I always thought that the best wins at anything. That might be true for sports. But not for life and business. If you’re trying to build a profitable business or stable career, you might be approaching it all wrong. At least, I was. And I think that the common belief about success is also totally wrong. I get it when it comes to sports. There’s only one place at the
September 22, 2021
How to Understand Your Values | The Minimalists
No matter how fast you travel, you’ll never reach your destination if you’re headed in the wrong direction. Throughout my roughly four decades on this planet, I’ve learned that the best way to live a meaningful life is to align your short-term actions with your long-term values; that is, to make your future self proud of your present self. Otherwise, you’ll careen from one pleasurable experience to another, which might
September 22, 2021
How To Leave Work at Work (so You Can Actually Be at Home)
Rituals have been used across cultures and spiritual traditions to help actualize intentions and goals. They are ways to create meaning and mark transitions. Rituals are interspersed into our daily secular lives in ways we may not even notice: beginning a baseball game with the national anthem, for example, or singing “happy birthday.” I trained as a Buddhist nun for many years in Japan, and my life in the monastery