Scientific research has shown that people filter out evidence that is contrary to their beliefs. People also hate to admit their faults even to themselves.
How can filtering evidence and hiding faults hurt you?
Let’s say you are the CEO of Acme Widget Manufacturing and you believe that the South American market does not have enough money to buy your widgets. … read more “Blind to Your Mistakes?”
Most people thinking about personal finance focus on budgets and expenses. They try to reduce the money they spend on food, clothes, rent, entertainment, etc. and increase the amount they save and invest.
These people forget the other side of the coin though: INCOME.
You should put an enormous amount of effort into boosting your personal revenue streams. … read more “Common Personal Finance Misunderstanding”
Do you find yourself procrastinating on most of the duties you must take of? Are you unable to find motivation to get much work done?
The cure for procrastination is to break down your mega-task into a bunch of little small ones.
Want to get in better shape?
Set a series of small tasks for yourself that lead to your goal and just focus on those, for example:
The Bible is not often quoted on this site, but read this verse from Matthew 7:3
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in someone else’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”
Everyone has one big problem that everyone just wishes they would fix:
What is the one big problem that you have that everyone points out?… read more “Fix the Biggest Plank in Your Eye”
I have struggled with finding good ways to teach myself hard concepts. By hard concepts, I mean skills that take multiple weeks or months or even years to become proficient at. For example, C# programming, playing the guitar, sex, and flag football.
So what are the 4 steps to becoming a GRANDMASTER of any new hard concept?… read more “How to Learn Hard Concepts”
Many times I have made the mistake of calling someone stupid who really was not dumb, they were just uninformed. I think that most people either just have the wrong dataset or the wrong worldview.
For instance, most Americans think that suicide bombers are idiots. I would disagree… if you were in their position you may make the same decisions. … read more “Stupid or Uninformed?”
Playing Super Mario Bros as a kid, you would occasionally run into a mushroom which made Mario suddenly get bigger, stronger & faster and gave him the ability to run into a bad guy and still live.
How can you get a real life mushroom each day?
Countless studies have shown napping boosts memory, focus, athletic ability and just about everything else that is important to us as human beings. … read more “Napping = Human PowerUp?”
How much of your day is spent doing things you HAVE To do versus thing you GET to do?
My experience has shown me that people who spend more time on the GET to’s are much happier than those who always HAVE to do something.
For some people, this is a result of their success or lack thereof and they don’t have a choice. … read more “Get to or Have to”
Want to know how to make your business better?
Start tracking your successes.
What are your business goals?
Once you determine what your business goal is, then start tracking it. Try to beat your totals from the previous month, or the previous quarter.