There’s a lot of discussion about specific tactics you should use in life to become successful: what productivity app you should use, which exercises to be fit, where to invest your money. Missing from this is the question of how do you think about the big questions in your life? Not just where you spend […]
How to Memorize a Speech
How do we memorize a speech and why should we bother at all? Learn the seven steps that will help you remember and deliver a speech.
The Complete Guide to Increasing Your Focus
Focus is one of your most valuable resources. It acts as a multiplier on the value of your time. An hour of absorbing focus can be worth ten times that of a distracted one. Unfortunately, focus is also hard. Distractions are everywhere. Even when they aren’t, it can often be difficult to get into a […]
How to Be Nice (Without Being a Pushover)
We live in an age of snark. Meanness is celebrated as wit. Vicious attack is considered brave honesty. Niceness, the apologists for this current state of affairs claim, is an inferior virtue. Truth is what matters. Those who refuse to listen to harsh truths are really to blame. Or perhaps it’s confidence and strength which […]
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