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What is True Success And Why Isn’t It Sexier?
While 97% of us agree about what “true success” means, we lust after other things at its expense. Maybe it’s a measurement problem.
Thomas Waschenfelder Wants You to Chase Your Quirky Curiosities
Meet the obsessing, comedic storytelling, Munger-ing, always moving, freely uncertain Thomas Waschenfelder.
How to Make Life More Exciting With Simple Storytelling
Once upon a time there was… you. What happens next? Here are some storytelling tips to make your life more exciting.
Feeling Flat? Here’s How to Pump Up Your Enjoyment
Why it’s rarely wise to settle for the status quo when it feels flat, and what steps to take to pump up your enjoyment.
Book Summaries: The Best Ideas from My Favorite Non-Fiction
These book summaries share my top takeaways from the best non-fiction I’ve read, taken notes on, and written about.
The Most Motivating Things I Learned from Drive by Dan Pink
The most interesting things I learned from Drive by Dan Pink and how I intend to use them to better motivate myself and others.
Feeling Lost Career-Wise? A Case Study on What to Do
Figure out what to do when you’re feeling lost in your career by extracting practical lessons from an example.
40 Simple Rules to Live By, Ranked (v. 2.0)
Too bad these rules to live by aren’t as easy to follow as they are to understand. But try your best to abide to live your best life.
Living in Two Cities is Like Living 1.5 Lives at Once
The wonders and woes of our experience living between two cities, Vancouver and Cape Town, for the past five years.
How “Richer, Wiser, Happier” Inspired Me To Go After All Three
William Green’s book, Richer, Wiser, Happier, taught me how I might be able to keep doing what makes me happy and wise—while getting rich(-er), too.
Why I Love to Travel, Beyond the Obvious Reasons
Beyond the obvious, superficial reasons, this is why I love to travel and will keep traveling till death do I part.
How to Make Friends When You Move to a New City
Practical approaches for making friends when you move to a new city that I’ve fine-tuned with my own experiences.
Rachel N. Wants You to Be a ‘Just Right’ Type of Person
Meet the perpetually-perfecting, full-spectrum-love-freeing, Betty-White-admiring, psychology-mastering Rachel N.
Nina Guzmán Wants You to Pursue Random Interests, Not Magical Self-Discovery
Meet Nina Guzmán and get actionable ideas, inspiration, and challenges her most extraordinary life experiences.
Linda Whitney Wants You to Do Things You Would Never Do
Meet the mind-younger-ing, ageism-fighting, travel-size-living, never-never-ing Linda Whitney.
Rut-ology 101: The Many Types of Ruts and How to Get Out
The first step is to get out of a rut with as little wasted effort possible is to identify what type of rut you are stuck in.
How I Showed Appreciation to My Wife for 28 Straight Days
What I did to show appreciation to my wife every day in February, and what I learned from doing so.
Chris Blachut Wants You to Read Less, Zag More
Meet Chris Blachut and get actionable ideas, inspiration, and challenges her most extraordinary life experiences.
11 Different Ways to Think to Unlock New Ideas
Eleven different ways to think that you can try—and combine!—to attack problems from every angle.
Productive Things to Do When You’re Unmotivated
For the days when you don’t feel like doing anything, here are some productive things to do anyway.
The 2023 “Unrutty” Awards for Best and Worst of My Year
It’s time to hand out awards for the best and worst of the past calendar year from all different areas of my life.
It’s Time to Zag. Wanna Join?
From a travel show about smoothies, to training for the game of life, to who knows what’s next? That’s the beauty of zagging.
The Easier Alternative to Learning Things the Hard Way
How I finally learned that you don’t have to learn everything the hard way.
How I’m Making Game-Changing Big Life Decisions
Can looking back on your past and applying a snakes and ladders strategy help you make better big life decisions?
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