As creators, you are both director and actor — Your audience craves the excitement, drama, and emotion from a powerful storyline. Treating your creator’s journey like a TV hit show will make you more successful and help you connect with your viewers, fans, and subscribers on an emotional level. Whether you’re writing stories at the beginning of every YouTube…

And in the words of Frozen’s Elsa, “Let it go.” — So I was recently thinking, what if Disney isn’t just in the business of making us feel better for two hours in a movie theater, but also elsewhere? So I came up with a list of books and movies where Disney could apply their magic touch. What if Disney was…

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” — Confucius — Confucius is one of the most influential teachers in the world. Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. A legendary Chinese teacher and philosopher Confucius developed the doctrine of Confucianism. Note: Remember to bookmark this article so that you…

Zuckerberg has many things we can learn from, both good and bad. — There’s no denying that Mark Zuckerberg is a pretty influential guy. He dropped out of college to start Facebook, he’s a multi-billionaire and he owns several big properties. Mark Zuckerberg is perhaps the most famous man in the technology industry. …

If you’ve ever met a toxic person, you’d know how hurtful they can be. — Some people will just make you feel bad about yourself. It doesn’t matter what you do or say, but somehow you always end up feeling like a loser, a failure, or a fraud. You know the type. It could be a parent who forever seems to have something negative to…

Stoicism helps me navigate through anxiety, workplace politics, and all the messy bits. — Our modern lives are filled with countless distractions and stresses. And many of us struggle to stay happy under the weight of it all. Stoicism is the art of being happy despite your circumstances. Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy of living a flourishing life through the practice of four…

The goal is to get rid of the unhelpful thoughts and keep the usable ones. — Most of us have plenty of thoughts that run through our heads. Especially whenever we are trying to focus on a task. This “chatter” can be a problem if it’s distracting us from the task at hand. If our mind is preoccupied with other things, then it’s unlikely that our…

He was a legendary innovator who worked hard to change the world. — He was misunderstood. He was eccentric. He was larger than life. Steve Jobs did things his way, and not always the most popular way over all else. He wasn’t exactly a perfect human being like we are told to believe by his marketing people or even by his movie. Note…

If you can understand what really drives you, success will become easier. — Let me ask you a simple question: Why are you doing what you’re doing? That may seem like an easy question, but if we step back and truly think about it, it can be hard to answer. In the hustle-and-bustle of our daily lives, we often neglect to recalibrate our…