When procrastinating on a personal project, we are being a bad employee and there is no line manager to track our progress nor a CEO to make big decisions. Steven Pressfield’s consistent advice to beat Resistance is to “put your ass where your heart wants to be”, meaning that you…

When you do too many things, you are dividing your time and energy. Rather than trying to manage our time and increase our productivity, doesn’t it make more sense to make sure we’re doing the right thing? Managing our time and increasing our productivity is like buying shelves and storage…

The quickest way to perform to your best abilities and reach for your potential is to create an alter ego. And the best news is that it has also been scientifically proven to work. “Fake it till you make it” is the worst phrasing of a good idea. To begin…

With so many interesting things available at the click of a button, we’ve all become multi-passionates, but we won’t get anywhere fast that way. Here’s the hard truth you don’t want to hear. I love that I am interested in many things. For my generation (Gen X) and the previous…

Judging others and ourselves are two bad habits worth letting go of. Personal growth cannot happen without understanding the harm you create in others and in yourself, with you having the most to lose. “One of the best changes I’ve made to help me be happier is learning to see…

Remember and organize useful information and ideas before they’re gone! You think you’ll remember, but with 1000s of things coming at you every day, you won’t. For centuries, bright minds and educated people have kept commonplace books where they would note quotes, observations, musings, anecdotes or bits of conversations from…

You have your notebook, now what? If you tried to journal but couldn’t get into it or didn’t see the benefits, you might not have found the type of journaling that suits you. Read on. A disclaimer first: I’ll be talking about journaling assuming we are both doing it in…

If you are tired or close to burnout, this might be just what you need. Do less of everything, but do it smarter. Many people answer the question, “How are you?” with “Busy, tired”. Why Are We Tired All The Time? Overworked? Maybe. Overstimulated? Certainly. Unfit? Possibly. In a world that values productivity, still promotes the idea…

Laziness is often misunderstood and unfairly used to berate people or oneself. Often used in a sweeping comment, it is loaded in consequence and a source of shame, when it is, in fact, the visible symptom of deeper issues. I am yet to come across someone I thought was genuinely…