I witnessed one of the most fascinating miracles on earth this week. We found a caterpillar on a milkweed plant and recognized it as one that would soon transform into a Monarch butterfly. We kept it in a little bug catcher cage and fed it the milkweed leaves before he hung at the top of...
A woman consulted me this week about how to get herself to actually get out of bed when her alarm goes off in the mornings. She has some pretty compelling reasons to get out of bed and get working on her goals, but day after day she gets up, turns off the alarm and goes...
Have you ever seen a really great movie that pulled you in emotionally? I mean the kind of movie you find yourself thinking about the next day. I mean the kind of movie where, if given the chance, you just might step through the screen and enter that world so you could fight for the...
Have you ever noticed that it’s not really very “cool” to try hard? It starts sometime shortly before junior high, when the socially savvy kids start to realize that much of the control the adult authority figures insist on maintaining is an illusion dependent on their cooperation. They want to show that they have this...
I always thought the Batman story was cool. The kid goes through a great deal of pain, anger, and fear before later deciding to use his fear as an emblem for his mission and secret identity as Batman. He then trains himself to become really tough and leverages technology to his advantage. This training article...
You’ve most likely heard of the idea of emotional eating, however you might not be certain if you’re an emotional eater. The fundamental idea is straightforward. Eating emits both serotonin as well as dopamine within our brains (these two chemicals within our brains lower feelings of depression and increase positive emotions). Here is the trick...
People consult me about how to change things in their lives. I give them direct instructions on what to do next and they say, “I’ll try that.” That’s when I ask them to participate in a little experiment with me. I drop a pen on the floor in front of them and ask them to...
It’s advice I frequently give when people consult me about changing a habit. “Don’t trust your brain!” Mastering your life and habits will empower you to create the lifestyle you want. But if you think desire and intentions to change a habit will do the trick, you’ve fallen into a very common trap. Just this...
Have you ever sprinted all out till you started feeling nauseated? If you’ve ever run in a track competition, you probably know what it feels like. It doesn’t feel good. It feels like your stomach is going to implode from the lack of oxygen. You can’t breathe fast enough to catch up for a few...
Unlike its highly regarded cousin, “full potential,” It doesn’t take much to live up to your fool potential. All you have to do is show up and whine about how your life is boring. You see, the key to living a truly foolfilling life is wishing things were different all the time and never doing...
Your mind came with features preloaded, many of which you don’t even know about. For example, did you know you can read about as fast as normal when I scramble the letters in words you are familiar with? Aoccdrnig to rscheearch, it dseno’t raelly mtaetr iwihch oerdr I wirght ltteres. taht is bcuseae yuor azanmig...
Procrastination is not the worst enemy when it comes to personal development and building the life of your dreams. Rather, forgetting, in its simplest form is your worst enemy...