PinnedMember-onlyMy Least Sucky Articles of All Time (Updated Weekly)Up to date as of May 3rd, 2021 — Trending Recently 17 One-Minute Life Lessons That Took Me 40 Years to Learn Most Read (All Time) What Neuroscience Says on Why Self Improvement is So Effing Hard (and What to Do About It) The 7 Best Ways to Hustle Hard, Stay Productive, and Still Sleep Like a Baby Every Night 5 Mindset Hacks that Make…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Published inAscent Publication·May 2, 2021Member-only17 Life Lessons That Took Me 40 Years to LearnNon-cliché teachings from a guy that’s over the hill (but not yet dead) — Look at this guy. He just climbed to the top of this peak only to look beyond and see a taller one in the distance. Besides the fact that this pic is totally staged and the dude isn’t dressed for the climb ahead, I’m guessing he’s thinking one of two…Life Lessons18 min readLife Lessons18 min read
Apr 12, 2021Member-onlyWhat My Fitness Coach Taught Me about Hard WorkAnd it had nothing to do with fitness… — I spent the last day in agony. Sitting down hurt. Getting up hurt. Every time I tried to lower myself onto the toilet, I’d come crashing down on the plastic seat like a seal belly-flopping on concrete. …Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
Apr 9, 2021Member-onlySo You’ve Lost Your Drive… Here’s How to Motivate Yourself (and Stay Motivated) Every DayNine tips a professional procrastinator (me) have used to consistently reclaim my motivation and build momentum year after year — It happens every year. All your planning. All your scheduling. All your goals go to shit. Am I right? At the beginning of the year, you hit the racetrack with a brand-spanking-new resolution in hand. You have your direction and goals set. …Productivity13 min readProductivity13 min read
Apr 6, 2021Member-onlyWhy Are We Fighting so Much in America Lately?Imploring all Americans to take a new approach and heal our great divide — Why are we fighting? Why have we dug ourselves in on one side to scream profanities and claim the moral high-ground against the other? I get it. The other side has faults. They are morally corrupt. They are asleep at the wheel. But if we thought they were “gone,” would…America6 min readAmerica6 min read
Mar 27, 2021Member-only10 Unique Productivity Tips to Fine-Tune Your Productivity StrategyFact — I hate life hacks. Case in point, I published an Amazon bestselling book on what true productivity is, and it includes essentially zero life-hacks. But there are specific things you can do to assist your productivity. Whereas the “system of productivity” covered in my book is a strategy…Productivity8 min readProductivity8 min read
Mar 25, 2021Member-onlyHow to Be Productive in Life, Everyday (Without Another Stupid Life-Hack)One moment, you’re working on a project. The next, a phone call comes in. You get distracted and read an email. Then, forgetting what you were initially working on, you start a completely different task. Someone stops by your office to chat until you end up at lunch — a…Productivity6 min readProductivity6 min read
Mar 22, 2021Member-onlyIs Telegram the Next Social Media Platform for Creators?I’m looking for an answer. For all of us. I’m looking for a platform that embraces the next version of the web for us creators. Not Web 1.0, where we just put up websites and started blogging. Not Web 2.0, where we used apps to distribute our content and drive…Social Media Marketing4 min readSocial Media Marketing4 min read
Mar 21, 2021Member-onlyHow the Modern Media Abuses Your Trust with Absurd IdeasGreek God though he was, the all-powerful Zeus couldn’t seem to make women fall in love with him. At least, he couldn’t make one. As the myth is told, Europa was a beautiful Phoenician princess living near the Mediterranean coast. She would spend her days in the fields, wandering amongst…Marketing8 min readMarketing8 min read
Mar 10, 2021Member-onlyHow to Start Your Day Strong (and Avoid Going Wrong)I started strong. I got up at 5:40, meditated, planned my day, got the kids off to school, exercised, and was ready before 8 am. This rarely happens, but when it does, my day goes well. ⠀ Just not this day. This day, I crushed my morning routine but watched…Self Improvement2 min readSelf Improvement2 min read