Energy, not time, is the basis for productivity. Having all the hours in the day won’t help you if you’re exhausted for most of it. Your habits define your energy levels. If you have good habits, you’ll feel energized and be more resilient to burn out, both physically and mentally. If your habits are misaligned, […]
Book Recommendation: Atomic Habits
Habits are the invisible foundation that underline everything you’ll ever do, experience or achieve. Any effort for self-improvement needs to start by looking at what you actually do every day. If a goal doesn’t cause you to change your habits, then there’s not much point of actually setting one. Although there’s been many books and […]
How to Know When to Quit
You know the dilemma. You’ve been doing something for awhile, but it doesn’t seem to be working. Should you keep going, and push through with it? Or quit and do something else? There’s no right answer to this. Sometimes, sticking through will be the right answer. My business took off after five years of work, […]
How Important is Growth?
There’s two common ways you can approach working on your goals and habits: The first is progressive. This is where you start off easy, but make it a little bit harder each time, until you can eventually do very difficult things, with a lot less effort. The second is consistent. Do the same thing, with […]
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