The 80/20 rule, or The Pareto Principle as it's also called, simply states that roughly 80% of the outcomes come from 20% of the inputs. For instance, 80% of a business's profits come from 20% of its products.Also, 80% of a company's productivity com...
To make things happen in the world, there are 4 powers that all humans have. 2 of them are private and 2 of them are public. Our 2 private powers are our ability to think and feel. Our 2 public powers are our ability to speak and act. These 4 powers...
Most people are familiar with the placebo effect. In a nutshell, the placebo effect occurs when you take something like a sugar pill that has no real health benefits and expect it to cure you of whatever ailment you have.By expecting positive health...
To be clear, I'm not saying you shouldn't have big goals. I'm all for being ambitious. What I am saying is that you shouldn't focus all of your attention on your big goal. To illustrate this, imagine you're in a competition with 32 competitors and al...
"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."-- Aldous HuxleyI'm a big believer in becoming a little better each day. Even if it's just 1% better. Small improvements add up over time. One of the...
Recently, I read a tweet that said, "Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and beautiful in the end".There's so much truth to that. We all know that changing is never easy. When you've been doing the same thing for a while, even if it's techn...
A few days ago, I received a response to my email with the subject line "is personality permanent?" where I talked about how my personality type changed from INTP to INTJ.This individual responded by saying "Personality is fluid, and Myers Briggs is...
According to some studies, people with goals are 10 times more likely to succeed.Increasing your odds of success by 10x is nothing to sneeze at. If you've set an ambitious goal for yourself or are thinking about it, you need every advantage you can g...
Steve Harvey is a famous comedian here in the United States. In addition, he's also a television host, actor, and producer, which helped earn him the title of the busiest man in Hollywood. I was watching a video featuring Steve one day where he was t...
A few days ago, I shared a free Myers-Briggs personality test.In that email, I mentioned that I'm an INTP. At least I thought I was.It's been a few years since I've taken a Myers-Briggs Test so I decided to re-take it to see if I would still get the...
