“Hard skills are just skills that are easy to measure,” Alex Hormozi says. “Soft skills are just hard to measure. But they’re both 100% skills that you can train and improve.”
Loaded Questions
Can you imagine being the person sitting across the table, if only for a minute?
Can you imagine being the person sitting across the table, if only for a minute?
Resting Places
Resting in peace should not be something we can only do after we die. Don’t relegate rest.
Resting in peace should not be something we can only do after we die. Don’t relegate rest.
Preheat the Cup
What’s your start-work-ritual?
What’s your start-work-ritual?
Make It Count
Every once in a while, perhaps when you feel extra bold or have vowed to change direction, it’s healthy to upset expectations.
Every once in a while, perhaps when you feel extra bold or have vowed to change direction, it’s healthy to upset expectations.
Reset Buttons
Even every hour, you can restart the timer, pick a new task, and focus on more important work.
Even every hour, you can restart the timer, pick a new task, and focus on more important work.
The Plus-and-Minus Theory of Living Happily
You need clarity about the pluses and minuses in your life — and not just at work.
You need clarity about the pluses and minuses in your life — and not just at work.
Patience Makes You Faster
Like the Navy SEALs say, “Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.”
Like the Navy SEALs say, “Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.”
Don’t Bring Your Stressed Self on a Vacation
The main reason unwinding on command is difficult is because you are still traveling in your own company.
The main reason unwinding on command is difficult is because you are still traveling in your own company.
The Joneses Move Everywhere
They’ll follow you everywhere, but in the end, they are your tenants.
They’ll follow you everywhere, but in the end, they are your tenants.
Brush With Your Eyes Closed
We rely on our eyes by default — but that doesn’t make our eyes the best tool for every job.
We rely on our eyes by default — but that doesn’t make our eyes the best tool for every job.
Focus = Conviction
Have enough conviction to dare and focus, then focus enough to keep nourishing your conviction.
Have enough conviction to dare and focus, then focus enough to keep nourishing your conviction.
Simplicity Is a Mindset
Cultivate simplicity in your life. Make room for it.
Cultivate simplicity in your life. Make room for it.
Trimming the Frills
Usually, it’s the clutter that makes us feel overwhelmed.
Usually, it’s the clutter that makes us feel overwhelmed.
Not Every Problem Is Yours
Some, you can ignore forever without consequences.
Some, you can ignore forever without consequences.
You’re Used to Failure
…but that doesn’t make winning wrong.
…but that doesn’t make winning wrong.