This week, I’ve been writing lessons on closing the gap between your actions and intentions and making smarter decisions. This is all in preparation for the new session of my course, Make it Happen! In case you missed those lessons, you can read them again here: Lesson 1: Why it’s so hard to stick to […]
The Simple Algorithm for Making Big Life Decisions
Recently, I shared the first lesson in a multi-part series on setting goals you’ll actually achieve. In case you missed it, you can read that lesson here: Lesson 1: Why it’s so hard to stick to your goals (and how to make it easy) In this lesson, I’d like to share an interesting algorithm, drawn […]
Why It’s So Hard to Stick to Your Goals (and How to Make it Easy)
What is the biggest source of failed goals, dreams and ambitions? Is it luck? That you just didn’t have the right cards, and so there was nothing you could have done? Is it talent or method? If you were just smarter and used the right technique, you could have made it work? I’d like to […]
(A Little) Conformity is a Good Thing
In North America, we give a lot of lip-service to the idea of non-conformity being a good thing. Think outside the box. Be a rebel. Don’t be a sheep. Except, in practice, people are extremely conformist. Think of all the things we do in, not because we thought for ourselves it was a good idea, […]
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