Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln
A great quote, isn’t it? It’s the opposite of what many people do. When they have a project to work on, many people just work on it directly with little or no preparation. To the contrary, [...]

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
Joseph Addison
Looking at my life, there are many life lessons I’ve learned. Some of them are the fruits of difficult experiences. Some others are the advice I got from wise people. [...]

Note: This is a guest post by Julian of Present Outlook
I’ve just finished reading Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong. What an amazing guy! What did he have that the other people don’t have? He had the determination to persevere regardless of circumstances. His experience recovering from testicular cancer had a huge impact upon him. [...]

Do you want to make a great living doing what you love? I certainly do. The book Career Renegade by Jonathan Fields aims to help you achieve exactly that:

The simple truth is you can turn nearly any passion into a big, fat heap of money. However, it often requires mining aspects of those passions you [...]

We are using computers more and more these days. We use it to type documents, play games, browse the Internet, chat with our friends, and more. While there are alternative ways to interact with the computer (such as using speech), the main way of interaction is still typing. So, since we need to type a [...]

In the post Keys to Success from The Dip, the first point is “Aim to be the best in the world.” Don’t be satisfied with being good enough. Don’t settle for mediocrity. You need to push yourself forward until you become the best in the world in your field.
I’m not yet the best in the [...]