If you use WeChat, I’m publishing articles every week in both English and Chinese on my account: My WeChat ID: Scott-H-Young ???? I am regularly publishing content on my WeChat account, both in English and in Mandarin Chinese. I also post any announcements like book tours or meet ups in China, so make sure to […]
Should You Target the Minimum?
Whenever you set a goal, create a new habit or make some plan for your life, there’s a few different ways you can go about it The first way is to target the minimum output. The idea here is that you focus on always doing at least a little bit, so that overall, you’ll end […]
Should You Follow Less News?
When I was growing up, my family would watch the news every morning. The unquestioned belief was that this was a good thing to do. You should stay informed about what is happening, and news was the way to do this. These days, I don’t have a cable subscription, so my news tends to come […]
Should You Desire More or Less?
I was a teenager when I first started getting interested in personal development. My first introduction was Steve Pavlina, who I found from an early interest in making video games. He had set up a full-time independent game development business, and the idea of starting my own small, online business became a dream that obsessed […]
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