Shopaholics are out of control and utilitarianism is excruciatingly boring. In the U.S., consumer spending contributes up to approximately 70% of the total GDP. That amounts to $13.28 Trillion dollars.[i] The Industrial Revolution served as an impetus that enabled manufacturers to produce more goods than ever before. In the 1920’s, the American markets had …
Never dull your shine. Israel Adesanya, a.k.a. The Last Style Bender, who is the current Middleweight Champion of the UFC, recently spoke on the Joe Rogan Podcast about the word “humble.” He talked about how he hates the word and believes that it misunderstood and overused. There are many people who consider Israel Adesanya to …
There are no parts of us. We are whole. Who are we? This is an age-old question that is as perplexing today as it was when it was first conceived. Are we the sum of all our experiences or the characteristics that we have picked up along the way? Or, are we the silent …
We must aspire to envy no person’s lifestyle, only their freedom to live more fearlessly than us. Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman in the Daily Stoic elude to an essay by Seneca on tranquility in which they refer to the Greek word euthymia, which means “believing in yourself and trusting you are on the …
Wear your flats to work but make sure you pull out your hooker heels after hours. Organizations are taking greater steps to improve employee engagement, however surveys reveal people are increasingly unhappy at work. Perhaps part of the dissatisfaction has less to do with peoples’ jobs and more to do with the multitude of …
If I am James Bond, you must be Beyonce? New York Times, bestselling author Austin Kleon said, “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us.” Understanding ourselves is a phenomenon that requires as much unlearning as learning. In our adolescence, we are involved in the process of constructing our identity …
Success isn’t something you accomplish. It is something you feel. Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, showcases the impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events and the human tendency to find simplistic explanations for these events, retrospectively. One such outlier is that fifty percent of …
Disclaimer: For the purpose of this post, I refer to anxiety as is experienced by those on a day-to-day basis and not people who have been diagnosed with anxiety. Anxiety doesn’t need a cage. It needs a jungle gym. According to the American Psychological Association, millennials report above average stress levels and government data indicates …
I am because we are. If the word Ubuntu makes you tilt your head and think of an open-source Operating System that you heard about in the early 2000’s, then we were in the same boat. The Playbook is a Netflix documentary that captures the winning strategies behind some of the most decorated coaches in …
If you want a six-pack and are willing to do burpees in your living room until you throw up, I recommend buying a bucket. As the new year approaches, people start scurrying and scanning their minds for potential New Year’s resolutions. Mental notes are reviewed, receipts are calculated, calories are counted, and promises that were …