Stephen Guise's Blog, page 14
September 10, 2018
Tactics Without Strategy Will Fail You Every Time
Tactics: the actions you take in order to achieve some end. Strategy: the overarching goals, reasoning, and planning behind your tactics. Strategy Gives Your Tactics Context When people say that ...
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September 3, 2018
How to Overcome Any Challenge
The uh… challenge of life challenges is that they aren’t always straightforward. For example, getting over the death of a loved one isn’t a 123-step process. It’s complicated. Difficult challenges are ...
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August 27, 2018
4 Life Rules Worth Having
Rules are only worth having if they protect or benefit you. Here are some rules you can adopt that will improve your life. The 2 Minute Rule If it takes ...
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August 13, 2018
When Stability Causes Instability
60-80% of NBA and NFL players go bankrupt or experience financial stress within two years of retirement. Why? Aside from all of the obvious reasons like fancy cars, bad investments, ...
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August 6, 2018
It’s Not How, But When to Get Motivated
Motivation is misunderstood. Most people think that its primary use is to incite action, but that’s akin to using a hairbrush to brush your teeth. It might even work sometimes, but ...
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July 23, 2018
The Minimum Requirement for Success
Success is a fun word, isn’t it? It’s flexible and nebulous, so whoever is saying it gets to define what it means for themselves. To one person, success is ...
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June 25, 2018
Use This Short Checklist to Beat Resistance
Work ethic is a learned skill. Like other skills, some people are naturally better at it than others. I happen to have a worse work ethic than most. James Bond ...
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June 18, 2018
How to Restart Your Life From Step One (3 Steps)
I’ll never forget the time I held my first girlfriend’s hand in the park for the first time. I hadn’t a care in the world! In certain magical moments, life ...
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June 11, 2018
I Can’t Believe How Quickly Home Automation Has Changed My Life (Amazon Echo Alexa, Hue Light Bulbs, and the Power of Routine)
Getting up early or getting into a regular sleeping pattern has never been easy for me. But it just got a lot easier. Since I moved back to Seattle after ...
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May 28, 2018
You Have More Energy Than You Think
Most of us wallow well below our energy potential because we “treat” low-energy feelings with low-energy activities. When people feel tired, they’ll often do something like watch TV or take ...
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