Imagine it’s 1 million BC and you’re Zog, the caveman. Every day you wake up with one mission: to go out and hunt for food to feed you and your…
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Listen To Your Inner Critic
Rob, a client of mine (though not his real name), recently took a one-week vacation from work, a much-needed break from a highly stressful, fast-paced corporate environment. Upon his return,…
How Monkeys, Jam and Fencing Can Help You Make Decisions Quickly and Confidently
Equinox Gym has 18 26 locations in New York City, and I have an all-access pass, which means I can go to any of them. This offers fantastic variety for mixing…
How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything
When I lived in Japan, I was amazed by the pride that workers took in even the most “unglamorous” tasks. Garbage trucks were virtually spotless, thanks to their drivers’ concerted…
What Is Flow Anyway?
You know that feeling when you’re so fully immersed in an activity — an engrossing conversation, say, or a riveting mystery novel, a challenging game of tennis — that you…
Effort Is Not A Dirty Word: Five Ways You Get A Big Payback
“Lose 10 pounds in 10 days — without diet or exercise!” “Win the lottery, live a life of ease!” “Click here to meet the man of your dreams! Poof! Just…
Perfection Is Overrated
The great cellist Pablo Casals was once asked by the sound engineer during a recording session to redo a section where the intonation had been a little off. Indignant, Casals…
Feed Your Mind, Think Different
Imagination is like a muscle: if we exercise it, it will grow more powerful and agile. Being imaginative, however, is not just about being artistic or creative – it’s having…
Why Not Sleep While You’re Still Alive
“Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is…
Raising The Bar: Your Five-Point Checklist
Here we stand, on the threshold of a new decade: it’s a fresh start, a new beginning. This is it, your chance to really make a change, once and for…