You Don’t Need Discipline to Learn How to be Disciplined

Discipline is a skill, and people are not born with skills. So, just like you don’t need to know how to play the guitar to learn how to play the guitar, you don’t need discipline to learn how to have discipline. Discipline is the result of how you condition yourself in a situation. Conditioning is […]

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Anders Ericsson Reveals the Truth about 10,000 Hours of Practice

Anders Ericsson, who sadly passed away at the age of 72 in 2020, was the expert on how to become an expert. He was a renowned cognitive psychologist, and the author of the seminal book on how to become elite, Peak. If you are familiar with the research of Ericsson, then you know a little something about […]

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Parents: Don’t Teach Your Child to be Practical

Being practical is not a bad thing in itself. There is a lot of good that can come out of making practical decisions. However, practicality can also stifle a child’s development. Renowned professor and author William Damon, PhD, in his book The Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling in Life makes this clear. […]

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