This is why the smartest people in the world own tons of books they don’t read. If you love to read as much as I do, walking into a bookstore as an adult feels exactly like walking into a candy store as a kid. The shelves are lined with the wisdom of humanity, insights that each author has spent years refining. It’s all right there at your fingertips, condensed into
Self Development
January 19, 2024
Give Everything You Do, Everything You’ve Got – Darius Foroux – Pocket
Do you know that feeling of waking up tired? Or coming home from a day’s work completely paralyzed by fatigue? Sometimes you just feel like doing nothing, right? “I don’t feel like working.” “I don’t feel like doing groceries.” “I don’t feel like going to the gym.” “I don’t feel like taking public transportation.” I feel you. I’ve been there. And now and then, I’m still there. But what if
January 8, 2024
Why Talking to Yourself Is a Secret Superpower
Talking out loud to oneself isn’t, generally speaking, a socially acceptable way of processing thoughts. But unless you’re viciously berating yourself, “self-talk,” as researchers call it, actually has a whole host of benefits. Whether you’re talking through a demanding task like running a marathon, or calming yourself down in an anxiety-inducing situation, self-talk might be the best unrecognized tool in your mental toolbox to amp you up, chill you out,