“It won’t be much, but I could start paying you.” Roughly four years ago, these were the words I heard from Lance, an editor I was working with at Thought Catalog. I’d been writing for the website for a while. The company decided to give Lance a freelance budget to start paying some of the […]

One thing all of society can agree on — water is good for you. Surely, no one thinks water is bad, right? I hope not. Anyway, why am I bringing this up? Even water can kill you if you drink too much of it at once. This happens to people who take ex or molly, […]

Here’s the sad truth that applies to 95% of you. That thing you want to do, the path you want to go on, the business you want to start, the new career you want to pursue? Not only won’t you do it now. But, odds are, you’ll never do it. Why? Because you don’t have […]

“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.” How do you think it’ll feel when you get what you want? You have these dreams in the back of your mind that you want to pursue. Dreams that you think will help […]

Since I started thinking this way, my life improved dramatically. If you learn how to think this way, your life will improve dramatically, too. First, let me talk about what this way of thinking helps you fix. Regardless of whether or not I know you, I can probably guess a few things about you. You […]

“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.” — Bob Marley I’m listening to “Redemption Song,” this morning and that line just hit me like a ton of bricks. He doesn’t say something benign like self-doubt. He even takes it up a notch from Steven Pressfield’s “Resistance.” Mental slavery. How often […]

Does it ever seem strenuous simply to exist? Do you feel like you live in an over-stimulated whirlwind? Job, errands, friends, life-path, hobbies, news, social media, Netflix. Lotta inputs there. It’s strange that, in times of relative abundance and material wealth, we seem to be more stressed-out than ever. Our ancestors, who’s brains we still […]

Ah, the good ol’ fear of failure, self-doubt, anxiety in the face of success. The heavyweight champion of the world. The pound for pound crusher of dreams. No matter what you seem to do, fear of failure rears its ugly head eventually. It does for me, often, every day. Even though I’ve accomplished many of […]

When you look at the face of the average person in society, their expression, what words come to mind? Do you see joy, happiness, and creativity? Sometimes, but it’s so rare that when you see it, you feel it in a palpable way. You usually don’t see positive emotions. For the most part, you see […]

I’m prolific. I write a new blog post either every day or every other day. I have too many ideas, not too few. Whether you’re an artist, an entrepreneur, or simply just someone wanting to ascend in your career, your ideas will carry you. People talk about execution, but still, the ideas are the seeds. […]