When you get rejected, it tells you that you need to change. This change doesn't necessarily have to be to impress those who rejected you though, sometimes people are just plain wrong. It usually just means a change of tack is necessary. Either way, when you are rejected, it can take time to rebuild. How […]

The hard part is getting started, but once you do, from there on it's automatic. That's why making getting started as automatic as possible is useful. Some days you will feel it, some days you will be naturally awake. Then some days you won't. It's those days that are the worst, but by making getting […]

I've always thought it was strange that even with a shrinking population, Japan keeps building more and more new housing developments. Well, Japan is in a bit of a catch-22 when it comes to housing. Like the Japanese tradition of KFC at Christmas, I assume it is something to do with the might of the […]

What is the purpose of asking where we’re from? Why don’t we switch it to where we are going? Why the focus on the past? So we can see if someone matches our expectations of where they’re from? What if we don’t know anything about where they’re from? If we ask where they’re going, wouldn’t […]

This morning I was reading through an article I wrote earlier in the year. I don't remember exactly the hard work that went into it, I just remember that it was hard. But now when I think back to it, I am thankful for my previous self for doing the hard work. Work seems hard […]

What you're evaluated on determines what you do. Change what you're evaluated on and you change what you do. This is where your priorities for life come into play. If you prioritize what other people think of you, ie you set yourself up to be evaluated by other people, your actions will be determined by […]

Humans default to trusting strangers, which can lead to trouble when they're not to be trusted, but is much better than not trusting them.