Why Don’t More People Do Productive Things In Their Leisure?

*Note: This is a guest post by Ludvig Sunström.  I’ll be back in a few days with a new post of my own. – Steve Why is it that so many people spend their free time watching TV or movies, playing video games, or simply killing time – engaging in activities that build up to […]

Follow Your Dreams – The Story of a Man Who Went from Delivering Bread to Selling Books

*Note: This is a guest post by Kimanzi Constable. Are you living or existing? That’s a tough question to answer.  At this point, I can honestly tell you I’m living.  It wasn’t always this way though. If you would have talked to me three years ago, you would have been depressed.  It was a cold […]

What Success Looks Like

What does success look like to you? If you’re like most people, you’d probably say that it comes after the result of a big achievement or when a big goal is realized. Let’s look at this scenario as an example: A writer works on a book for about a year.  He writes, edits and puts […]

3 Ways to Hack Your Mind for Powerful Motivation

Motivation is a funny thing.  Some days you wake up on top of the world – pumped up and ready to tackle everything you need to do.  Other days, it vanishes and you can’t get yourself to do anything at all. I usually consider myself a well-motivated person.  But still, I come across days when […]

20 Reasons to Become an Avid Reader

It always surprises me when I meet someone who tells me they never read.  Usually they say the last book they read was in college or they mention a book they started several years ago, but never finished. Apparently there are a lot of people out there like that.  According to a recent Huffington Post/YouGov […]

It’s Your Choice: Average or Exceptional

I want to make the most out of my life.  I’m always searching for ways to improve myself, find more time to travel and do awesome things. I’m not the kind of person who wants to settle for an average life; I want it to be exceptional. If you read this blog on a regular […]

How to Beat the Illusion of Limitations

“I can’t go on…” I was lifting weights the other day when that thought crept into my head.  I was reaching a point where I was doing more than I normally did – past my limitations. I almost listened to it.  I almost packed up my stuff and left. But I didn’t.  I know that […]