Category: self-help

The world is yours when you are up before the enemy. – Jocko Willink There are few distractions at 5:00 AM, and fewer yet at 4:30.  That’s your first-riser advantage.  No traffic, no phone calls and texts, no relentless emails.  You make your moves before anyone knows what’s happened.  BAMMM!  You’re on the offense, not the defense.  You’re proactive, not reactive.  You’re…

Nothing replaces face to face Not email, or texting, or making a call.  Nor Skype or FaceTime, or some digital equivalent. There is no social media or virtual reality equivalent to being in the same room and making the human connection.  People trust and embrace you because they get to know you.  They get to…

Three most harmful addictions: (according to Nassim Nicholas Taleb) ·         Heroin ·         Carbs ·         Monthly salary The first two can destroy your body and shorten your life.  The last can derail your dreams. The steady paycheck is the adult pacifier. It’s the dress suit bribe.  It’s the dues you’re paid to live under someone else’s plan.  It comes with…

No BS We can’t be successful and lie to ourselves at the same time. But we try.  Don’t we?  We tell ourselves what we want to hear.  We cover our ears, close our eyes, and deny what the facts present. There is one key rule to success:  No bullsh!t, especially to ourselves.  No matter how…

Worry won’t change the future Action will. If you’re not where you expected to be by now, don’t get mired down in regret, blame, and self-recrimination.   Don’t get stuck in the churn of introspection and analysis.  To make things change, you have to change; you have to take action. Get moving.  Get back to basics,…

Ask If you fail to ask for what you want, everything else is just academic. Quit beating around the bush.  Ask.  Be direct.  You can ask nicely, but you have to ask. No one can read your mind.  You have to speak your mind. That’s it.  Just ask.