“Self-improvement is masturbation.” Tyler Durden If you don’t know who Tyler Durden is, he’s the alter ego of the unnamed main character in the movie Fight Club. The narrator is your typical everyday American corporate Schmuck. He rises up the corporate ladder. He has carefully chosen and curated catalog furniture in his luxury apartment. One […]

We’re slowly turning into a society of losers. A quick tell that proves the point? It’s taboo to mention the concept of winning and losing. More and more society is shifting to make ambition synonymous with greed, winning with evil, and success with selfishness. It’s all BS. People who cling to these ideologies do it […]

I talk to myself a lot. Sometimes out loud. Sometimes in the mirror. I treat myself as if I were my own friend. I give myself advice, provide reassurance, and constantly strategize and consult with myself. Self-improvement is tough. Getting what you want is tough because sometimes you want certain things even more. Mainly, as […]

Why so serious? We create so much anxiety in our lives because we take everything way too seriously. The book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** comes to mind when I think about this subject. The one thing most of us crave, above all else, is the ability to let loose and live […]

Everyone wants to be the next Marcus Aurelius until shit actually hits the fan. His book, The Meditations, does contain profound insights on how to live, but merely reading his work isn’t practicing philosophy, living it out is. Throughout the ages, many wise people have shared their insights with the world — from philosophers to […]

Success doesn’t mean Lamborghini’s and mansions. It doesn’t mean being the most high-status person in the world. It definitely doesn’t mean having to Lorde over people and brag. I define success in a simple way: you do what you really want to do with your life and you don’t hurt other people in the process. […]

I’m going to do the exact opposite of what most self-improvement writers do. Instead of trying to alleviate your concerns about the future and tell you that everything will be okay if you just “believe in yourself ™! I’m going to tell you, you know, the truth.  Instead of telling you that fear is “false […]

It’s amazing the lengths we’ll go to hide the truth from ourselves. Our minds are rationalization machines. We will twist reality until we fit it into a picture that makes us feel comfortable, even if that reality…sucks. We’re willing to trade some sense of certainty and stability for the lives we’re truly meant to live. […]

I wish there was this magic tool that showed you how much time you’ve spent thinking about the past. About the things you didn’t do but wanted to do. About the things you did but regret doing. That endless movie reel where you go over the different scenarios about how your life could have turned […]

Self-awareness is a gift and a curse. Is it better to not even know there’s a better life out there for you instead of knowing you could do better, but you just aren’t doing it? Who knows. But here’s what I do know. If you have a high enough level of self-awareness you’re always going […]