Life Lessons

#3 — Build a sexy leverage list — Life is effortless when you steal systems from others. I spend a stupid amount of time searching the internet for the best life hacks that can help us win the day and lead to the good life. Here are the best ones I’ve found. Throw KPIs in the bin The world of work is so…

It doesn’t take that long to start changing your life — Don’t overcomplicate the process. There are some simple and easy-to-implement solutions that can start making a big impact on your life right now. Don’t overthink this. Choose one of the strategies and run with it. It’s that simple. You’ve been waiting to make meaningful changes in your life for how…

The story of a genius ad executive and a killer came full circle. — Dan Wieden was in a bind. He was co-founder of the famed ad agency Wieden & Kennedy. All of the firm's most pressing creative challenges fell into his lap. He’d been hired by a rising sports apparel company, Nike, to produce a great tagline to brand the company’s products. They…

“Time for school!” my mom always yells each morning. I wake up and instantly feel sad. I also feel a little scared, but I keep that inside. I know I have to go. I know I have to learn. I know my parents have to go to work, both of…

If it tatters and tears the fibers of your self-esteem, rips you open, dissects your heart, then duct tapes you back together and offers a smug “you’re welcome”- it isn’t friendship. It isn’t love if you have to contort yourself to fit into spaces that were never designed for you…

Enhance your “likeability score” to enjoy better relationships. — Despite the appearance that charismatic people are endowed with a gift for making others like them, the truth is that like any other skill, likability can be learned and honed. Too many people fall prey to the erroneous assumption that being likeable is the result of innate, inborn characteristics that…

Some things take getting used to but some are just nonsense — Plenty of things struck my husband as odd when he moved from Denmark to the U.S. three years ago. Some of those he got used to and even accepted (tipping!) but some he will never understand, let alone adopt. Here are a few of those. Paper everywhere “America is drowning in paper,”…

The depth of your pain is an indication of the power available — Be Mindful of The Stories You'd think that being strong means never feeling pain, but the strongest people are the ones who feel pain and rise above it. Pain is inevitable and so life will always be filled with it, but suffering is an emotional reaction to an attachment. Suffering is nothing but amplified pain…