Why Having Determination Is Important In Life

Determination is the essences of increasing your chances of being successful in a particular thing or achieving a particular goal, and it can also help you to stay motivated and continue striving towards the one thing you want to achieve. For me…

The Difference Between Being Spectators or Players in The Game Of Life

How I Made $2000 My First Month of Freelancing

No, I am not one of the prodigies on the internet that made $10,000 their first month of freelancing, quit their job, and now have a four hour workweek. But I did bust my own butt, committed to a goal, and not only conquered that goal, but utterly…

The totally true story of my crocus tattoo.

There’s a picture of me on my instagram feed from April 30th, 2014.

It’s a selfie. I’m holding my phone out at arm’s length and my right forearm is wrapped in gauze from the tattoo parlor.

Don’t Be Embarrassed

“The day before something is truly a breakthrough, it was a crazy idea.” -Peter Diamandis

Trying to hack phone distraction

How to stop wasting time on your phone

Anyone who’s met me will know that I’m quite into my tech. On the other hand, if there’s one thing I hate more than anything, it’s finding myself in bed two hours after my alarm’s…

The Magic Formula and 3 Secrets To Ridiculous Success (In Almost Anything)

Google’s Domination, Warren…

5 Things Bruce Lee Taught Me About Starting a Business

11 Resources for the Quarter-Life Crisis

During my quarter-life crisis, I would repeatedly come back to the same questions and thoughts. Here are some books, videos, podcasts, and articles that helped me address those recurring thoughts and reduce anxiety about my life trajectory. This is by no…

Bad leaders sacrifice the people, period

“Good leaders sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Bad leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers” says Simon Sinek.

Of Jeremy Corbyn, I hear the mantra “He’s a good guy but never a leader”

Why I took a 70% pay cut and moved from the startup to the social sector

First steps to build a high-performing team

A workshop to get a new team productive quickly

Stop Doing What Successful People Are Doing… It’s Getting You Further Away From Your Goals

You Need to do This to Truly Know Your Goals in Life.

To get what you want, make your calendar your master

13 Things I Do 10 Minutes A Day That Changed My Life Forever

Do you know that I was (yes, past tense) a firm believer that there’s nothing much that can be done in 10 minutes?

Yes, I was wrong previously. Now, I accidentally developed an overthinking mindset…

10 things NOT to say to someone who has just lost their job

Six days ago I was planning for a number of future big projects at work and then my life changed in an instant when I was told:

“Unfortunately your position has been eliminated.”

Your Best Years Are Ahead of You

“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.” — Ella Fitzgerald

Why an entrepreneur makes logos

This is a collection of logos I have designed. All of them done with InkScape for my own projects. Some other logos that I have sold are not here.

This list, however, is simply to bring up the reflection on the hypothesis that entrepreneurs may…

Parents Need to Date Other People

This is a crazy idea that I know many people out there may not agree with, but as a parent, I feel…

Billy Crystal Changed my Life

How I eliminated (a few of) my unwritten, unnecessary, and somewhat-neurotic “rules” regarding when/if/how I will do something.

Fears, Worries and anxieties?

Above all, we don’t know the future. It’s the other side of our dependence on chance. Things can get…

Day 12: How to Find Your Monday Morning Motivation

According to science.

Worrying Is A Waste Of Time

This Won’t Be A Cliche Article About Letting Go…

Is “Self Help” Worth It?

Is The “Self Help” All Hype? Or Is It Beneficial…

Splash some water on your face

Some days you’re not going to feel 100% however to paraphrase Justin Su’a (Mental Performance Coach for…

Life won’t let you down if you constantly try to pump it up

We work less, so why do we still work more?

Wasted time is proof of the need for changes to modern labor

The 40-hour work week should have died by now. Every diligent employee who reflects on how they spend their time knows the…

Those Headlines are Feeding You Crap!

Why Success Can’t be Cheated

Why We Do What We Do

Lately I have been struggling with the concept of mindset and resilience as it relates to adapting to and adopting change…

Dating Dynamics and Sales Quotas

This past week at work, the head of our sales organization (the Chief Revenue Officer or CRO) was hosting a talk sponsored by my company’s Women-In-Tech group and he said something that stuck with me:

The story of the optimistic author in me

Being a shy kid in the early years, no one but I listened to the tales woven by me. My…

What’s your why? This is mine…

This is the prologue to what I hope will be an interesting collection of articles, stories, insights and opinions on all things education. My particular interests currently are teacher education and followership, with new theses capturing my attention on almost a weekly…