Archive for January 2019
Forgive and Recommit: The Best Mindset Tool to Rapidly Recover From Mistakes
We all screw up from time to time. It might not be fun to admit, but it’s true. Despite our best intentions, our fervent preparation, and our deliberate practice… We still make mistakes. And much of the time (especially for high-achievers) these mistakes lead to a truly egregious amount of suffering. We mess up…and get…
Continue Reading...The Essential Mindful Ambition of 2018
“If [more] information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.” ~ Derek Sivers We live in a world that’s obsessed with what’s new. And in the search for new, we can forget how much we already know. We can get disconnected from our internal compass. And we can forget to listen…
Continue Reading...My 2018 Year in Review
“Study the past if you would define the future.” – Confucius Welcome to the second installment of the Mindful Ambition Annual Review! I’m grateful to have you as a part of the Mindful Ambition movement. Writing about myself can feel self-indulgent at times. But the Year in Review is an important exercise. Here are a…
Continue Reading...How to Reboot Your Mind: Sam Harris’ 3-Minute Gratitude Talk
Every once in a while I have an insight, or do an exercise, that strikes me in a powerful way. These insights hit like a bolt of lightning. BAM! One of my most recent lightning strikes was a short talk by Sam Harris about gratitude. Every time I listen to it is like pushing the…
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