Category Archives: Life Hacks

Working Through Tough Times

Whenever I go through a rough time, I try to observe my reaction to it and adjust my actions accordingly. If I start getting bogged down in misery and negativity, then I’ll make extra efforts to do things that I … Continue reading

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The Domino Effect

I’ve previously written about how small victories can add up over time to major wins. I recently started thinking about this again, and that reminded me of this video involving small dominoes knocking down increasingly larger ones. Even though each … Continue reading

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Learning New Things

I’ve been thinking lately about practice, especially after reading Outliers. It’s easy to forget how much time and effort it can take to become proficient in something, especially when watching someone who does it exceptionally well. I often overlook the … Continue reading

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Seeing More of the Bigger Picture

The past few years of my life have been unlike any others. Without even meaning to do so, I started on a path of radical self-improvement and experienced some major changes in several of my views. I still don’t know … Continue reading

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Managing Your Time

When I was a little kid, other people set up my schedule and determined how I spent most of my time. I found it easy to handle a lot of things during this period in my life: playing in the … Continue reading

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Direct Alternatives vs Indirect Alternatives

In How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World, Harry Browne talks about direct and indirect alternatives. Essentially, a direct alternative is something that is within your control, and an indirect alternative requires someone else’s involvement. Browne encourages readers of … Continue reading

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A Wonderful Change

Right now, the biggest change I’m experiencing is a change of jobs. I’ve long been looking for something else and I’ve finally found it. Even though I haven’t been at this new place for long and I’m still working at … Continue reading

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The Daily Private Victory

One of the most helpful things Stephen Covey talks about in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is the Daily Private Victory. This involves spending time each day sharpening the saw in the physical, spiritual, and mental areas of … Continue reading

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Negotiation

In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell talks about how kids who are taught how to negotiate and gently push back against those around them tend to be more successful than kids who are taught to follow orders and submit to those in … Continue reading

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The Hard Side of Self-Improvement

In this NSFW clip, David Goggins talks about how tripling down on your weaknesses is more important than tripling down on your strengths. It’s easy to improve at things you’re already good at, but it’s much harder to get good … Continue reading

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