Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
4 Cornerstones of the Professional Mindset
I’ve lived a life defined by fleeting passions. Or phases as one of my best friends recently put it. There was the chess, and martial arts, and long distance running, and snowboarding, and writing, and Starcraft, and poker, and rock climbing, and writing, and… Activities that I became absolutely obsessed with, pouring immense quantities of…
Read MoreMonday Motivation #4 (Invest in Yourself)
Here, bite down on this. It’s time for your weekly jolt of motivation. This week we’re talking about the single most important thing you can invest your time, money, and energy into: Yourself. Forget fancy new gadgets designed to make you more productive. Forget get rich schemes promising you the secret formula to success. Forget…
Read MoreThe Six Weapons of Influence You Should Know [On Medium]
[button link=”https://medium.com/@OneLazyRobot/the-six-weapons-of-influence-ff93c6522d6″ type=”big”] Click HERE to read the full article![/button] We all want to be more influential. Whether it’s in personal relationships, workplace meetings, or just in casual encounters we all want our ideas to be regarded and accepted (sometimes even implemented) by others. The difficulty is that everybody else wants the same exact thing.…
Read MoreWin the Morning, Win the Day. Create a Winning Routine. [Writing Workshop]
The quest for improved productivity is sort of Sisyphean. Bit by bit we push the boulder up the mountain only to occasionally stumble, lose our grip on that chunk of granite, and then get summarily smooshed by the damned thing. Yeah, that’s right, we’re coming straight out the gates, swinging towards the fences with our…
Read MoreMonday Motivation #3 (Baz Luhrmann)
Today’s video to get you psyched to tackle your week comes straight out of the ’90’s! So buckle up, baby, we’re dusting off the Delorean. : Now scamper down to the comments and tell me your favorite chunk of popcorn advice. Maybe it’s from the video, maybe it’s from the homeless guy outside that…
Read MoreThe Psychology of Failure
Failing Is Necessary Nobody likes failing. Some people claim to love it, but I remain unconvinced that they are in fact entirely human. As such, their opinions should be taken with the highest degree of skepticism. But here’s the thing, regardless of how you feel about failure, it is an unavoidable fact of life (especially…
Read MoreThe Power of Decision [Live on Medium.com]
[button link=”https://medium.com/@OneLazyRobot/the-power-of-decision-74f0d8ca78d2″ type=”big”] Read the Full Article Here![/button] “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu For a long time I thought I understood this quote. It’s so straightforward, there seems little room for misinterpretation. And yet, there is. See, for many years, I thought Lao Tzu was saying that every…
Read MoreMonday Motivation #2 (Alan Watts)
Here we are, my friends, another beginning, another opportunity, another Monday. Now today, we’re not just cranking the psyche system to 11 and getting all sorts of spastic motivated. I’m not your spin instructor, and you don’t need me showering you with spittle as I channel my inner drill sergeant. Instead, I’m gonna ask you…
Read MoreMonday Motivation #1 (Simon Sinek)
Time to perk up, folks, Monday has arrived. Yeah, yeah, I know, Mondays are rough. You partied hard (or went into complete couch potato mode) this weekend and the last thing you want to do is putter into work for another week of drudgery. I get it. I do. Truly. But you’ve got a choice:…
Read More4 Ways to Take Control of Your Life
Welcome to the world of fragmented attention. Let’s face it, we’re screwed. We’re deep inside a digital age that has reduced our attention spans to the equivalent of a high-functioning goldfish. From the moment we slide our slabs of meat out of bed in the morning, to the moment we cannonball back in that evening,…
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