Published in Practice in Public·PinnedMember-only8 Really Small Things That Tell You a Lot About Someone#1. How they treat service staff — Learning how to read people is a psychological superpower, but it’s also a skill that anyone can pick up. It’s possible to glean a ton of information about others simply by paying attention. Ever since I started writing, I’ve been honing this skill. It’s not a hard and fast science…Psychology4 min read
Published in Practice in Public·PinnedMember-only10 Life Quotes That (If Applied) Will Change the Way You See The World ForeverWhy do we love life quotes so much? I think I have the answer. Life quotes have a way of piercing through the b.s. and noise surrounding us. …Life11 min read
Published in Practice in Public·15 hours agoDon’t Instantly Become a Creator Who Teaches Creators How to Become CreatorsSo there’s this kid getting dunked on right now because he wrote a thread on how to get 100k followers on Twitter The problem is he only has 500 followers himself.Marketing2 min read
Published in Practice in Public·1 day agoMember-onlyIf You Do This, You Can Literally Reach Any Goal You HaveI’m not exaggerating — If you want to achieve amazing outcomes, you have to do a crazy number of reps. Most goals in life are a lot like getting stronger physically. If you ate 3 to 4,000 calories per day, hit the gym hard 4 times a week, and added weight each time you…Life Lessons4 min read
Published in Practice in Public·1 day agoDo’s and Don’ts For Building a Successful Writing CareerActually, there’s only one don’t — Don’t write shit people don’t want to read. A lot of writers do this thing where, no matter how much they write without getting any readers, they can’t seem to grasp that they’re the problem. There’s such a thing as practicing a lot and not getting any better, which is…2 min read
Published in Publishous·3 days agoMember-onlyYour Need for Approval is Subtly and Slowly Ruining Your LifeCure your addiction to validation — You’re a cave person afraid to be abandoned by the tribe, beaten up by the leader, or have your status lowered in any way. Your life is dominated by this “evolutionary mismatch.” Hell, everything in your life is dominated by them — your need for approval, your lusting for sugar…Self5 min read
Published in Mind Cafe·3 days agoMember-onlyTrust Yourself, You’re Valuable Enough to Live the Life You Truly WantStop second-guessing yourself — Once you trust yourself, the world opens up to you. People often reply by telling me success doesn’t matter. I totally disagree. You play ‘success games’ because of the person you have to become in the process to win them. This contentment culture is a cop-out. I don’t buy it…Self5 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·3 days agoMember-onlyOne Habit That Helped Me Dramatically Improve My LifeOne I’ll never stop doing until I die — Every single day, you see approximately 1,023,872 articles about habits that will make you more successful. These articles aren’t bad, per se, but most of them miss the fundamental point of writing articles about habits. Habits in and of themselves will never make your life better. If you become the…Productivity5 min read
Published in Practice in Public·4 days agoMember-onlyIf You Want to Win At Life, You Gotta Play the Long GameStop rushing and start patiently executing — Time eliminates the role luck plays in your life. If you play the long game, you’re pretty much guaranteed to be somewhat successful at something. It’s the cheat code to living a life most people won’t live. See, most people are caught in a never-ending trap of instant gratification and…Life7 min read
Published in The Startup·5 days agoMember-onlyYou Pretty Much Have to do These Things If You Want to Become a Full-Time WriterYou can do it, but you have to embrace the cold hard truth — It’s never been easier to start writing online, but that doesn’t mean writing online is easy. There has been an explosion of new writers entering the field on Medium, Twitter, LinkedIn, Substack, and more. Everyone and their mom is calling themselves a writer now. It feels like the space gets…Writing7 min read
