For years, I watched my friendships fade one by one. Not because I stopped caring, but because coordinating calendars became impossible. Life got in the way with work, family and a thousand competing priorities. Most productivity advice overlooks this crucial aspect of our lives. Our social connections need maintenance just like everything else. Life gets… Read More »Start a Standing Order Social Event
I woke up this morning to the familiar ceiling stain that vaguely resembles Antarctica, or maybe it’s just a Rorschach test for my deteriorating sanity. Again. The alarm clock’s red numbers pierced the darkness, as they have countless mornings before. 6:43 AM. I always wake up seventeen minutes before my alarm. Always. It’s my body’s… Read More »When Every Day Feels Exactly the Same
As an accountant with sixty-seven clients and countless deadlines, I survived on caffeine and stress. My desk overflowed with papers. My marriage suffered. My sleep vanished. Still, I fell further behind each day. One sleepless night at 3 AM, I stumbled across an article about Warren Buffett’s “2-List Strategy.” The billionaire asks his pilots to… Read More »Master your priorities with the rule of 3
Last winter, I, the same person who believed “good morning” was a contradiction, found myself waking up at 6 AM by choice. My transformation didn’t happen overnight. It started when I stopped fighting my body’s natural rhythms and instead learned what science tells us about sleep patterns. I abandoned the guilt trips about not falling… Read More »How to become a morning person
About the Author Arthur C. Brooks is a social scientist, professor, and columnist born in 1964. Before his academic career, Brooks was a professional French horn player who performed with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. The quote appears in Brooks’ 2019 bestselling book “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of… Read More »Happy people love people
About the Author “Thelma” is a 2023 dark comedy horror film directed by Josh Margolin in his feature directorial debut. The movie stars June Squibb as the title character, a 93-year-old woman who goes on an unexpected adventure after falling victim to a phone scammer who steals $10,000 from her. The quote comes directly from… Read More »We all have our good days and our bad days
About the Author Simone Biles, born March 14, 1997, is widely regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time. Biles is known for her extraordinary athletic abilities, performing skills so difficult they’ve been named after her, including the “Biles” vault and the “Biles II” floor exercise element. The quote comes from interviews Biles gave during… Read More »If you’re having fun
About the Author Bill Perkins is a hedge fund manager, high-stakes poker player, and author who wrote “Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life,” published in 2020. The quote appears in his book “Die with Zero,” which challenges conventional retirement wisdom. Rather than focusing on accumulating wealth until death,… Read More »The main thing you’ll be retiring on
About the Author Douglas Adams (1952-2001) was an English author, humorist, and screenwriter best known for creating “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” The quote appears in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the first novel in his series, published in 1979. In the story, the character Vroomfondel makes this statement during a discussion about… Read More »Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful
About the Author Oliver Stone is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer born on September 15, 1946. He’s known for his controversial films that often examine political and cultural issues, particularly those related to the late 20th century. Stone won Academy Awards for directing “Platoon” (1986) and “Born on the Fourth of July” (1989),… Read More »Never underestimate the power of jealousy
