I was angry enough to rip the closet doors off the wall and smash them to pieces with a hammer.  Rewind about 2 hours and my wife kindly asked if I could fix the kids' sliding closet doors which had been falling off their tracks…

I'm going to encourage you to do something that you do every single day, but now with a different lens of thinking on. Open up your closet...and take a good look at what's inside…

Like anyone, I occasionally fall into the self-pity trap. And when you’re caught in that trap, it’s kind of embarrassing to ask for help. On top of whatever disappointing thing happened to cause the original negative emotions, now you’re stuck in a self-imposed pity party…

Google has an amazing tool that lets you see the frequency of a word’s usage over the years across a sample of 8 million books. From the year 1800 until about 1985, the word “success” was surprisingly steady in its usage across each decade. But…

While some people have grown jaded by the use of the word “life hack” in internet culture, I’ve always seen them as a modern adaptation of a time-honored practice. They serve a similar role as the tips and tricks that used to be shared…

Handpicked links from the past week that I think you'll love…

Walking, one of life’s simplest pleasures, has somehow become underrated. How do I know this…

In my eyes, the problem is only trying to satisfy ourselves with mental junk food and shallow alternatives to the real thing…

Some of the best-selling books over the past few decades fall under the broad topic of productivity advice. The popularity of titles such as “Atomic Habits,” “Getting Things Done,” and “Deep Work” suggest that many people have a strong desire to figure out how to…

Let’s face it: algorithms are good and getting even better. Everything from what you see on your Instagram feed, the product recommendations you get on Amazon, the videos you're shown on YouTube, and the specific directions given to you by Google Maps are shaped by…

In this fast-paced, technology-driven world, it can be hard to progress through your day without becoming overwhelmed. We’re all given the exact same minutes and hours and have the choice of how we fill that time…

My relationship with taking action has changed in the past several years. Around that time, my wife and I decided to start a blog to document all that we were learning and experimenting with in our lives…