Personal Growth Post Archive

The holidays are a good time to think about what you want your life to be like five years from now. Take the most important step now: get started.

Pride can be a good thing—a tool to reward growth and development. If you let it get out of hand, it will become your greatest weakness.

To be successful, you need to keep your options open. Make choices that create more choices.

Having kids is the most rewarding thing you will do in this life. It’s also going to test your productivity skills like nothing else.

Relationships take time to build. The more deposits you make, the stronger the emotional bank account grows.

Without feedback, you’re stumbling around, going through the motions without creating real value. If you really want to grow, ask someone how you’re doing.

When things don’t work out as planned, it’s frustrating. It’s okay to sulk, but the sooner you get past the disappointment, the sooner you can start shaping your world again.

Are you getting blown around, drifting wherever the wind takes you? Or are you steering your ship into the wind?

Go with the simplest thing that could possibly work. Only add complexity when you know you need it.

When you find yourself thinking “there has to be an easier way”, there probably is. You just need to pay the price to get there.

The most successful people you know make mistakes. They’ve learned to own their mistakes and shape the experience into something positive.

There’s nothing wrong with focusing on what’s important to you. You’re probably helping everyone else out, too.