Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Carlos Garcia
Carlos Garcia

316 Followers

Home

About

Published in Mind Cafe

·Pinned

8 Cognitive Traits for Achieving Critical Thinking Mastery

A guide for higher-order thinking and achieving your goals — A couple articles ago, I wrote about the principles and elements of bullet-proof reasoning. This article is about what separates an average thinker from a higher level thinker. It has to do with 8 intellectual traits. Achieving these 8 traits should make you a rock star in critical thinking. Here’s…

Philosophy

4 min read

8 Cognitive Traits for Achieving Critical Thinking Mastery
8 Cognitive Traits for Achieving Critical Thinking Mastery
Philosophy

4 min read


Published in Mind Cafe

·Pinned

How to Stop Making an Elephant Out of a Fly — The Ancient Greek’s Way for Radically Changing Your Perspective

A Platonic, Epicurean, Stoic, and Cynic practice on reinvigorating your life — The Platonists, Epicureans, Stoics, and even the Cynics had practical exercises for gaining perspective. Their aim was to achieve the greatness of soul and inner peace and show how delusional and absurd our problems are. They focused their minds completely and imagined their souls literally taking flight into the universe…

Philosophy

3 min read

How to Stop Making an Elephant Out of a Fly — The Ancient Greek’s Way for Radically Changing Your…
How to Stop Making an Elephant Out of a Fly — The Ancient Greek’s Way for Radically Changing Your…
Philosophy

3 min read


Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Pinned

Hemingway’s Tips on Toughness, Focus, and Creativity

Hemingway was a true, badass writer. At only about 18 years old, he looked to enlist in the US Army and join the fight during World War I. The Army rejected him though because of his poor eyesight, but that didn’t stop this young guy. He joined the Red Cross…

Happiness

3 min read

Hemingway’s Tips on Toughness, Focus, and Creativity
Hemingway’s Tips on Toughness, Focus, and Creativity
Happiness

3 min read


Pinned

Why Socrates Said You Should Shut Up for Once

Ancient wisdom on ego, empathy, awareness, and not taking yourself too seriously — He’s been compared to Jesus Christ, credited with founding Western philosophy, and described as ‘mythical’ by his first generation disciples. He wrote nothing. His disciples founded schools, but they varied in doctrine. As for the works of his loyal disciple, Plato, it’s hard to tell what’s Socratic and what’s Platonic…

Philosophy

4 min read

Why Socrates Said You Should Shut Up for Once
Why Socrates Said You Should Shut Up for Once
Philosophy

4 min read


Jan 13

5 Powerful Life Lessons I Learned the Hard Way Defending a Soldier in Germany

Use them for all high-stress work tasks — It’s noon on a rainy day in Vincennes, France. I’m at my small third-floor apartment. My boss calls me. I walk towards the window where there’s a better phone signal. It’s raining. I can see people rushing back from the bakery with baguettes in hand. “How’s it going, sir?” “Carlos…

Life Lessons

5 min read

5 Powerful Life Lessons I Learned the Hard Way Defending a Soldier in Germany
5 Powerful Life Lessons I Learned the Hard Way Defending a Soldier in Germany
Life Lessons

5 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 11

The 5 Surprising Areas in Life Where Your Emotions Matter the Most

On using your emotions for success in any challenge — Things aren’t going your way. You’re angry, anxious, and stressed out. Your day is an emotional rollercoaster. All you want to do is get rid of those negative emotions so you can get on with the rest of your day and finish strong. That’s the natural reaction. But abundant research…

Psychology

4 min read

The 5 Surprising Areas in Life Where Your Emotions Matter the Most
The 5 Surprising Areas in Life Where Your Emotions Matter the Most
Psychology

4 min read


Published in Mind Cafe

·Jan 9

These Five Negative Patterns Will Make You More Compassionate of Other Humans

On identifying the things getting in the way of your God-given potential — It’s human nature to judge a book by its cover. We do it often. Especially when someone doesn’t fit our preconceived notions of what should be. But you don’t know what someone’s going through. We’re all fighting our own battles. These five patterns will show you: why people behave the…

Happiness

4 min read

These Five Negative Patterns Will Make You More Compassionate of Other Humans
These Five Negative Patterns Will Make You More Compassionate of Other Humans
Happiness

4 min read


Published in Mind Cafe

·Dec 22, 2022

4 Mind Lessons I Wish I Knew Before Running a 50-Mile Foot Race

On mastering emotions and thoughts — It’s 4:30am and I’m shivering. We’re ushered onto a yellow school bus and ride for what seems like an hour. The driver stops and yells, “we’re here, just get off and walk to the starting line over yonder”. I get off and see the other runners with blankets and also…

Emotions

3 min read

4 Mind Lessons I Wish I Knew before Running a 50-Mile Foot Race
4 Mind Lessons I Wish I Knew before Running a 50-Mile Foot Race
Emotions

3 min read


Published in Mind Cafe

·Dec 21, 2022

Want to be Mentally Tough? Mind These Top 5 Emotional Habits

On becoming aware of your negative thoughts and emotions — Just like you build habits and discipline for getting up early, going to the gym, eating healthy, and so on, you also build emotional habits. Many times you don’t even realize it. These habits can make your life hard because they control your thought processes and behavior in many situations. …

Happiness

4 min read

Want to be Mentally Tough? Mind These Top 5 Emotional Habits
Want to be Mentally Tough? Mind These Top 5 Emotional Habits
Happiness

4 min read


Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Dec 7, 2022

These 4 Ancient and Modern Ways Will Help You Eradicate Your Habitual Negative Thoughts

On fighting your bad emotional habits with Stoicism and cognitive therapy — I wish I knew a long time ago what Tara Bennett-Goleman knows about emotional habits. She says there are three ways to fix our bad emotional habits: at the thought, emotion, or behavior level. She outlines specific strategies for addressing emotional habits at the thought level. There’s also some relevant…

Emotions

4 min read

These 4 Ancient and Modern Ways Will Help You Eradicate Your Habitual Negative Thoughts
These 4 Ancient and Modern Ways Will Help You Eradicate Your Habitual Negative Thoughts
Emotions

4 min read

Carlos Garcia

Carlos Garcia

316 Followers

lawyer • judoka • aikido black belt • ultra runner • US Army officer • trueprogresslab.com

Following
  • Adam, Diabetic Cyborg

    Adam, Diabetic Cyborg

  • Andawn F.

    Andawn F.

  • Aurelia Bliss

    Aurelia Bliss

  • Mary Louisa Cappelli, MFA, JD, PhD

    Mary Louisa Cappelli, MFA, JD, PhD

  • Deladem Kumordzie

    Deladem Kumordzie

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech