Don’t just fight it — You look at your life and think I want change. I want to ditch this 9–5 life and break free. I want to live life on my own terms. But something holds you back. Fear. The answer almost always is fear. We all fear something. The fear of what people…

Is that the life you want? — The average attention span apparently has dropped to 5 seconds. Or may be it’s three seconds but who knows. We’ve literally become no better than a goldfish. We have lost our ability to focus and do deep work. Here’s the fun part. The part that should resonate. We take up…

I finally get to analyze companies again — The world of passive investing is now dead. It’s time again for the stock picker and the person who has the process. Value investing has been struggling to survive but, when the economy was fueled with cheap and easy money, you didn’t really have to hunt for value. All you…

You’ll be surprised at what can be your strength — It took me a while to find my strengths in writing. It didn’t happen overnight. I’ve always been a fairly good writer but, over the years writing business reports has perhaps put a real dampener on my style. My writing became very professional. …

Don’t dream about it, just get down to it — Everyone who’s ever read anything about productivity and time management has come across this. It’s a quintessential David Allen phrase. But, what makes us think that the someday, maybe will ever come to fruition. …

Stop looking for instant gratification — Success doesn’t come overnight. That’s probably the most trite phrase ever. But, it’s also very true and never more true when applied to writing. I’ve always wanted to be writer. I wrote articles for my local newspaper when I was a teenager and sporadically afterwards. In 2019, when I quit…

Take back the power — Followers, stats and likes. That’s all we seem to think about if we’re on social media. The more we see engagement, the happier we feel. Whether we’d like to admit or not, the affirmation that we receive from people send us to a different place. We weren’t always like this…

How journaling can solve your problems — I’ve had a journal since I was a teenager. Fourteen, I think. But even then my journal was never a “Dear Diary” type of journal. It was always more of what I felt from the day. …

Don’t walk through life without passion — I began to realize how important it was t o be an enthosiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what is is, go at it full speed. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. …