Design Your Perfect Day (Here’s Mine)

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Photo from my cross country train trip (March 2016)

There are a few ways to think about what you want in life.

  1. You can think of things you want (material possessions).
  2. You can think of relationships you want (friendships, family, romance).
  3. You can think of categories of needs (spiritual, physical, mental, emotional). 

One great way to simplify all of this is to design your perfect day. Read More

How to Attack Your Goals Like a Shark

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Don’t read this post before going to the beach.

Sharks have extraordinary awareness. They can easily detect distant vibrations and faint scents in the water. This helps them locate and eat their prey. Cool.

Humans have poor awareness. Their combination of bad habits and misinformation cause them to be oblivious to their poor goal strategies. This helps them procrastinate. Bad.

If we humans want to improve, we need to let the shark be our guide. Here are some tips from the ocean’s fiercest fish.Read More

The Simple Strategy to Get Smarter, Boost Your Productivity, and Gain More Opportunities

This guest post is by Sonia Thompson of Try Business School. She talks about the importance of going deeper. This is the very concept upon which Deep Existence was founded. Most people live a shallow existence, but the rewards of deep living are rich. Sonia talks us through what those are and gives some impactful examples!

“What’s it like for women at work?”

I was in Olavarria, Argentina enjoying an asado (read: best barbeque in the world) with new friends.

During the evening, I’d exchanged notes with the ladies about the differences between how romantic relationships progress in Argentina and the United States.

Later the conversation turned to the plight of women in the workplace. I found their tales fascinating, especially given that at the time, their country had had a female president for the last eight years.

Did I mention that the entire conversation was conducted in Spanish?

This whole evening was made possible by a simple decision I’d made with regard to travel a few years before: go deep.Read More

The False Finish

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Photo by Ernst Moeksis

This guest post is by Diego Cassina from Bumping Into Love. He talks about a “brain baiting” strategy similar to Mini Habits, but it’s also quite different. I thought it was worth sharing and hope you enjoy it!

Mickey Mouse is waving at me and all I really want to do is punch him in his round nose. Read More

The Easiest, Most Life-Changing Skill You Can Learn

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Meet Grimble.

Grimble has a funny name, but he still has dreams. These are the heights that Grimble would like to reach in life:

  • Enjoy a muscular, tone, and healthy body
  • Become a world class programmer and software developer
  • Become the President of the United States

If Grimble could do these things, he’d be pretty satisfied with himself. But Grimble does these things instead:Read More