Category: Powerful lessons

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent” ~ Carl Sandburg

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind ~ Bernard M. Baruch

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why ~ Mark Twain

Why you should never read negative comments online, unless you know the commenter ~

We’ve created a world in which you work more than 40 hours a week so you can afford to pay strangers to raise your kids. But what if there was a better way? ~

Your life depends on one decision: essential or nonessential? It’s time to make a choice. ~

How to learn something fast and well. If you want to learn something important and learn it very well, try this simple technique… ~

The Comfort Crisis. It’s the truth we all intuitively know is true but prefer to hide from. And its the key to a rich life. Author Michael Easter explains how comfort is shrinking your life—and discomfort is how you get it back… ~

If you don’t take control of your time, other people will control it for you. And they might not have your best interests in mind. This slideshow shows how to use the Eisenhower principle to take back control ~

Act First, Confidence LaterTake small steps toward the thing you fear instead of waiting to “feel ready.”Action rewires your brain and shrinks fear—confidence grows from doing, not from thinking. Drop the Struggle With Negative ThoughtsNotice your thoughts without fighting or believing them—let them come and go. Resistance makes anxious thoughts stronger; acceptance takes away their…

How to deal with a sociopath. About four percent of people do not feel guilt, empathy, or remorse, and this neurological absence makes them capable of manipulation, exploitation, and harm without hesitation. Here’s how Dr Stout recommends you deal with a sociopath… ~

The top five regrets of the dying. After many years working in palliative care for people in their last weeks of life, Bonnie Ware noticed five regrets all her patients seemed to repeat over and over… ~

You’ll never find time to do the things that matter. If you want more time for the things you really care about you have to be creative. Try the method Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky designed to help anyone reclaim time… ~

Admiral William H. McRaven’s speech went viral because he explained how the ten rules that kept him functioning when things got tough should apply to us all. We can all learn from them. Here they are… ~

According to decades of research, there’s one skill needed for success more than intelligence. In his book Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, explains how important it is and why you need to understand it… ~

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” ~ Warren Buffett