“None of this is what I ordered,” my friend said, staring at a bag of Taco Bell tacos with broken shells, nachos without cheese, and burritos filled with something pretending to be meat. That bag …
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Life Lessons from Taco Bell: “None of this is what I ordered”
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Your Childhood Crutches Don’t Fit You Anymore: Discovering Your Childhood Baggage
When you lose a parent as a child, the rest of the family has to stick together. You have to look out for each other and you can’t really ask for your wants and needs …
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What AI Can Teach You About Self Improvement
In Artificial Intelligence it’s really important to balance between Exploration and Exploitation. It is a simple idea that is really relevant to self-improvement. Let’s talk about it. Exploration This is how many new things the …
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“Pain is Knowledge Rushing in with Great Speed”
This quote by Jerry Seinfeld hit me pretty hard. Learning important lessons can hurt a lot. Maybe it’s learning that your soulmate is not who you thought it was. Maybe it’s learning that your old …
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Does it hurt enough yet?
Humans are so strange. We continue to make the same mistakes long after we know they are mistakes. In fact, the only reason we ever change course is if continuing hurts more than changing. Usually …
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Why you need a Habit Tracker (free template included)
Here’s the bottom line: We fix problems that hurt. Spreadsheets are a dead simple way to see what problems you’re fixing and which ones are just getting worse. How it works I have columns for …
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I’m Proud of You
Do you realize how many things you’re doing right? Maybe they all seem like autopilot right now, but they are more rare than you think and I’m proud as hell of all the things you …
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Can we talk about your crutches?
Tell me which crutch you use. The thing you reach for to fill the moments when it’s uncomfortable to be with your thoughts. Is it social media? TV? Weed? Booze? Alcohol? Which distraction feels better …
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19 Habits and Strategies to Increase Efficiency, Productivity, and Happiness
Here’s a compilation of the best productivity habits and advice I’ve curated after reading tons of books, listening to podcasts, and doing plenty of my own experiments. Seeking out the good is just as important …
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Best Books on Healing Pain
Self Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself – Kristen Neff, PhD It’s hard to move forward when you tear yourself down constantly on the inside. This book helped me realize that I …