The 80/15/5 Method acknowledges that we can’t “rise and grind” forever — Our bodies and brains need breaks. Time to ruminate, rest, and rejuvenate. The problem is, we’ll never get those breaks unless we schedule them—and stick to that schedule. I often let my plans to recharge fall by the wayside when I’m presented with a challenge, a twist in my routine…

A comprehensive and actionable step-by-step guide — Yesterday was one of my most productive days ever. I wrote 3 articles, segregated my important documents, meditated for 30 minutes, made my monthly investments, caught up with an old friend, banged out an amazing workout, and got to bed early. My past self wouldn’t have achieved that much in…

And I’ve really noticed a huge difference in the way I look at things. — Over the past 5-months, I’ve been sorting and planning to sell everything I own to travel the world. I’ve gone through owning excess to owning what will fit into a few Tupperware bins and my backpack. …

A simple, yet effective guide to journal your way into becoming the best version of yourself — I have been journaling almost every day for the past 15 years. As a teenager, I used to treat my journal as a personal diary — only writing about the incidents that happened during the day and how they made me feel. With time, I included newer prompts that morphed…

Who appeared on one of the most popular podcast episodes ever. — Life lessons can be really boring to read. If joining the circus, becoming a musician, and starting a website that sells for millions of dollars — while giving most of the money away — isn’t an interesting life, I don’t know what it is. Derek Sivers is a 50-something quirky…

You can’t control everything that happens during the day, but you can manage how it starts. — While the importance of a proper morning routine is inevitable, most advice is redundant. Taking an hour for a proper ritual might be possible for a group of privileged individuals, but not for the majority. You might have to get to work, prepare breakfast, look after the kids, or follow…

And you only need to remember these 6 words. — The doughnut paradox has a hole in it. You know a doughnut is full of fats and sugars and has no nutritional value. All that fat, flour and sugar will cost you 250 to 550 calories. You know if you eat it you will get fat, but you think, ‘Are you crazy, that’s a tasty doughnut, I can…