What would be ideal? (I find this to be MUCH more informative than “what do you want?” or “what would make you happy?”) What one thing...

Dependability is a high-ranking “soft skill” that employers, colleagues and customers desire. When it comes to your career, there are...

It’s healthy to have desires, goals, and hopes for better versions of the future.  But so often we fall victim to as-soon-as syndrome,...

My music has received over 50 million streams and downloads, hundreds 5-star ratings, and the kindest reviews and compliments. Yet I can...

Life has ups and downs. Where you are right now, and how you feel about it, is much like a balance sheet. It’s just a snapshot of your...

People confuse being busy with getting things done.  And then we confuse getting the right things done – the things that matter.  As my...

One significant cause of stress is the uneasy feeling that things are out of control. Children may or may not crave structure, but it’s...

Dysfunctional and self-limiting beliefs can be thrust upon us by culture and society. Some beliefs feel like obvious truths because...

Great questions may be the most powerful tool we have for honest introspection. The most transformative questions are usually simple...

One thing that keeps us from being a nicer person than we would be otherwise is our tendency to judge others. Next time you catch...

The mental subtraction method is an alternate way to elicit the feeling of gratitude. As an alternative to looking at the bright side or...

Imposter syndrome creeps up on those of us who communicate (hopefully useful) ideas publicly. Although I share advice online, I’m aware...

When I worked for a Fortune 10 company, our team had mutual access to each others’ calendars. Naturally people scheduled meetings in...

“Seize the moment” is trite and pervasive wisdom. But if we observe our thoughts we’ll find that most of the time we are future-planning...

One thing I enjoy doing is distilling complex ideas into actionable concepts. That is in fact one of the objectives of this blog. No...

Anger is a useful emotion if we need to physically defend ourselves. Outside of that, nothing good comes of it. Regardless of how...

The “cause vs. correlation” problem can be summarized like this: Just because A and B are related doesn’t mean that A caused B. We are...

To paraphrase Jeff Bezos: I can’t predict what people will want in the future, but I can predict that no one will say “I want to pay more...

One of the most dangerous tricks our brain plays on us – from a time-spent perspective – is convincing us that everything on our to-do...

There are better and worse ways to get feedback on anything. The worst way is to ask a closed-ended question (any question that can be...