For most people, learning is a productive waste of time. Instead of allowing our curiosities to direct our paths, we learned subjects that the education system determined to be important. In school, most of my “learning” consisted of remembering just enough information for just enough time to finish my homework or pass a test. After…
As soon as you wake up, there are dozens of distractions fighting for your attention. Time-sensitive emails. Unread texts. Missed calls. Long to-do lists. There’s an instant pressure to check your phone, tend to your morning hygiene, and get some food in your system. Oh, and you need your morning coffee before even thinking about…
I have tens of thousands of unshared images collecting (digital) dust. I have terabytes of footage that have never seen the light of day (or the flicker of a screen). I’m notorious for capturing life – only to never share anything I create. There’s something about the personal expectation I have, and the finished product…
For the past few months I’ve been using two simple notebooks to organize my life, thoughts, tasks, and creativity. Despite the dozens of productivity apps out there, I find this setup to be the most effective yet. If you’re feeling distracted when using your phone or computer – I can’t recommend this simple setup enough….
(FYI: The waitlist for the Genius Journal is officially open! Sign up to be the first to hear about details of the course launch.) Procrastination is the thief of progress. Without a specific timeframe for completing a project, it may continue to drag on for months or years (instead of days or weeks). And there…
Keeping your priorities straight has to be one of the most difficult things to do. We are always distracted by dozens of different things that are begging for our attention and time. How do we decide what is worthy of our time, and what isn’t? Where do we draw the line? This is definitely something…
At the beginning of January, I created a spreadsheet in Google Sheets to track my daily habits. I’m so glad I did this – and have kept up with it the entire month! Really looking forward to keeping this up throughout the year. It will be a powerful tool to notice trends in motivation, tiredness,…
It goes without saying that we almost always seek quality over quantity. Everyone seeks quality. Whether it be in food, products, relationships, friendships, clients, or jobs. We live in a world where “as close to perfect” is the norm. Settling for anything less than ideal is virtually unacceptable for most people. Products, restaurants, Airbnbs, service…
I know the feeling. Another year has somehow come and gone. The goals you set for 2022 either don’t exist, or lie dormant in your head. Maybe you made it as far as writing them down, but never got around to revisiting them over the past 12 months. As you pull out the wrinkled sheet…