Personal Growth Post Archive

Sometimes, it’s hard to change simply because we’re pretty comfortable where we are. Here are some tips—and caveats—to make the status quo a little less comfortable.

When we get stressed out, we lose our ability to act intentionally and our habits take over. We can turn this to our advantage.

On October 16, 2019, Riley Nelson was five minutes late showing up for work. As a result, his UTA light rail train, running through Salt Lake City, Utah, was five minutes late. At 6:50 am, at the edge of what the train’s head lamp could reveal in the dim pre-dawn...

Sometimes we need a little help widening the gap between stimulus and response. Here are five exercises to help you calm down and respond like you want to.

Peter Drucker’s three stonecutters were focused on today’s actions, being their best self, and their vision for the future. We need all three perspectives, but only one will keep you in the game.

It’s easy to get worked up over something, but it doesn’t help. We just might end up farther away from our goals than we started.

We get better through experience. It’s not enough to just let time pass you by.

Getting (and staying) organized is often treated like an end unto itself, but it’s not. Organization is about what it enables.