One of my favorite buddhist principles is the need to take care of yourself before you help others. In Buddhism, when you practice “metta” meditation, you always begin with yourself. You say “May I be happy. May I be free from Anger, hatred, animosity, resentment, and ill will. May I experience real peace, real happiness, … Continue reading Take care of yourself before helping others
Win Back Your Morning and Sleep like a Champ
What to do right when you wake up and while you’re lying in bed at night to get the most out of your day and get the best sleep of your life. The two most important times of day are right when you wake up, and before you go to bed. One sets you up for … Continue reading Win Back Your Morning and Sleep like a Champ
5 Lessons I’ve Learned from 3 Years of Meditation
New Years 2015 I went to Bhopal, India for my first Vipassana meditation retreat. 10 days later I left with a sense of clarity I had never experienced before in my life. 2+ years later and I now practice meditation every day, usually for 1 hour in the morning and 20 minutes at night. I … Continue reading 5 Lessons I’ve Learned from 3 Years of Meditation
How to Outsource your Job Hunt using Virtual Assistants
so that you can focus on writing cover letters, filling out applications, and working a full time job… The other day someone asked me “I have a full time job, and looking for a new job is a very time consuming process. How do you suggest that I handle looking for a job while working full … Continue reading How to Outsource your Job Hunt using Virtual Assistants
10 Happiness Hacks for a Blissful Life
Image Credit Matthew Volin Happiness. The all elusive ambiguous term that everyone wants, but no one seems to have. Despite living in the most comfortable time in human history, we’re somehow more miserable than ever. In our efforts to become more productive and make more money, we’ve somehow lost sight of our personal happiness along the … Continue reading 10 Happiness Hacks for a Blissful Life
10 Tools for Optimization and Productivity Junkies (Like me!)
Over the last few years I’ve discovered a handful of tools/apps/products that I use on a daily basis. I constantly find myself telling friends about these products, so I created a list to share it with the world and hopefully make your lives easier 🙂 Lets dive right in…. 1) Streak — Streak is a CRM that plugs … Continue reading 10 Tools for Optimization and Productivity Junkies (Like me!)
How I Overcame ADHD and became a Productivity Powerhouse
Over the last year I have become obsessed with productivity. My older brother calls me an “Optimized Robot” because I’m always looking for a way to waste less time and improve my daily output. To most, the way I live my life would be maddening. To me, I can’t live any other way. Much of … Continue reading How I Overcame ADHD and became a Productivity Powerhouse
The Evolution of My Daily Routine
Last week I posted my daily routine and it received an overwhelmingly positive response from a lot of people. Needless to say, this made me quite happy 😃 One person in specific reached out and asked me, “Did you start this whole routine in one shot or build it step by step?”, which I thought … Continue reading The Evolution of My Daily Routine
My Epic Daily Routine
I have a pretty epic morning/daily routine. Personally, I think It’s awesome. It’s also getting better as I get older and continue to refine/improve what works and what doesn’t. Many of you might look at this and say “How the hell do you fit all of that into one day?!”, but I make it work. … Continue reading My Epic Daily Routine
Grow in Dog Years
After many years of traveling, living abroad, and continually challenging myself to try new things, something I’ve realized is that, it’s not traveling that I truly enjoy; its personal growth that comes with getting outside of your comfort zone. Why? Because when we travel time becomes distorted. One day in a foreign country can forever … Continue reading Grow in Dog Years