Listening more enables you to maximize the inflow of information. 

Talking less gives you the processing power to parse the information and understand what’s going on.  High information inflow and comprehension enable you to be more confident and decisive about what course of action to take next. 

Listen...

The fear of failure can sometimes function like a paralytic that stops you from taking action.

A possibly effective way to subdue your fear of failure is to give yourself permission to fail at the outset. 

Permission to fail shouldn’t be confused with the expectation of failure or a...

Here is a simple heuristic to determine what to do, delegate, and drop: 

If it will matter in the long run and you’re the best person to do it, do. 

If it will matter in the long run but you’re not the best person to do it, delegate. ...

The feeling that there are a million things to do yet not enough time to do them can be both overwhelming and even paralyzing at times. 

An effective way to address this experience is by adding the dimension of time:

Try going through the list of things you feel...

In printing, resolution is described as dots per inch or DPI. 

For text documents, 150 DPI is usually good enough.  

For customer-facing documents like posters and brochures where image quality is a priority, it’s normal to double the DPI up to 300. 

In use cases where even...

Recent findings published by American market research and analytics company, The Harris Poll, revealed that one-third of Americans realized during the pandemic that they were mentally and emotionally stronger than they originally thought. 

Along with new-found strength, were other encouraging themes such as a heightened sense of gratitude, the...

5 days before a vacation with friends was set to conclude, I remember speaking with one of my friends about what time we should head to the airport when the trip is over. 

Another friend who overheard our discussion remarked: “it’s too early to be spending time worrying about...

Every failure is an opportunity to learn. 

Every lesson learned is a moment of growth. 

Every time you grow, you increase your chance of succeeding in whatever it is you’re pursuing. 

Failure, when leveraged, is merely a synonym for growth. 

Having said that…

Some days, you...

Feeling stuck? Step away from the problem. 

Running out of ideas? Step away from the problem. 

Exhausted and frustrated? Step away from the problem. 

There’s plenty of research in favor of stepping away from a problem, relaxing your attention, and allowing the mind to wander. Some key...

In a factory, your output is directly proportional to your input.

More time = more widgets. 

This is not true for knowledge work: 

More time awake does not always equal more productivity — in fact, it can lead to the opposite. 

More effort does not always equal...