I want to learn, all the time. Which is why I email myself. If you look at the research, this is a powerful way to learn. Here are the cliff notes from the below article on improving learning: –Send yourself the same item at least 4 times. Our brains assign greater importance to repeated information. …
I like to look at people’s life lessons—the learnings they’ve had over the years. Today’s LIFEies are some very cool lessons from a 50 year old. The last lesson is: There is no such thing as ageing gracefully. I love that. I am now 61 but still learning lessons every day. Here are some cool takeaways I …
I love routines. They make my days predictable and help me habit stack effectively. But sometimes, routines get stale. They become boring, or we feel stuck in a rut. The article below offers a new perspective on routines — build them around rituals. A ritual is a series of events that eases you into the right mindset to tackle a task …
I have an entire cabinet in my closet full of books…..that I have not read. And it’s growing. When I get a book recommendation, I look it up to see if it’s something I would be interested in reading and if the answer is yes, I order it. Even though I read a lot, …
I saw the below thread about psychology hacks on Instagram and put it all together for the LIFEies crew to scroll through. Here are my top three hacks and some thoughts on why they work: Participation — As I have built my teams, I have learned that getting everyone on board, making them stakeholders …
I have been told for all my adult life that I have a ton of self-discipline. If you look from the outside, I do (with one notable exception—food). Self-discipline is not something you are born with, it is something you do. It is our choice. Once you grasp that self-discipline is a choice, then …
Last week I sent a write-up on Discipline and Consistency. This week, let’s take one more look at consistency—my word for 2022. Below is another article on why we should focus on developing this skill. Here is my question: How can I continue to become more consistent? Below are some of the ways …
I write a lot about creating habits in LIFEies because they are important. Very important. But every time I write a LIFEies about habits, I have a couple people tell me they are too busy or too tired to create new, healthy habits. So I went searching for how to create habits when you are exhausted …
I have been into Stoicism for some years now and have written a few LIFEies about this ancient school of thought in the past. I have had a number of people ask me how to dive deeper into the philosophy. Here are a few ways: –Read the article below — it’s a GREAT summary …
Anxiety seems to be at an all-time high these days. Over 100 million people in the U.S. will suffer from an anxiety disorder in their lifetime (almost one in three). But, as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article below points out, feeling anxious is not always a problem — often the bigger problem is how …
