How to Live Like an Anglerfish

The anglerfish is my favorite deep sea creature. (Yes, I have a favorite deep sea creature.)

Anglerfish have a growth coming out of their head. At the tip of this growth is a pod of bacteria capable of producing light. The anglerfish uses this light to attract prey, and it’s often compared to a fishing rod because of its shape and function. The anglerfish strikes the prey with its clear, freaky teeth when it comes to check out the light. This brings us to the first lesson we can learn from the anglerfish.Read More

Show Up

If I had to choose one motto to live by for the rest of my life, it’d be this.

Just show up.Read More

3 Goal-Killing Mistakes to Avoid

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If you can avoid making these three mistakes when setting and pursuing goals, your success rate will improve. (photo by Q-Vision)

1. Inflexible Goals Die When Life Happens

Unfortunately, it is more common for a person to set an inflexible goal than a flexible goal. Flexible goals are so effective because they adapt to your ever-changing life.Read More

The Single Biggest Obstacle to Success

If you’ve read my books and blog for long, you know I’m a big fan of small steps. My international bestselling book, Mini Habits, systemized small steps for building habits. 

Small steps and habit-building are the way to success. There’s no arguing against it because of how our brains are wired for slow and steady change. But there’s a big obstacle on this path you should know about. If you practice mini habits, you may have already experienced what I’m about to tell you. 

If small steps are the best way to success, that makes this the single biggest obstacle to success.Read More

Do You Hunt for Solutions?

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The word “hunt” drips with aggression. When you imagine someone hunting, you don’t picture them casually picking flowers in a field, you imagine gritted teeth, sweat, and probably a gun or two (or maybe you imagine a cat because of the picture.1 I thought about using a human hunter picture, but cats. Yes, that was a one word argument.)

One of my strengths is that I hunt for solutions. It’s a useful skill to have when you have as many problems as I do. 

The Two Types of Problems

In life, I think we have two types of problems.Read More