The first year is always the hardest. The first year of trying to get back into shape. The first year of learning a language. The first year of learning a new skill. For us, it was the first year of launching our company. While this wasn’t my first time starting…

Most of us schedule our tasks based on when we’re free. When you forget to complete a task, you schedule it for first thing in the morning. When there’s free time in the afternoon, you use it to write a new article. You’re probably thinking, this seems like I’m making…

*Listen to the podcast before continuing to get the full description of the book-a-week challenge.* New year resolutions is something that I don’t share publicly. The goals I write down are personal and most of them won’t be applicable to others. However, I did identify one resolution that I…

The quality of our questions determines the quality of our lives. A few years ago (before Rype started), I was in a dreary situation that I didn’t know how to get out of. …

“I don’t have the time to learn X….” “I’m too busy to go to the gym….” “There’s just not enough time in the day….” Sounds familiar? It should. Today, we live in a world that celebrates, even glorifies, keeping busy for the sake of…well, keeping busy. …

What’s the secret to be happier? Seek what’s painful first. As ironic as this may sound, there’s scientific research behind this. Behavioral scientists have discovered that one of the most effective ways to create an enjoyable experience is to stack the painful parts of the experience early in the process. …

We made a decision from day one of starting Rype that we wouldn’t track hours. We received several backlashes about this decision from advisors and fellow entrepreneurs, especially since we’re a 100% distributed team. “Won’t people take advantage of this?” “How do you know who your best employees are?” “You may be…

What’s the secret behind the most productive people in the world? Productivity Formulas. Every one of us makes hundreds, if not thousands of small to big decisions on a daily basis. The way to have a higher quality of life is to make higher quality decisions everyday. This could be…

Want to bring your idea to life without coding? Here’s how we did it. For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt the pain of being a ‘non-technical’ founder working on a technical startup. When I first got started in entrepreneurship, it seemed like everybody in the world was…