Admit it: You don’t fear failure. You fear being ordinary. And that fear is driving your pace more than failure ever did.
“I always thought of myself as an incredibly disciplined person. I finally came to the conclusion I’m really not very disciplined. I am somewhat, but if you just can’t stop yourself, that’s not discipline. It’s compulsion.” — Jim Collins Listen to my...
Whenever upset or anxious, ask “why” at least three times and put the answers down on paper. Describing these doubts in writing reduces their impact twofold. First, it’s often the ambiguous nature of self-doubt that hurts most. Defining and exploring...
You don’t get lucky, you: Get up early. Fail and start again. Show up every single day. Ignore your haters. Build even when you don’t want to. Never stop trying. Then one day, magically, you get lucky. You make your luck.
“The range of things that you’re encoded to potentially do is incredibly vast, and all you have to do is find one of them. And the way you find that can be really random. It doesn’t matter how it happens....
Chronic stress reduces blood flow to your prefrontal cortex. That’s your strategic thinking center. So if you’ve felt foggy, reactive, less sharp in high-stakes conversations, this is why. It’s not age. It’s not you losing it. It’s your brain stuck in survival mode. You...

Have you ever dreaded something, only to find out it wasn't nearly as bad as you expected? Dan Gilbert and colleagues found that we consistently overestimate how terrible we'll feel after bad events. A breakup, a job loss, even a serious...

Send this to someone who just keeps showing up! Consistently reliable > occasionally extraordinary #growth #mindset #energy

Calling out “fear” this Wednesday morning ☀️ it’s insane to me how much people weaponize rhis human trait for their own good and how many people’s nervous systems are conditioned to find it and see it out and allow it...
Sometimes a mental health problem keeps coming back because the work did not identify deeper, less conscious cognitive schema networks. Let's dive in.
Nobody tells you this: There's an inverse relationship between talk and execution. The people who constantly talk about their plans rarely execute them. Learn to work without validation. Stop telling people what you're going to do. Just go do it....
NEW podcast episode is up! How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman Many of us feel like we’re drowning in invisible complexity. So I wanted...
How to see opportunities others miss: 1) Study a totally different field, then return to the original problem. Apply insights from other domains. 2) Invert the problem. Try to achieve the opposite. 3) Find ways to engage with hyper-creative people. Their thinking will...

Join me for this 6-week online course and learn practices that can help us stop judging ourselves and instead, connect more deeply to our most alive, most authentic and loving self. Here's the link to learn more & register (link...

My new book is available for pre-order 🎉 "Life in Perspective: The Art and Power of the Annual Life Review" comes out Nov. 3 in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook This book distills nearly two decades of practicing annual reviews into a...