Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.”

There are downsides to always being visible. But there are many reasons we’d want to stand out too. If you don’t want to fade into obscurity, read this: 1. You are predictable. There’s a reason Picasso became so famous, and his pieces sold for such high prices. He kept himself in the public eye…

It’s all so terrible. Everything seems to suck. People are mean. Some are offensive. The weather is dusty and freaking cold! Some dude wrote that I was a ‘prat’ on the Internet. That made me angry. I will get them back for that. My dad says things that make me…

(Pssst, less than 2% of people do these) 1. Be a ‘top-level asker.’ Most people are too scared to ask important, higher-status or more good-looking people for things. They don’t want to feel the sting of rejection, and they don’t believe they’ll get a yes. But those that go far know that to get a…

When was the last time you did something that made you feel worse about yourself for having done it? You keep saying you’ll stop smoking, but you do it, and you always feel awful when you do. You can smell it on your fingers. Perhaps, you’re super-sensitive to caffeine like…

Back in caveman days, being disciplined was so easy that discipline wasn’t even a thing. With a continual threat of death and starvation, there were genuine and visceral reasons for doing things with urgency, even if you didn’t want to do them. Now, most things are seemingly less urgent. Without…

Ever wonder why life seems to have given an indestructible quality to some people and not others? Well, you’re in luck. Here are some secrets that will have you laughing at fear like a samurai legend who just had his Weetabix.. 1. Feel your way into uncertainty. Most of us scaredycats think our way into an…

Life’s too short for unnecessary drama. And yet, most of us do things that invite it into our lives, minds, and bodies. This ages us twice as fast and cuts us off from the dreams we always had. Let me show you how to reduce the drama: 1. Protect your energy above all else. It’s easy to…

‘Self promotion.’ Whether the words stir up enthusiastic excitement or deep-rooted repulsion inside you, there is no doubt of its importance to those of you for whom attracting clients and buyers is important. The more flexible, in control, and independent we want to be in our craft, the more of…