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Do You Feel That You’ve Been Wasting Your Life?

June 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

That can be a very hard feeling.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, you could be 16, 32, 48 or 60; the sense of loss from having wasted time in distractions, lethargy, addiction, procrastination can be crushing.

In this post however, I want to speak with you on this subject and show you how to heal and move on. Because here’s the truth of the matter: the sooner you can get over it, the sooner you can get on with your life and move onto the next thing.

Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction

June 17, 2022

I was always struggling with discipline. I’m a big fan of stoicism where temperance (discipline) is one of the cardinal values that one is supposed to practice. But until now I never really ‘got’ how discipline worked.

Then a few days ago I stumbled upon Huberman’s podcast on dopamine. It didn’t directly touch on discipline, but understanding how dopamine works was the key for me to get disciplined.

Practical take-aways that have been working really well for me:

10 Signs You’re Whipped

June 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

signs your whipped

There comes a time in a man’s life when he should grow up and get serious about a relationship. Maybe that’s true for some, but surely that doesn’t mean you have to submit to the ways of a dominant and controlling woman, does it? You don’t have to cower in the corner with your emasculated tail between your legs. Hell no!

If you’ve ever wondered whether or not you’re one of the many unfortunate suckers out there who’ve joined the ranks of the whipped (and are probably being mocked and ridiculed for it to boot), take a look at this list of top 10 signs you’re whipped; if you recognize any of them, for God’s sake, man up and do something about it.

What Is Lifestyle Creep?

June 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

Lifestyle creep or “Lifestyle Inflation” occurs when your standard of living improves with your income rising. And what you might have seen as luxuries in the past are now becoming necessities in your life.

So as you start to generate more income, you actually slowly start spending more without really noticing.

Tell Me What You Did Today, And I’ll Tell You Who You Are

June 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

Photo by Min An

“Each day is a day of decision, and our decisions determine our destiny.” — Russell Nelson

You live your life in 24 hour periods. How you use those 24 hour periods determines who you become and how successful you’ll be.

If you learn to master your day, you’ll learn how to master your weeks, months, years, and life.

20 Signs You Should Quit Your Job

June 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Where our day jobs are concerned, we’ve all struggled with motivation at some point. We dread the sound of the alarm clock going off, pulling us from the warmth of our beds and dragging us off to something we don’t really care about. It takes until at least 11am – including two train rides, two coffees and a ‘catch up’ meeting – before we have resigned ourselves to our fate for another day.

If you want self-control, self-discipline, consistency, true momentum in life….

June 10, 2022

Then focus on connecting your word to your action.

The connection between word and action is key. It’s the formula for getting in control, staying in control, and scaling up your life so that you’re doing all the shit that you were meant to do in this life.

#1 Mistake People Make When Building A Habit

June 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

how to build a habit

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The #1 mistake people do when they start building a habit is relying too much on willpower. They believe that building a healthy habit like daily exercising, is only possible if you go hard and you push yourself everyday to show up and be disciplined.

While this plan might work for people who have trained and grown their willpower muscle to above average size (think: really fit and healthy people, who just keep on getting healthier), it won’t work for majority of us, because of a single reason that willpower is finite resource and if we ask more than it can handle – we’ll quit.

If You Cringe When You Think About Your Past Mistakes, This May Help

June 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

cringing at old memories

Think of a time where you have done something embarrassing or stupid. We all can, its just part of being human. Now think about something someone else did around that same time that was embarrassing. Think about what they did or said. Try to remember every detail about what they did. If you are like me, chances are that ,unless it was humorous or extreme, you may have a hard time remembering a lot of these situations about other people.

Do yourself a favor and take mixed signals as a no

June 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

man looking at phone

(photo: @qimmanifester)

If a person is interested in you romantically, they will MAKE TIME to reply to your texts (as if that’s so hard to do). If they can’t meet you on a certain day for a date, they will tell you the soonest possible alternative date and confirm it with you. They will call you back that day if they miss your call.