I’m sorry Mum.
But I have to tell you something.
I have OLD.
Obsessive Learning Disorder.
There’s no cure for it.
If you’re born with it, you’re stuck with OLD for life.
My question today is: Do you have OLD as well?
Maybe we can be friends.
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Do you think Facebook turned out well?
As a company, I mean.
I think so.
1.49 billion monthly active users.
The most targeted ad system in the world.
And let’s not forget that this company made its founder the 7th richest man in the world.
I don’t know about you, but I like to learn from the best.
And Facebook definitely qualifies.
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Wearing (almost) the same outfit every day is genius for 2 reasons: One, you’ll have more willpower to make better business decisions, and two, if you run a business, it’s great personal branding. Having a recognizable outfit and showing it to the world every day will make you an icon.
Today, I’ll teach you how to pull it off by creating a minimal wardrobe.
Read MoreI can’t remember where I read it.
But the second I did, I knew it was true.
You have to make yourself the only person who can control your dreams.
I instantly set up a daily text reminder, and you should too.
“Oh my god. I just had a donut. It was an accident coach, but now I’m screwed. If history is any indicator, I’ll have had 7 more by the time I leave the office. I’ve never managed to stick to my diet this long before, so I guess it was only a matter of time until I fail.”
What you just witnessed is called a fixed mindset. I receive messages like these from my clients on a regular basis.
I’ll inevitably cut in with something a little provocative, like this…
“If that’s what history indicates, I strongly suggest you pick a different indicator :)”
…or this:
“So you’ve stuck to your diet longer than ever before, but it’s impossible for you to get better? My contradiction radar just went off!”
You see, as much as I love encouraging my clients, and getting them to pick themselves up and move forward, a fixed mindset is tough to crack, and therefore oftencalls for a steamroller.
It’s one of the root problems when trying to improve your habits and getting rid of it often requires one or even multiple striking, powerful, memorable and somewhat drastic events.
Today I’m going to show you how to create those events for yourself. But first, a story — because everyone loves those.
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How often do you wish you were more disciplined?
Chances are, if you spent all this time taking baby steps towards more willpower instead of lamenting your lack of it, you’d be halfway there already.
Today, you’re not getting off the hook for once.
You could have more self-control less than 10 minutes from now.
These nine actions can be taken in 60 seconds or less each – and they won’t cost you a penny.
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Have you ever done a personality test? When I got the results of my Myers-Briggs last year I had an epiphany. INFJ all the way. Of course, I’m an introvert! Are you an introvert as well?
Unfortunately, the excitement over my new insight wore off quickly and was replaced with worry: Does that mean I suck at networking? How can I ever be successful if I’m not a people person? Will all my friends abandon me if I embrace my introvert personality?
If you’re an introvert like me, you probably feel bad about yourself quite often, because you think your personality is holding you back in life. But over the course of the last 9 months I found plenty of reasons that that’s not true. I discovered 7 ways how you can embrace your introverted personality and feel great about it, here they are.
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Look, I get it. It’s hard to get out of bed in the morning. There are plenty of excuses not to, but I’m sorry, “I just lack motivation these days” isn’t one of them.
So here’s what I’ll do:
Deal? Deal.
You have to stop it. Seriously. You just might kill yourself doing it. I almost did.
This was my view when it happened:
Here’s what SHOULD have been my view:
But it was too late. I felt it. The right front tire went over the white line. The car started vibrating as the tire hit the grass.
Are you on the list already? The one with the Nobel Peace Prize recipients I mean. No? Then you might wanna keep reading.
Our star today is one of only 103 people in history who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, worth $40 million, and the most powerful man on the planet. At least he was for a while. I’m talking about…Barack Obama, of course.
What’s the man’s secret? Where does he come up with all the willpower? Is it his Hawaiian heritage? His sleep schedule? The suit? Yes. It’s the suit.
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