Not to mention supercharge your career. It’s easy to understand the importance of having a job — salary, livelihood, a position in society. But side projects are equally as key to personal development and creating your own opportunities. I launched my website initially as a travel blog in 2018, and…

It has nothing to do with artists or geniuses. Creativity isn’t something reserved for gifted individuals, and it has little to do with talent. It is a skill — like shooting a basketball or throwing a dart — and it can be learned by anyone, regardless of inherent ability. …

The real story behind my new book, ‘Life Between Moments: New York Stories.’ I wrote my new book, Life Between Moments: New York Stories, in eleven months while working a full-time job as a journalist. I did this by keeping a consistent schedule with my fiction writing at nights and…

Why ‘Life Between Moments: New York Stories’ won’t be my last book. My debut fiction work, Life Between Moments: New York Stories, will not be my last book. It published this week and has topped bestseller charts on Amazon. Positive reviews have been trickling in. And while I found writing…

Here’s what achievement actually means, according to science. Here’s a daunting idea: Anything that you try to do well, you will first be very bad at it. And you will be very bad at it for a long time. Depending on your outlook, this can be either encouraging or deflating. …

Here’s what he tells his shareholders every single year In his letter to shareholders in 1997, Jeff Bezos emphasized that everything Amazon did was in honor of the long game. No amount of record sales, rapid scaling, and short-term success should distract from his multi-decade vision of Amazon as the…

Here’s what to know to optimize your path to success There are plenty of smart people who don’t make notable achievements. Above average intelligence is not as rare as some may think. While the intellects who make waves in society and throughout history are extremely intelligent, their intelligence only comprised…

And 3 rules to remember for optimizing your success Two things to keep in mind: People make fun of things — until they don’t. People doubt someone’s potential — until they don’t. The dash sitting in the middle of each of those two sentences? That is where consistency comes in…

Completing tasks is less important than building systems At the start of every new year, people jot down their new year’s resolutions and vow to stick to them. Usually, they include going to the gym more often, picking up a book with greater regularity, or reciting morning affirmations. Some mixture…