Every ambitious person I know faces the following dilemma: “Should I choose big goals that excite me, even if they feel scary and unrealistic? Or do I settle for small, easily achievable, boring outcomes that will help me build some momentum?” In his book Feel Good...
I love asking sports experts what they say it takes to become a world-class athlete, one of the first things they say is this: “To be successful, you need to be both talented and passionate about your sport.” I do the same with successful entrepreneurs and usually get...
I used to struggle going to the gym unless I worked with a private coach. Then I discovered kickboxing and boxing classes. Initially, I would keep finding excuses to miss one class after each other. This continued until I made a commitment: I would go to classes at...
I used to have a fetish for journals! You know, the ones with lots of questions, habits, and accountability tools. Every time I would find a new journal, I would order it and feel so excited. I was sure that now I would crack the code of productivity. When I would...
This morning I woke up and realized I have been pretty distracted throughout the last two weeks: I have been sitting home obsessing with the news and everything that is going on in the world. My kids have been home demanding my attention. And my wife needed some...
On a cold wet day, on May 6th, 1954, in Oxford, a young runner from a regular working class family, made the impossible possible. Roger Bannister broke the world record by running a mile in under 4 minutes (in 3:59.04 minutes). He wrote history. But that was just the...