Choose the Right Soil, Not Just Harder Work
A Monday morning question for you: If you want a plant to grow, you can fuss over it every day—watering, weeding, moving it toward the sun. Or you can place it in the right soil and let nature do most of the work. A seed planted in the right spot often thrives on its own. Life is much the same. Progress is not only about how hard you work, but also about where you decide to work. Where is your energy better spent right now: pushing harder or planting yourself in better ground?
Your Body Would Veto Early Mornings and Overwork
A Monday morning question for you: If your body could vote on your daily schedule, what would it immediately veto?
Gratitude Transforms Hell to Heaven Without Moving
You can go to hell without moving an inch, just focus on what you lack. You can taste heaven without leaving earth, just rejoice in what you have.
Positive Change Requires Taking on More Responsibility
Life rarely changes in a positive way without an increase in responsibility. That can mean taking ownership of your health or committing to a relationship or starting a business. Whatever it is, if you want the trajectory to change, the amount of...
Today's Choices Shape Your Decade‑long Success
A Monday morning question for you: What are you doing today that will benefit you in a decade?
Success Requires Two Self‑Supplied Ingredients: Curiosity and Drive
People can help you in many ways throughout life, but there are two things nobody can give you: curiosity and drive. They must be self-supplied. If you are not interested and curious, all the information in the world can be...
Separate Criticism From Personal Attacks for Growth
You can take things seriously without taking them personally. Our tendency is to turn any criticism or complaint into a personal attack. We reply to it, defend against it, build a counter-argument, lose sleep over it. You don't have to eat everything...
Identify Your Authentic Activities and Try One Today
A Monday morning question for you: Which activities are the best expression of you? Can you spend five minutes doing one of them today?
True Consistency Means Adapting, Not Rigid Discipline
In theory, consistency is about being disciplined, determined, and unwavering. In practice, consistency is about being adaptable. Don't have much time? Scale it down. Don't have much energy? Do the easy version. Find different ways to show up depending on the...
Don’t Trade Health and Freedom for Money and Status
There are at least 4 types of wealth: - Financial wealth (money) - Social wealth (status) - Time wealth (freedom) - Physical wealth (health) Be wary of jobs that lure you in with 1 and 2, but rob you of 3 and 4.
Compound Your Daily Work for Cumulative Growth
A Monday morning question for you: How can the work you're doing today accumulate and layer on top of what you did yesterday? Find ways to compound your efforts.
Life’s Milestones Are Moments; Growth Is Ongoing Practice
The wedding is an event, love is a practice. The graduation is an event, education is a practice. The race is an event, fitness is a practice. The heart, mind, and body are endless pursuits.
Challenge Inherited Beliefs; Decide What Truly Matters
So much of what we believe is the residue of someone else's thinking. Pause and question things for a moment. Is this really how it has to be? Is this really what you want?
Authenticity Requires Daily Fight Against External Expectations
Being yourself is a continuous effort. There is always another expectation placed upon you, another person pulling you toward their preferences, another nudge from society to act a certain way. It's a daily battle to be yourself, not merely what the world...
Simple Space Tweaks Boost Calm and Lower Stress
A Monday morning question for you: Design for relaxation. What is one change you can make to your environment that promotes mental peace and reduces stress?