Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? Well, there are wrong places and wrong times and then there is being right at the scene where a murderer is just about to bury the body. But hold on, I am getting ahead of myself. About 8 years ago I was backpacking through [...]
Today was the day I decided to stop my writing streak. I have done a year's worth of articles in 52 days. That is not so bad. As much as I was not scraping the barrel for stuff to write about. I was finding it more difficult to write about the things that were on top [...]
If there is one "Law of Power" that stands head and shoulders higher than the rest at least for me it is Law 10. Law 10 is presented as... Infection: Avoid the unhappy and unlucky There is a lot to say about just how useful that is. This is not going to be that This is going [...]
I have a saying I often repeat to myself. "New day, New chances". This basically means when I wake up I have a new day with a blank slate, and an opportunity to craft the day how I want. That's how change is made, crafting one new day at a time until the accumulation of those [...]
ost your productivity. This clears the clutter, unblocks the pipes of your mind and creates room for creativity. What is this simple process I hear you ask. Simple! You do it by externalizing your tasks. Creating Your Blank Slate. Let me tell you something that is hiding in plain sight but not obvious, Your mind is [...]
Ever wondered why some people seem to grow and improve at lightning speed while others stagnate? The answer lies in one powerful principle which we will talk about shortly. Falling Short in Stressful Situations In high-stress situations, you don’t rise to the occasion—you fall to the level of your training. This is why many people underperform [...]
The world is a maddening place. It's imperfect. Full of injustice and unfairness. Politics polarize. Protests seem ineffective. The Focus Problem What you focus on expands. The news poisons us with fear rather than information. Social media is a black hole. No one listens. No one admits they're wrong. On the flip side, we have keyboard [...]
Have you ever had one of those moments where how you perform could change the course of your life? These moments turn up in our lives from time to time. Often we don't know when. When they happen we want to be on point and at peak. So if you want to be all set for [...]
The first step in fixing a thing is to know what a thing is. Over the years, I’ve done countless psychological tests to try and figure out who and what I am. My strengths, my weaknesses, where I am awesome and where I fall down. Sometimes these give me a map to improvement and sometimes if [...]
Let me share something that has profoundly changed my life: understanding how the Reticular Activating System (RAS) really works. Yep, it's a bit of a mouthful, but stay with me. When you fully understand what it does and how to wield it on your terms it can truly unlock your potential. What I Figured Out Our [...]
