The purpose of this missive is to outline the biochemistry behind Devotion, the same biochemistry that makes you feel motivated – or demotivated, passive and depressed. As a bonus, also included are not one but TWO…
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The purpose of this missive is to give you a simple frame of mind that will help you avoid wasting your life in moping and inactivity. We all have to face intractable situations at some point…
The purpose of this missive is to help you make discipline not only palatable, but also something you want to think about and do all the time. I’ve been using this over and over while dealing…
These vetting methods work for both business and personal partnerships. They are cheap and easy to set up. No questionnaires, spreadsheets, matchmakers or consultants. No special skill or effort is required except paying attention – to…
Empowering the people on your team is how you get them motivated and get them to do their best without much prodding and micromanaging. Here are 7 essential ways to do that. They work best when…
Fear response isn’t what pop “culture” would condition you to assume. It’s not fight or flight. It’s freeze, fight or flight. Most of us, in most cases, stay stuck in that first phase of fear response…
Chronic inflammation is the probable cause of the most widespread neurodegenerative and overall chronic diseases: cancer, Alzheimer’s, ADHD, hypertension, diabetes etc. Understand. Many of the psychiatric and chronic conditions that have spread among more recent generations…
Avoid people with victim mentality like the plague – because it is the plague. Inevitably, it will infect your life and you will become a victim too. Understand. Victimhood is just another control game: the control…
When they say sugar is more addictive than wholesale-grade cocaine, they aren’t kidding. If you’re a regular user – i.e., an addict – you will know it when you quit sugar and get headaches, irritability, cold…
When applying for jobs, people make two fundamental mistakes, which are actually sides of the same coin. The coin? Approaching jobs, career and life in general like you’re still in school. The first and most common…
Everyone has been indoctrinated from a very early age that they should be eating all the time. You didn’t have lunch? You must be STARVING!!! Sometimes fasting can become physically challenging because of all this mental…
Motivation and enthusiasm are for fools and tourists. Most people freeze at the first meaningful challenge or serious deadline. What can we do about it? Something as powerful as it is simple. Best of all, something…
The purpose of this missive is to help you avoid a lot of disastrous mistakes in life. I won’t give you background. Read a book. When Napoleon sent 118,000 troops into Spain, he thought the French…