4 hours agoMember-onlyOne freaking thing at a time — a simple strategy for being a productive powerhousePicture a box of juicy oranges in front of you. You have been set the task to peel them all. How would you do it best? Well, one orange at a time, with a sharp knife, you say. Correct. I’d do it the same way too. But most of us…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
9 hours agoMember-only13 naughty daily habits that make you feel like a happy Spartan KingSociety wants you weak, depressed, submissive and docile. Stop whining, and go against the grain. Here’s how to feel incredible, so we can all dine in hell together: Adopt the leadership mode. The perpetually depressed see themselves as a leader last. They’re waiting for sympathy. They sulk and they tell everyone about how sad…Personal Development5 min readPersonal Development5 min read
1 day agoMember-only11 little behaviours that make you instantly immune from giving an F about what others thinkI’ve given many shits about what people think all my life. It made me depressed and attracted even more disrespect. It never felt good, so I did everything possible to learn about not giving an F. 1. First, know that not giving an F is not about being anti-social. It’s about accepting reality and being OK with it. When we’re OK, we are…Personal Development2 min readPersonal Development2 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyWhy showing up consistently, even if it’s hard, will change everythingIt is hard to move out of the darkness. To cross the chasm into being recognised, following years spent in the unknown. To make a living from our own ideas, rather than from a payslip, can be a monumental challenge. The hordes at the gates seem to grow with each new day: More talent with which to compete; more…Productivity5 min readProductivity5 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyIf you’re stuck with your writing, these 12 little things will instantly nourish youA friend of mine was telling me about how he used to have a solid content-writing habit but recently fell off. The momentum was there, but now it was gone. And his readers were getting nothing from him. He’d gone ghost. He was overwhelmed with needing to keep up, and…Writing Tips5 min readWriting Tips5 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyNine fun habits that will make you more moneyMaking money needn’t be painful. I realised over the years that if you view it as a struggle, you make less of it. Those that are winning this game are finding ways to make it fun. Period. This is why my emphasis here is on fun and being creative. The…Online Business5 min readOnline Business5 min read
5 days agoMember-onlySeven habits of highly productive creatorsIf you were to ask me who my idols were, I quickly think of people like Picasso, Asimov, DaVinci, Aphex Twin, Agatha Christie, and Ridley Scott. There is beauty in seeing another human pour out their creative expression in massive and ‘unreasonable’ volume. It fires me up like nothing else. …Creativity4 min readCreativity4 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyNine subtle behaviours that keep you calm when you’re nervousFrom a lot of personal experience, I know how self-conscious we can be in certain situations. Nerves mean we’re in our heads and not there in the moment to enjoy it. Here are some ways you can decrease awkwardness and regain a sense of ease and happiness when around other…Anxiety4 min readAnxiety4 min read
Sep 27Member-onlySix traits of people who are immune to deception from other peopleI’d love to say we live in a world in which everyone is totally honest, and no one is out to deceive you intentionally. If this were true, we’d all be living on Neptune. People have motives that require you to stumble for them to win. It can be dog-eat-dog…Psychology4 min readPsychology4 min read
Sep 27Member-onlyTen dirty little tricks that instantly raise your sense of self-respectWe can be experts at complicating our lives. We hold ourselves back because of the stories we tell ourselves. We have ridiculous, made-up neuroses like ‘imposter-syndrome’ and ‘comparisonitis.’ It’s pretty incredible just how much we limit ourselves in our minds. And it really is a mindset thing. John isn’t more…Personal Development5 min readPersonal Development5 min read
