"Be the best." You hear it all the time. Constantly striving to be the best in anything that you do. But that's not realistic in a broad sense: you can't be the world's greatest chef, baseball player, parent, video game player, driver, singer, and dancer. Quite the contrary, you are constantly balancing everything you do—getting better in one a...
Read MoreBeing stuck inside during the coronavirus is tough. Worse, it can lead to slacking off on the daily life maintenance that maintains your health and well-being. One of the difficult parts of life is that improvement and deterioration are incremental, so you don't always notice them. For example, you don't always stop exercising, eat only fast foo...
Read MoreWith their pithy-yet-powerful points, Admiral William H. McRaven's advice to "make your bed" and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's recommendation to "clean your room" are resonating with millions of people. Why is that? Well, this return to simple, clear goals that an individual can accomplish to instill a sense of purpose is filling a major hole in the h...
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