a good person. But, there’s still such a thing as being a loser. There are such things as being soft, mentally weak, and living […]

“How to be successful” is such an open-ended concept that no one person can provide a sufficient definition. When you’re looking for answers on how to be successful, aim to find the definitions that best match your tastes and preferences. Deep down, you know what success means to you. I’m here to help you unearth […]

Until you have self-motivation, you’re never going to reach your full potential. You’re in the right place and you’re making the right steps, but understand that your personal transformation isn’t going to happen because of my writing or any of the other self-improvement content you find online. You use content like this to ultimately help […]

Self-improvement sounds amazing until you really have to put it into practice. Everyone preaches stoicism, but few could use it in truly dire times. How many Ryan Holiday readers are practicing Amor Fati during the co-vid 19 epidemic? Mental toughness is great in theory, but when the time comes to exercise it, staying resilient in […]

If you’re asking yourself, “Should I quit my job?” the answer is yes. Most people who have jobs should quit their jobs. But they can’t. And you probably can’t either. At least not this very second. How do you quit a job you hate, tolerate, or feel lukewarm about and replace it with a dream […]

We all put ourselves through the cruelest form of mental torture. We place ourselves on a pedestal and act as the center of the universe while simultaneously taking poor care of ourselves when it comes to our long-term goals. You develop this weird self-inflicted anxiety. You’d think that you’d have your own back. As much […]

“Job security” is a myth. We saw that in 2008 and we’re seeing that right now. You can spend a long period of time feeling ‘safe’ only to have the rug pulled from underneath you and experience a cascading effect of negative scenarios. You can go from having a nice stable job, living paycheck to […]

I’m probably the 193,921,285,537th person who has written about how to be successful. I love the topic. Self-improvement is just like any other form of philosophy — a ton of varying opinions with no true consensus. Let’s put aside the “how to be successful” debate for a second and talk about you. Do you feel […]

It just doesn’t seem real, does it? Some of the outcomes you’ve seen people get from self-improvement just seem too good to be true, surreal, impossible. On the one hand, you can kinda sorta maybe picture yourself doing something amazing with your life. Daydreaming about it feels good. But reality sets in and all that […]

The first step in learning how to get out of a funk is understanding what a ‘funk’ is. In short, being in a funk is an interpretation you’re making about your life and your circumstances. It probably goes something like this. Almost every day, you have that little thought and inkling in the back of […]