How to Thrive in Changing Times
It was another interesting year. Many people shifted departments and roles, our company moved to a new technology platform, and we ramped up our marketing to levels never seen before in our business — and then we had to scale them back dramatically. We hired new people and parted ways with some…
READ MOREWhy Keeping Your Job in Grad School Makes You a Better Student
Anyone considering returning to school to earn an advanced degree hears about the challenges inherent in balancing school and work. Finding the time to study after work and on the weekends, while still managing personal responsibilities and some downtime is a common theme among working students, and many advocate for…
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How to Start a Side-Business While Working Full-Time in New York City
Whether you’re 20 or 60, male or female, Harvard-educated or High School dropout — if you want to start a profitable location-independent business, without quitting your job and without becoming a social recluse — you’re in the right place. That’s right. No matter who you are, or what your background…
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Four Easy Steps to Banish Fear and Change Your Life, Today
I used to dread the thought of public speaking. And when I was forced to make a speech, I did a terrible job — which only made me dread the next speech even more. It was a vicious cycle. When I became the editorial director of a newsletter business in…
READ MOREThis ONE Thing Leads to Immediate Happiness, Success, and Less Stress
Let’s face it. Every one of us will: Go to great lengths Spend any amount of money Subject ourselves to all kinds of gimmicks… …In order to achieve the coveted and seemingly elusive desires of happiness, success, weight loss, career advancement, relationships, and lasting energy. What if the keys to…
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How to Get Stuff Done
Today we’re going to talk about your number one priority each and every day, and that is getting stuff done. Listen, you have big goals in life, and all that matters each day is that you get up and take action in a positive direction towards them. That’s how you beat…
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The Number One Predictor of Success
If you were my client, I would work to dig into your psyche in order to understand what makes you tick. What drives your behavior — “good” or “bad” — and why do you label it good or bad? Why do you get stuck in certain cycles and break through…
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What To Do With 1,000 Marbles
“Time . . . is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.” – Sydney J. Harris The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or…
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How to Live the Good Life
What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? How much is enough? And how should you spend the time you have remaining? Aristotle asked these important questions more than 2,000 years ago. And he called the answer the golden mean. Aristotle (384 B.C. — 322 B.C.) was…
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Are the Voices Within Creeping You Out?! 4 Steps to Banish a Spooky Inner Monologue
Do you hear voices in your head… Whispers of confliction, fear, and self-reproach arguing with declarations of justice or entitlement while the voice of love and respect gets shut out? Sounds like something out of a scary movie! And sometimes it can be scary. Sometimes our thoughts about ourselves are…
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How to Think Like Einstein
A producer at [well known television show] said to me, “whatever you do — don’t ever ever say ‘I don’t know.’ If you say that, we’ll never ask you back.” Then, thrust into a dark room, mic’ed up, camera pointing at me, the producer in my ear, “anndd…GO!” and six of us…
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Quitting the Internet: Why You Need an Internet-Free Day
A step-by-step approach to going Internet-free and ‘quitting the internet’ for at least one day a week, which can produce a slew of productive benefits.
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