Tag: success
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Less Clutter Means a Clearer Mind: How Minimalism Increases Productivity
Minimalism (n); a movement that promotes conscious decision-making about belongings, time, energy and relationships. The Minimalists, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, define minimalism as, “a lifestyle that helps people question what things add value to their lives. By clearing the clutter from life’s path, we can all make room for the most important aspects…
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Evolution is Failing
Skills Our Ancestors Developed to Stay Alive, Are Now Ruining Our Lives I woke up this morning at 5:45 am, ready to head out on a 6:00 am bike ride I committed to last night. When I mentioned the ride to my dad, he informed me of the impending thunderstorm and rain predicted for this…
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The Progress Principle
Using Forward Momentum to Improve All Aspects of Life The Progress Principle was first discussed and researched by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer in their book, “The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work.” Through rigorous analysis of diary entries from 238 employees of seven different companies, they were…
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Be A Millionaire Today!
I promise this isn’t one of those get rich quick schemes. I am not telling you to invest in GameStop or Bitcoin, and I am not trying to sell you my course on how to house hack your way into more debt than anyone should be able to stomach. I am here to tell you…
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How to Finance Your Adventure and Your Life
Many young men die at age 25, but are not buried until they are 75 – Often attributed to Benjamin Franklin Ever Wonder How to Save Up for a Big Quest? Ever since I got back from the Appalachian Trail in 2022, I’ve been thinking about how to get back out there. After graduating college…
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Why the Concept of Retirement is Wrong
I was having a conversation with a friend recently and he made the point that our society was very smart to realize that at age 60-65 people retire because they are ready for a slower life (he is around this age himself). He is a very intelligent guy, with a PhD in chemical engineering, and…
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Do You Actually Want all of Your Problems to be Solved?
My original idea for this post was to look 5-10 years ahead and talk about where I hoped to be and live in a happy, fantasy future for a few minutes, which often makes me feel good and hopeful about my current situation, but as I reread The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau, one…
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Reimagining Modern Success and Happiness
Success is defined as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Well that means in order to be successful, you first must have a goal, but how do we come up with that? The typical thought of a successful person is someone with a nice car, a big house, and high paying job. So their…
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Fuck the Joneses! Why would I want to keep up with them?
The Joneses are broke, have debt over their heads, and are going to get divorced (statistically*), why would I want to be like them? Good question, I don’t. I don’t want to live in a suburb house with a payment so large I can barely afford it. I don’t need that new Ford Bronco or…