When You Work Your Hardest for the First Time and Fail

Some people learn to work hard from a young age. For these people nothing has ever come easy and working hard is the only way to survive. Other people get by in life on cruise control. These people typically start with some natural advantage that allows them to give average effort and still get above […]

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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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Counterpoint: Taking a Risk is NOT Risky Behavior

There is a big difference between taking a spontaneous risk and taking a calculated risk. Taking a spontaneous risk is risky behavior. However, taking a calculated risk is a skill you must learn to execute if you want to go from good to great at anything. Moreover, this difference in types of risks is what […]

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