When excitement strikes, write it down. It’s easy to go hour by hour throughout your day. Day by day. Week by week. I hate when people tell me “how soon time flies.” Time flies when we do not give attention to it. When we go through the motions day-in and day-out, we are living life on a whim. I have
Here’s a new formula for you. A formula I try to preach day in, day out through my writing. OUTPUT = MIN (MINDSET , SKILL SET) What does this really mean? Simple. You are only as good as the lesser of your skills or mindset. If you have no limiting beliefs, your output is limited by your skillset. If this
It’s not worth explaining. This might juxtapose what you would expect to hear from me. As an educator. Isn’t my job to teach and explain things in simple and intuitive ways? Yes. But, I am not referring to teaching in the traditional sense. I am talking about explaining the unacquainted. I have learned the hard way – I cannot change
Does competition stifle improvement? Last night, I was running a mid-distance workout. On my third split, I had a thought come to mind that I jotted down after the workout. When I used to run competitively in high school, I resented running. It was extremely painful because I was very competitive. I wanted to be the best long-distance runner in
Life is totally unfair. And, that’s perfectly fine. Those that accept it win. I was in Chicago this weekend. And, spent a decent amount of time walking around the city and thinking. Just looking around you see people from all-walks of life. One thing that is clear is that everyone goes about their own life. But, it was not easy
Talk to get information. Write to clear up information. Write to live in the moment. I find it easy to live life just doing. Going through the motions. Day by day. I don’t like this. I figure you don’t either. Yet, it happens to me all the time. One thing that helped me to be more mindful of the present…
Seek rejection to reframe rejection. Do it in small ways. And, do it consistently. This is a skill that I am building. Yes. It is a skill. Though it may not sound like one. The skill is indifference. Indifference – lack of concern or interest in the opinions or judgments of others. Yesterday, I was in Chicago, and trying to
Good advice is boring. Bad advice is entertaining. It captivates our attention. Good advice for 99% of people… Invest 20% of your income in the S&P 500. And, hold. Bad advice for 99% of people… 3 Secret Strategies to Beat the Markets. Which would you rather choose? Wow. See. The second one really is all that more interesting. Why? Simple.
Mindset can give you skill set – skill set does not give you mindset. There are two types of people. 1. Skilled people 2. Driven people Yes, they’re not mutually exclusive. But, it’s easy to get highly skilled and lose the mindset. It’s easier to be driven and open-minded to then go and build skills. If I do not have
Being naive might be our superpower (as young people). Whenever we want to start anything, we probably want to do that thing well. Being experienced means that we need to find all the answers to start our business. But, being naive means that we overlook the struggles and pains. We get started. The starting helps us to answer those questions.
