All of us face countless decisions every single day: Do you jump out of bed at the sound of your alarm or hit the snooze button? Take the bus or drive to work? Get a loan to build a new house or stay in your old one? No matter what the circumstances, you want to make the best choice possible. In order to do that, though, you need to have a good understanding of what’s possible as well as the limits of what’s knowable. But figuring out the answers to these two simple questions opens up a whole new can of worms. How can you know what you don’t know? And how can you make good decisions knowing th ..read more

For some reason, too many people downplay the importance and impact of emotion at work. Sure, we pay lip service to the importance of soft skills, like communication, but we worry about appearing to be too soft. We hold back from sharing our worries, stress and anxiety, for fear of being seen as weak. And we discourage human displays of emotion in the office by stereotyping them as somehow unprofessional. This is unhelpful because the reality is that emotion is ever-present at work. There’s the gnawing feeling in your gut when an email from your manager arrives at 8:00 p.m. on a Sunday night ..read more

Have you always dreamed of speaking fluent French, but dismissed the idea as unrealistic? Would computer programming give you a professional edge if you could only find the time to take a course? Whatever your personal or professional aspirations might be, ultralearning can help you realize them in record time. Ultralearning is an aggressive, self-motivated approach to learning that enables people to quickly and efficiently master difficult skills. By taking this approach to learning, they become ultralearners. Their feats can seem intimidating at first – think along the lines of learning a ne ..read more

Many people today have given up on finding love, fulfillment and happiness. And yet, people still continue to watch romantic movies, featuring passionate love and someone finding real joy in their professional pursuits. So, deep down, most people probably are still longing for such things. But when one starts thinking seriously about achieving happiness, the mind often focuses on the negative: there are dirty dishes in the sink, you never learned how to play the guitar and, sure, you may have a nice partner, but that person isn’t exactly a passionate lover. It would seem that something will al ..read more

In 2001, at the age of 23, when she was broke and unemployed, Kim Perell identified three overarching goals that she wanted to achieve in her life: to have freedom, to be her own boss and to control her own destiny. Just seven years later, in 2008, she was a multimillionaire who had sold her first company for $30 million. Having achieved her goals, she decided that she wanted to help other entrepreneurs achieve them as well. To that end, she became an angel investor – a person who provides investment capital to start-up companies. In the course of investing in more than 70 companies, she has o ..read more

Everyone can get rich. That’s according to Robert T. Kiyosaki, who spent the last two and a half decades spreading this message through his “Rich Dad” character. But why, then, are so many people still struggling financially? Rich Dad’s answer? They’re trapped in thinking patterns that prevent them from making money. Where entrepreneurs see rewards, they see risk; where the wealthy see tools, they see hurdles. Success, in other words, is all about your mindset. This post reveals some of the ideas that made Kiyosaki rich. You’ll discover how applying them may help you meet your financial goals ..read more

Millionaires are ostentatious. They live a glamorous life, with private jets and luxury cars, hidden away in enormous mansions in the exclusive Hollywood hills. Or is that all fantasy? The truth is far from the bling and bright lights. Most millionaires in America actually live what most people would call a normal lifestyle. What’s more interesting, though, is that living modestly is what made them millionaires in the first place. This post shows you that if you’re dedicated and clever enough to plan your finances correctly, you too can follow the path to riches that many a millionaire has wal ..read more

Take a minute and answer these questions: Why are you in your current job? How did you choose your major in college? Why don’t you spend all your time on your favorite hobbies? To the first question, you probably said, “The job pays enough money.” The second: “My parents told me to get a career.” And the third, “Hobbies all the time? That would be selfish.” These answers highlight what’s wrong with many of our choices in life: we do what others tell us, or what we think we are “supposed” to do. What you really want deep down rarely enters the equation. This has to change. You need to start liv ..read more

It’s often said that the past is a foreign country. That certainly applies to the world of work. From the perspective of our relentless 24/7 business culture today, the old days of nine-to-five shifts and three-martini lunches look about as mysterious and decadent as the lives of the late Roman emperors. Today, it’s hard enough switching off in your free time, never mind during office hours! That’s hardly surprising. After all, the mid-twentieth century and the present are, technologically speaking, light-years apart. Innovations like the internet, email and smartphones have made it harder tha ..read more

Fear of society’s disapproval prevents us from leaving the “rat race” and growing wealthy.Most of us know what the phrase rat race refers to, but if asked, how would we define it?  One definition is “The endless routine of working for everyone but yourself.” This means you do all the work, while others – the government, bill collectors and your bosses – take the majority of the reward.  We usually talk about the rat race as something we’re all a part of. At the same time, we also talk about it as something we hate. So why do we keep racing?  Because most people’s lives are domin ..read more