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The Cheshire Cat Principle: How to Create Clarity
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, there’s a scene in which Alice reaches a fork in the road and has a simple exchange with the Cheshire Cat:“Would you tell me, plea...
The Empty Boat Mindset
There’s a story I come back to when I’m feeling stressed or frustrated...A monk is meditating alone on a lake when another boat crashes into his. Anger rises—until he ...
The Arrival Fallacy: Why Success Is Never Enough
Last week, the world's top-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, went viral for something completely unrelated to golf.During his pre-tournament interview at The Open Cham...
The Poem I Wish I Read 10 Years Ago
Last week, a reader sent me a poem that stopped me in my tracks.To live content with small means.To seek elegance rather than luxury,and refinement rather than fashion...
The Poison Arrow Principle: How to Stop Overthinking
Here's an old Buddhist story I think about often:Imagine someone is struck by a poisoned arrow. A doctor is called to remove the arrow, but the man stops him. 'Not so ...
22 Pieces of Career Advice They Don't Teach You in School
I get a lot of messages asking for career advice.The following is my attempt to synthesize my responses from the last few years into a series of short, valuable lesson...
The Question That Haunts High Achievers
Last week, I was speaking to a group of entrepreneurs when one of them admitted he'd been struggling.He's dealing with a challenging family health situation and feelin...
The Artful Life: Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
In the 4th century B.C., the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, wrote in his Aphorisms (translated into Latin here):Vita brevis, ars longa, occasio praeceps, experim...
The Jonah Complex: How to Stop Running From Your Own Light
On a windy pier in the ancient city of Joppa, a young man buys a one-way ticket to sail in the opposite direction of his destiny...The young man, Jonah, had been calle...
A Simple Reframe to Improve Your Life
We've all been there...That familiar sensation of feeling behind.And it's no wonder it's so familiar. From the time you wake up in the morning until the time you go to...
The Columbus Egg Principle
There’s an old fable about Christopher Columbus that I like…In 1493, upon return from his first voyage to the Americas (which he mistakenly identified as the East Indi...
A Simple Question for True Mastery
Robert Caro is widely considered to be one of the greatest biographers of our time. His list of accolades is long and includes two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography, two N...
How to Stop Procrastinating
In 1789, philosopher Jeremy Bentham mused on the two forces that control our lives:"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and p...
The Trap of Success (& How to Escape It)
I have a close friend—we'll call him Ben.Ben is very successful. He's in his 30s, sold a company for $100 million, and earns over $10 million per year in his current r...
The Obstacle or the Goal
I recently came across a quote that hit me hard:"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." — Henry FordEvery meaningful path...
The Hidden Mindset That Shapes Your Entire Life
Want the key to success? As crazy as it sounds, I might actually be able to give it to you in the next 3 minutes...You see, I spend a lot of time thinking about common...
The Best Advice From Your Father
In honor of Father’s Day, I asked over 1 million readers a simple question:What was the single best piece of advice you ever received from your father?I got thousands ...
How to Survive Hard Times
When life gets hard, most people retreat to one of two worlds:Naive Optimism: This is the world of pure positivity. It is marked by an unwillingness to confront the ha...
7 Lessons from Steve Jobs’ Legendary Speech
It’s commencement speech season.I recently shared a series of powerful lessons from David Foster Wallace’s This Is Water commencement speech on its 20th anniversary....
Feeling Stuck? Ask These 8 Questions
According to a famous legend, the ancient land of Phrygia (in what is now modern-day Turkey) was without a king. An oracle proclaimed that the next man to enter the ci...