I’ve never done a book review outside of school before. I’m 100% winging this and hoping that some structure will rise from the chaos of my ramblings. For some background I typically read some sort of self development book for 30 minutes to an hour each night before bed. These range from philosophy to business/entrepreneurship […]
How to Overcome Insecurity and Grow
I recently wrote about my ideas surrounding the “Survival vs Comfort” Paradigm. As a quick refresher; most of the resistance to change we feel is the result of our brain’s believing we are putting ourselves in danger. This is an evolutionary system deep in our unconscious mind, and therefore it triggers automatically. By understanding that […]
How Your Brain Mistakes Comfort for Survival
Throughout my first week of writing I noticed some patterns begin to emerge both in the writing itself and the ideas floating around my head. One major theme that I found coming up repeatedly was the idea of “survival vs comfort.” It’s a framework I’ve used before to explain different behavioral concepts to people. I […]
3 Strategies for Using Willpower Effectively
We’ve all been there, walking through the grocery store when we pass the ice cream aisle and our brains automatically perk up and say “ooh, ice cream sounds good right now. Go look!” We walk down the aisle, telling ourselves that we’re just considering it and reminding ourselves of our diet or fitness goals. But […]
Reducing “Mental Load” to Find Success
I ate the same meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner nearly every day for almost two years. It makes it hard for me to give people advice on losing weight because I tell them what I did and the looks of horror and sympathy alone make me reconsider my own sanity. However, despite my seemingly […]
How to Change your Lifestyle using Discipline – Do Your Reps
I’m currently sitting at my outside table enjoying the cool morning air and my coffee, and I am trying to come up with ideas to write about. Despite setting up a blog, paying money for a domain and hosting, coming up with a bunch of ideas, I find myself resisting the process of actually committing […]