Note: This post is written by Daniela McVicker Each decade and the generation that comes of age in that decade creates its own definition of success. In many ways, the seventies was a transitional decade. It began when the anti-war sentiment…
Last week I wrote about how you should live by design and not by default. Living by design helps you live your life to the fullest. Living by default, on the other hand, is a sure way to mediocrity. Now…
Do you want to live your life to the fullest? To do so, the one thing you need to do is to enrich your life. You need to broaden your life experiences and taste more of the richness life has…
Do you notice that some people seem to be luckier than others? They get good breaks. They seem to be in the right place at the right time. Wouldn’t it be nice to be like them? As it turns out,…
In my previous post, I wrote that appreciating life is the starting point to optimizing it. If you appreciate your life, you will want to optimize it. You will want to make the most out of it. But how do…
Whether you like it or not, the fact is that there will be difficult times in life. So the best thing you can do is to prepare yourself before they come. If you do, you will survive or even thrive.…
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi Have you ever been wronged by someone? In such a case, our nature is not to forgive. We want to take revenge. We want to get…
I recently found an interesting article about loneliness crisis. Loneliness, as it turns out, is a serious problem these days. The world is becoming more and more connected, but many people feel lonely in the midst of it. In fact,…
A while ago I found a YouTube video of Josh Groban singing Vincent. It’s a beautiful song and the performance was also beautiful. I loved it. But then I got interested in what the song is about. The song is…
In an article back in 2010, I wrote about regret-minimization framework. It’s a term used by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos to describe the way he makes decisions. The idea is that you should make decisions that will minimize your potential…