When we think of our ancestors, typically think of all of the hard work that they put in in their daily lives. Whether that was working on a farm, a factory or any other physical labor. A particularly eye opening exercise that I’ve suggested a number of times is to imagine having a discussion with one of your ancestors. It […]
There is a very old, yet very sophisticated system we all have in our brains that helps us to navigate our everyday lives safely and sanely without overloading our senses. It blocks out almost everything we see and connects us with the things that we are most interested in. The reason it does this is because if we took in […]
Sailors have many sayings that we can apply to our daily lives. One of the simplest is their cure for sea sickness: Look at the Horizon, not the waves! They mean that to lower the incidence of sea sickness, you should look far from the boat you are on because it is more calming to look at the unchanging horizon […]
One of the most interesting phenomena around learning a new skill is how often beginners seem to pick something up very quickly. We have all witnessed a rank beginner having an amazing round of golf on their first time, being able to ride a motorcycle within a few minutes of getting on it or making a sale on their first […]
The holidays are a wonderful time of year we spend with our family and friends celebrating what we have done and often planning what we are going to do in the coming year. Between Christmas carols, parties and big dinners, it is a festive time of year that we all look forward to. However, there is one activity that only […]
We live in a very consumer centric society. We are constantly being bombarded with messages asking us to consume as much as we can. It can be consuming by spending our money on something to buy or it can be by using our attention to consume our time. Either way, our attention is being directed by outside forces to achieve […]
It seems like everywhere we look there is clutter and confusion. Our homes, garages, desks, closets even our technology seems to be one mass of disorder and mess. Now, it would seem that other than being an eye sore, clutter is harmless and to be ignored or tolerated until the day that we decide to tidy it up. Unfortunately, many […]
“A goal is a dream with a deadline” -Napoleon Hill If you are the type of person who reads self help material and articles, odds are you have dreams that you want to achieve. They can be smaller dreams like creating a side business that produces extra income for you and your family or huge dreams like being the CEO […]
As I have mentioned in other posts, we live in a golden age of information. Anyone with a smart phone has more information at their fingertips than world leaders did in the year 2000. As a result, information is everywhere, and this can create a situation where we are overloaded and don’t know where to turn when we need to […]
With the advent of smart phones, we live in a world of constant distractions and media competing for our attention. It can be very hard to focus on what we are trying to do with continual notifications, alarms and ringers going off. However, our phones can also be productivity tools like none we have ever had access to before. The […]
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