Category Archives for "productivity"

The phrase time is money isn’t just a lie, it’s one of the most harmful lies ever told. Time and money aren’t even close to equal. If I said I’d give you a million dollars right now, would you take it? One little caveat — if you take the money you’ll die next week. All […]

Most blog posts that talk about journaling ideas just give you the journaling techniques without explaining the purpose of using them in the first place. If you’ve been following my work for a while, you know I focus on productivity methods as a means to an end instead of the end itself. I adopted journaling […]

How often does it feel like you’ve spent a bunch of time working, but never got anything done? This probably describes what life is like for the typical knowledge worker in today’s society. As busy as we seem, we’re not always productive. We destroy our productivity by letting hidden time sucks get in the way […]

Readers describe my writing as a gentle slap in the face. On the one hand, I get that life is inherently difficult so I want to meet you where you’re at and help you change. On the other hand, I also know that you lie to yourself, rationalize, and let a lot of BS get […]

We suffer from the disease of more. Almost all the messaging in society tells you that you need to add something to feel better about yourself. You need better clothes, a nicer car, a bigger home. Or, it tells you that you need to change something about yourself to feel good. Even seemingly positive messages […]

“For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” – Matthew 12:29 The rich get richer. The poor get poorer. When you achieve success, it’s easier to repeat your success. When you already have money, […]

Where does motivation come from? What’s different about the day you finally decide to put your foot down and work on your goals versus all the other days you choose not to? It happens all the time. A handful of people continue to go to the gym after January, someone starts a business after failing […]

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 […]

There’s one variable self-improvement gurus fail to highlight when it comes to being successful. No matter how hard you work, how smart you are, or who you know, there’s one factor to your success that’s out of your control. Luck. Actually, luck puts too much context on what can simply be called chance. Chance is […]

Let’s just be honest, success looks like it’s damn near impossible. When I say success, I mean anything that few people achieve that most people would like to achieve. In our little online milieu, it’s usually something along the lines of finding a way to make a living doing what we enjoy and having flexibility […]