Book Review: A Brief Guide to World Domination by Chris Guillebeau
“No matter what you have been told, no matter what has happened to you, and no matter what mistakes you’ve made, you can completely change the way you live every day of your life. You can focus the majority of your time on the things you enjoy, and you can also make an incredible difference in the lives of other people while you are at it.”
Taking over the world isn’t just for genetically modified mice; it’s for regular people too. After four years volunteering in Africa, Chris Guillebeau started a social movement called The Art of Nonconformity. His mission is to take over the world and to help you do the same. Taking the road less traveled can be scary, but letting go of our assumptions, expectations, and comfort zones is the only way we’ll ever have what really matters. Read the Rest of This Article »
Book Review: The 7 Keys to Success by Will Edwards
Gain pleasure. Avoid pain. That’s pretty much what we’re wired for. But is there more to life? Will Edwards considered the question and realized that there is. He realized that we need to wake up to our life purpose and dedicate ourselves to fulfilling it. That’s the only way we’ll live to the full. In 7 Keys to Success, he discusses what it takes to do just that: Read the Rest of This Article »
How to Break a Big Goal into Little Steps
Maybe you’ve got a big goal in your life – something that excites you but also scares you.
You might have been thinking about this goal for months, years, even decades. And, even if you’ve made a start on it, you might not have got very far.
Your goal might look something like this:
- Run a marathon
- Write a novel
- Pay off the mortgage
- Get a PhD
- Become self-employed
All of these are big goals – most of them would take years to achieve. And if you really want to reach them, you need to break them down into manageable chunks.
Here’s how. Read the Rest of This Article »
The 4 Success Attitudes Of Walt Disney
‘Think, believe, dream and dare.’ Walt Disney
There is an attitude that sets apart the mediocre from the majestic. It is called the success attitude.
Did you know that when Walt headed west to pursue his dream, that he sold his possessions – even his camera, to purchase a First Class train ticket, because he wanted to arrive first class? Now that is success attitude exemplified. Read the Rest of This Article »
15 Must Read Lessons from Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology.
He is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle’s writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and aesthetics, logic and science, politics and metaphysics.
Fifteen lessons from Aristotle: Read the Rest of This Article »
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