“What would my life look life after one year if I executed, every single day, without failure?”

​That’s the question I want to answer at the end of this year.

2019 – The Year I Challenge Myself to be More Consistent

Imagine you’re 4 years old and I put in front of you a big, white, juicy marshmallow. I then tell you this:- “Here, in front of you is a marshmallow.   I’m going to go away but I’ll be back in around 15 minutes.  If, when I come back, you haven’t touched the marshmallow then I’ll give

What Marshmallows Can Teach Us About Success

This book is all about how we can transform boring and meaningless lives into ones full of enjoyment through a concept called “Flow” and optimal experiences. Here’s a breakdown of the key points that I took from this book:-Why We’re UnhappyWhen we Feel the Most HappyHow to Achieve Flow more often in our LivesWhy flow is

Summary of Flow – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Look at the videos below of famous YouTube channels.  On the top, you’ll see their first video ever uploaded (or in some cases, the earliest that I can find), and on the right you’ll see their latest one. Why have I done this? I want you to pay close attention to how bad their first video was

Demonstrating the Importance of Practice: Popular YouTube Channels

This book is all about how you can leverage the concept of deep work to become a more prolific creator, ​​create value and be more successful.What is Deep Work?The Arguments for Deep Work​What it RequiresMethod / Approaches to Deep WorkChallengesMy Concluding ThoughtsWhat is Deep Work?Distraction free concentration that pushes your cognitive capabilities to the limit. It’s

Summary of Deep Work – Focused Success in a Distracted World

You’ve spent the best part of a few months building something that you think is going to be extremely valuable to people.   You’ve invested hours and hours of blood, sweat and tears into this thing, it’s been the focal point of your life for a long time and finally you’re getting close to the finish

2 Questions to Ask Yourself if You’re Scared to Pull the Trigger

I’ve been trying to improve the quality of my videos for over a year now and it’s been going quite well… However, recently I decided that I needed to improve the “post production” stuff.   By this, I’m referring to supporting graphics, animations and text that helps to support the points that I’m articulating.Picking My BattlesIn my

Hiring a Video Editor – 26th July, 2017

If I had to put my finger on one thing that’s made the most difference to my life in terms of results, it would be consciously changing from being a chronic quitter to someone who sees things through. Here’s how important it is to me:- Every day, I fire up Evernote and spend five minutes answering the same

Developing the Habit of Seeing Things Through – How To Become a Finisher

If we know that willpower is a finite resource that we should treat sparingly, how do we know when we’re pushing our limits and facing burnout? Apparently there isn’t just a single tell-tale sign that can tell us whether we’re suffering from willpower depletion or not.  However, there are a few traits that seem to affect

Signs of Willpower Fatigue: How To Tell When You’re Burnt Out

 In a suburban mall, shoppers were randomly stopped and asked a series of questions about their shopping habits.  The questions were designed to understand how many buying decisions the shoppers had made that day… They were then asked to attempt to solve a series of simple arithmetic puzzles and were told that they could quit whenever

The Surprising Little Known Facts about The Real Cost of Decisions

In previous posts, I’ve described the strength model for willpower depletion (otherwise known as ego depletion).  In short:-Our willpower is like a muscle: Using it comes at a cost by temporarily lowering our willpower reserves. If we rely too heavily on it, we’ll burn out and lose self-controlWillpower can be built up over time if the right

How to Preserve Our Most Valuable Habit Building Asset – Willpower