How To Trick People Into Thinking You’re Great At Everything

Imagine being admired as someone who is great at everything. You’re good-looking, fit, rich, well-traveled, well-dressed, charismatic, funny, have lots of friends, well-accomplished, and interesting. The truth is it’s possible and the people you perceive to be like this aren’t as perfect as you think. The secret lies in understanding diminishing returns and riding the… Continue reading How To Trick People Into Thinking You’re Great At Everything

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman Book Summary & Review

High EQ women are outgoing, social, and assertive. Do you see these traits in people you know? Do you see the lack of these traits in others?

There’s a term that’s being tossed around a lot these days: emotional intelligence. People are saying it’s just as important, if not, more than IQ. Well, what is it, why does it matter, and how do you improve it? Having great emotional intelligence (EQ) can help you: be more like-able and communicate with customers, employees,… Continue reading Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman Book Summary & Review

How To Find Your Passion: The Ultimate Guide

There is great advice out there about finding your purpose scattered among hundreds of books, interviews, and speeches from successful people. I’ve compiled the best of what I’ve learned, what makes the most sense, and what actually has worked in the real world — not theory. Here’s the guide I wish I had for myself… Continue reading How To Find Your Passion: The Ultimate Guide

Nature Vs. Nurture, a.k.a. Hard Work Vs. Talent (A Discussion Revisited)

Some young folk are still debating whether it’s worth lifting a finger to do any extra work (like nihilism) because they feel like your talent is all “in the cards” — that there’s no way you can do anything extraordinary even if you work harder. I want to revisit this debate, as I talked about… Continue reading Nature Vs. Nurture, a.k.a. Hard Work Vs. Talent (A Discussion Revisited)

The Ultimate List of Science-Backed Thought Leaders in Personal Development

This article is probably the best yet shortest one I’ve ever wrote. That’s because this article is a goldmine for anyone who wants to improve their lives. The truth is that every major topic you want to improve in, there’s some expert or scientist who has spent decades researching and discovering principles in that field… Continue reading The Ultimate List of Science-Backed Thought Leaders in Personal Development

How Billionaires Are Different From Millionaires

After studying thousands of pieces of content from billionaires and millionaires, clear differences emerge. For one, not a single billionaire I’ve studied — except for Oprah — has ever uttered a word on Law of Attraction or manifesting your reality or “asking and getting it given.” That said, tons of millionaires mention it. That makes… Continue reading How Billionaires Are Different From Millionaires

Why Chick Fil A’s Success in Business Is Mindblowing (and Myths About Billionaires Debunked)

Imagine giving your competition 24 hours every week to catch up. How do you think you would do? Well, that’s precisely what the billionaire founder of Chick-Fil-A does. For religious reasons, he closes ALL his stores every Sunday, a fact disappointed fanatics know very well after being reminded multiple times after forgetting. But the story… Continue reading Why Chick Fil A’s Success in Business Is Mindblowing (and Myths About Billionaires Debunked)

EGO AND ITS DANGERS: Do You Really Want To Hit 100 Million Dollars?

In the book The Third Door, the author Alex Banayan Got an opportunity to shadow the founder of Zappos and best-selling author Tony Hsieh. In one conversation with Tony, Alex was floored when he heard Tony admit that he partially published his book to flatter his own ego. Specifically, it was way that Tony said… Continue reading EGO AND ITS DANGERS: Do You Really Want To Hit 100 Million Dollars?

Bruce Lee: A Life by Matthew Polly Book Summary (Best Biography)

Matthew Polly wrote the best Bruce Lee biography of all time, Bruce Lee: A Life (affiliate link). Here are the highlights from the book: Bruce was 5/8th Han Chinese, 1/4 English, and 1/8th Dutch Jewish, born in California, raised in Hong Kong until 18. While Chuck Norris said Bruce was a workaholic who never rested,… Continue reading Bruce Lee: A Life by Matthew Polly Book Summary (Best Biography)