At 16, Nero became the emperor of the most powerful civilization in the world. Barely out of diapers, he conquered new lands for Rome and quashed rebellions from the comfort of a palace of unimaginable luxury. Despite his position, Nero has gone down in history for...
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand brake on.” — Maxwell Maltz Nobody is born with limitless self-confidence. If someone seems to have incredible self-confidence, it’s because he or she has worked on building it for...
Without question, your perception of change influences your response to it: Will the shift produce a positive or negative outcome for you? Will it be challenging, causing you to stretch and experience some periods of discomfort? Or, will it inspire you to get up early...
Entrepreneurs always have a lot of big ideas that they’re truly passionate about. The challenge, of course, is buckling down and channeling that passion into an actionable plan to bring the idea to life. As a busy professional, it can be challenging to carve out the...
Football players practice ballet. Pianists repeat small sections of music until it’s perfect. In “Outliers,” it’s called “putting in your 10,000 hours.” In “The Talent Code,” Daniel Coyle names it “deep practice,” small exercises that are both challenging and...
It sort of does look like a mental health facility, I think to myself. Our ninth-floor condo in Honolulu once appeared sunny and welcoming to me. It was my boyfriend Michael’s biggest complaint, one that I laughed off as pickiness. Now the walls seem to mutate in...
