If a baseball player decided to wait until they got a perfect pitch to swing, they’d never swing. They’d strike out. Every single time. It sounds like common sense, but most people live their lives in the exact same fashion. They wait for the perfect opportunity. An opportunity with no chance of failure. But they’ll … [Read more…]
When filming juggling montages I have a personal policy of never spending longer than five minutes on a given trick. Spending longer than that is a poor use of practice time, and I feel that if I can’t get a trick within five minutes I have no business showing that trick off to the world … [Read more…]
Trying to force my beliefs on others is a huge issue I’ve struggled with as I’ve worked on my personal development over the last couple years. For example, when I first quit watching television I would often hear people talking about the latest episode of a reality show and feel compelled to tell them why … [Read more…]
I’ve never been a big fan of qualifiers. I can see how they could be used as marketing ploys, but the real reason most people use them is they just aren’t willing to put in the work needed to be the best at their craft. Nobody tries to be the best male, Hispanic, salsa dancing, … [Read more…]
I used to save ideas. When I thought of a good idea for an article I would often justify not writing it until I was a better writer. If I had a good idea for a joke I would often save it for a “good time” instead of telling it as soon as I thought … [Read more…]
It’s easy to read personal development books, and attend seminars. It’s much more difficult to actually apply the things you learn from them. Even if you’re experiencing stagnation in your external reality it’s easy to think you’re still making progress internally. And for some period of time your claims may be justified. But because our … [Read more…]
We tend to overcomplicate our decisions. Most of the time we know what we should do, but don’t do it. I struggle with this at times as well, however, one method I’ve found useful in making the right decisions is shifting perspectives. Whenever I can’t decide what action to take I shift to one of … [Read more…]
In most of our lives there comes a point where we refuse to tolerate a certain area of our lives anymore. Maybe your love life has falling by the wayside, or perhaps you’ve just gotten so tired of living in poverty that being poor just isn’t an option anymore. Regardless of your particular situation, I … [Read more…]
Perhaps the most frustrating thing in the world are unsolvable problems. The type of problems where regardless of how many times you try to tackle them, they always seem to have you running in circles. The concept of an unsolvable problem would seem to be something that couldn’t possibly exist. But they do. Unsolvable problems … [Read more…]
“A setback is a setup for a comeback” -Eric Thomas I’ve failed. The little voice in my head is laughing and telling me I couldn’t do it. My back’s against the wall and it’s tempting to just give up. But despite all this, there’s a part of me that knows I can’t go back. In … [Read more…]