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Looking over the precipice All of my life I’ve been terrified of heights. Really terrified. To the point that, even aged 23, I would have to…

It could be warmer. The meal could be better. That drink a little colder. My job should be better. I should be paid more. My team should be…

We start off believing that success equates wealth & status. That if we get just a little bit more money or that extra promotion, that our…

So much of our human potential is wasted. Thrown on the scrap heap. 90% of startups fail. That new feature your team worked so hard on for…

In January of last year, I left a job I absolutely hated. I broke up with my girlfriend because I didn’t see myself spending the rest of my…

I spent the first 23 years of my life in a haze. Time passed, things happened, but I never really seemed to experience it. I would set some…

Death is rarely acknowledged. Even the word “death” is somewhat terrifying & taboo. Even yesterday, when preparing this article in my…

We think of money as merely something that allows us to acquire something else. We have some money, we spend it, we get something in return…

I started writing out of unhappiness. From a hatred for a job I was in that lacked purpose, that took away my autonomy, that treated…

Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but…

I was sat at my computer, on a grey November afternoon, watching the rain outside pelt against the window & the light gradually fade from…

Journaling has become somewhat of a compulsion in my life. I journal not because I want to, but because I must. The words that flow out of…

Why do we find ourselves going to bed at 9.30pm on a Friday night when others are out drinking & having fun? Or jumping in a cold shower…

Taking the metaphorical plunge When I think back to the times I’ve made significant changes in my life, they can almost always be identified…

Yesterday many people across the Western world will have started some sort of self-imposed limitation. Most likely an attempt to stop…

It’s not just at work that you find yourself led astray. You sort of expect it there. You watch out for it. Maybe your boss asks you to stay…

Companies aren’t run by Steve Jobs-type visionaries. Many people may think they are Jobs reincarnate, living up to the over-exaggerated…

Mornings determine how you spend your day. How you spend your day determines how you spend your life. So mornings are important. In Tools of…

We set ourselves arbitrary goals. We make blanket statements that will determine the direction of the next few years of our life. We try to…

If you want to live an extraordinary life, you must have a big, clear goal in mind. Something that gets you out of bed every morning…