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The Leapfrog Theory – Winning Through Intimidation Explained The Leapfrog Theory from Robert Ringer’s book ‘Winning Through Intimidation’ states, “No one has an obligation—moral, legal, or otherwise—to ‘work his way up through the ranks.’ Every human being possesses an inalienable right to make a unilateral decision to redirect his career and begin operating on a…
What Is Mental Minimalism? Mental minimalism is all about decluttering the mind by reducing destructive inputs. Normal physical minimalism is great but something more profound happens when you take its principles to the mental plane. By letting go of unproductive stimuli, you clear up mental bandwidth and attain freedom. “No man is free who is…
The Law Of Diminishing Intent & How To Use It The Law of Diminishing Intent sometimes referred to as ‘The Law of Diminishing Desire’ is a mental model which helps explain why people procrastinate. “The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do…
How To Stop Procrastinating They say “Procrastination is the thief of time”, and we all know that our time might just be the most precious resource we have in our life (you can’t get that shit back!). So when you procrastinate, you are literally wasting your life Procrastination is a habit, and all habits can…
Word Count: 2431 Importance: High Read Time: 12 minutes Coffee: Not Needed The wisdom to deal with the crises that inevitably show up in the lives of Man has been recorded by various intellectuals and philosophers over the centuries . Modern Man disregards the wisdom…
The Cliffs: If you are not careful you will let other people shape your destiny. You must find time to invest in yourself and to create the right habits that will nurture success. The morning hours are optimal for this task as they have limited distractions, and allow for crazy productivity. The greatest…
Ego Depletion It is now well accepted throughout the scientific world that our willpower reserves are a finite resource. Whenever our energy is low after having used up much of our willpower we are known to be in a state called ‘Ego Depletion’. Have you ever had a day at work in which everything…
On the Shortness of life “It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough, and it has been given in sufficiently generous measure to allow the accomplishment of the very greatest things if the whole of it is well invested” -Seneca ‘on…
Knowledge is not Power The phrase ‘Knowledge is Power’ is a believed to be a truism by many. People forget to understand that Power is a derivative of knowledge, having knowledge is not power because it doesn’t guarantee success. Success is depended primarily on how you apply the knowledge that you have gained. It is…
A word to the wise on self investment There is an ancient proverb that goes by ‘The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle’, it is a admonition on how a lack of personal development can lead to ‘bleeding’. Your battle might not involve spears and shield walls, but you…