Category: Mental Models

If your life is miserable and you want to be rich and famous but nothing’s working I have an idea for you. Stop trying to become rich and famous and start making your life slightly less miserable. A one percent improvement in your life today is way more valuable than a 100% improvement tomorrow because…

If you’re struggling with motivation then you either don’t know what you want or you want something impossible. Wanting stuff makes you do stuff. So if you sitting around bored and unproductive then you need to take the time to understand “what” matters to you and what you desire. But if you’re procrastinating and sitting…

How many days are you willing to do the same thing? How many days are you willing to experience the same shitty existence you always have had? And if the answer is zero, then what are you willing to do to change it? If you’re only willing to do something big and epic then you…

Turning yourself into a winner is the best hack for motivation. Because winners want to win more. This is the biggest reason you should pick small goals and crush them. Because it will teach you that you are a person who gets things done. You can watch the TikTok version below:

Power doesn’t make you evil. That’s a lie you’ve been told so that you can feel virtuous about being weak. And if you think you’re being taken advantage of because someone took your power then consider that maybe you believe power is bad so you gave it away. But it’s possible to become strong if…

One of the most powerful ways to reduce your anxiety is to realize that you aren’t safe and that’s okay. People are extremely capable of dealing with dangerous and terrible conditions. But they struggle when they’re unsure whether they’re in danger or not and unsure if there’s something they’re missing that they need to do…

Some people talk about how important it is to be content with what you have. And then others talk about how important it is to never be satisfied and always push yourself toward bigger goals. But if you become content with what you have. You’ll stop growing and you won’t reach your potential. And if…

It’s easy to belittle small things. It’s easy to think that doing one tiny thing repeatedly is constricting your freedom, or pathetic compared to what you should be doing. But the small things are often what make the big things possible. And what’s more, is the big things are often meaningless without those small things.…

It’s easy to avoid risk so much that you make your life worse. Risk aversion is something that everyone has. It’s a desire to not take a risk. It’s a preference for more certainty in life. And taking too many risks is dangerous. We all need some degree of confidence that things will turn out…