What You Do Next is 100% Dependent on Your Values

Your next move has nothing to do with your goals. Literally, after you finish reading this short post, the very next thing you do is 100% dependent on your values not your goals. Goals are outcomes, values are behaviors. Simply put, you can’t wish your way to a goal, you can’t “sad” your way to […]

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Counterpoint: When Pursuing Goals, Self-Discipline Before Self-Control

It’s easy to confuse self-control with self-discipline. Self-control is about stopping yourself, self-discipline is about pushing yourself. You have self-control when you can stop yourself from exhibiting undesirable behaviors. You have self-discipline when you can push yourself to do the desirable ones. Intuitively it makes sense that if you’re bleeding, you must stop the bleeding before […]

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The Simplest Way to Explain the Nature and Nurture of Personality Traits

I’ve been researching the concepts around personality traits for nearly two years now. My conclusion at this point is unique to my purpose of helping people improve their process for pursuing difficult goals. I believe it’s wise to use personality traits as a significant factor for choosing a process. When explaining the why behind this […]

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