If for certain things in life, you are simply not ready to take the next step.  To be ready, you must develop certain skills.  These skills require a good sum of time to acquire. Maybe even years to develop.  Subsequently, this means you must accept the fact that you will try and fail, over and…

False consensus bias is the overestimated assumption that others agree with your beliefs. Confirmation bias is the intentional seeking of information that supports your beliefs. I learned about these terms while I was reading Selling The Invisible by Harry Beckwith. The book gives brief interesting insights and examples of how human psychology and behavior influences service marketing.   When I…

Beeminder is a goal-setting service that uses financial stakes to ensure you stick to habits. It plots your progress on a graph with a “bright red line” (or yellow brick road); if you cross this line by failing to meet your goals, you pay a monetary pledge. For example, if you set a goal to walk 10K…

Get out of your head.Close all your gadgets, all your screens if you can, and get up and go talk to someone.Be vulnerable. Be kind. Lend a helping hand. Be a listener. It can be enough to listen intently to what someone wants to say.Because at the end of the day, as Carl Sagan once said, all we…

I’ve been noticing people use ChatGPT to seek interpersonal relationship advice. The same people have suggested that I use it when I’ve asked them for advice on a conflicting interpersonal situation. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I have used ChatGPT numerous times myself for interpersonal relationship advice. However, I’ve come to notice a…

I’ve been on a “dopamine detox” for over 6 months now and I feel great. And I guess by “dopamine” I’m referring to the easy/fast dopamine hits. I’ve deleted Tiktok, Instagram, and Snapchat from my phone. I have decided to use my phone as a ‘means to an end’, not for leisure or empty distractions….