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War!

The purpose of this missive is to make you realize why you can’t make meaningful change in your life, and what you can – and should – do about it. There’s always something we can improve…

Why you will want to give up

I will tell you why you will want to give up, so that you know what to do when it happens. You will want to give up because you gave up on your relationships. Not the…

The obvious way to start building self-esteem

Many subscriber questions and issues that come up in my advisory work relate to the same thing – self-respect, self-esteem, self-first or whatever you call it in your neck of the words these days. Gravitas doesn’t…

Integral foundations of ethics

Pain is a powerful motivator. I don’t write about ethics much because it’s a “boring” subject. It’s boring in two ways. If you’re poor or your brain is broken from abuse with seed oils and refined…

108 principles for authentic life

What is Authenticity? How do we cultivate Authenticity? How do we lead life in alignment with Authenticity? Here are some principles that might help you bring your life in alignment with who you want to be.…

How do you make Intuiting deliberate? (AMA)

How do you make Intuiting deliberate? (AMA) The purpose of this missive is to help you develop your Intuiting (gut feeling) and use it to make decisions more effectively. A while back I made the unforced…

What day of the week is it even?

This missive could feel very, very harsh if you actually get it. Not if you get the words – if you get “it”. And the harsher it feels, the better. Because probably, maybe, just about you…

What are you doing here?

I’ve been preaching about having a mission. And a strategy, and principles, and a plan. Only way to lead is by example. Through action. So here goes mine. When I decided to take to Twitter a…

Foundations of Awareness

Mastery of Mind requires deliberate practice like any other skill you learn. Mastery of any field must be firmly rooted in mastery of the fundamentals – the boring, “obvious” and seemingly easy stuff. No trinkets, no…

Feeding the monster

I’m immensely grateful for all the emails and comments you’ve been sending in. I’d like to share an interesting response I got lately. Before we get into it, let’s be abundantly clear about something. I’m not…

Antifragility of the Mind

If you’ve been paying any attention at all, you must’ve noticed by now that your mind can be a pretty messy place. Unless, of course, you’re braindead. Or so addicted to your dumbphone and the couch-potato…

Engineering of the Mind

Self-improvement doesn’t work out for most people. Because they don’t know how actions translate into results that feed more forward action. Actions can begin with a tiny little shift in attitude. If you will just stop…