Two Inspiring Individualistic Songs to Live By
I’ve long known that in order to achieve happiness I had to pursue my own values and live by my own judgment. But I had moments of discouragement when I...
The Source and Value of Self-esteem
Having good self-esteem is essential to being happy with your life. How can you be happy if you don’t have a good opinion of yourself? But developing and maintaining high...
OSI Is Hiring Two Full-Time Marketing Specialists
Objective Standard Institute (OSI) is looking for two marketing specialists to join our life-loving team. If you are a self-starter and a team player who aims constantly to improve, one...
Drawing on Past Passions for New Opportunities
Do you ever reflect on hobbies you once enjoyed but no longer practice?
Barbell Training for Health and Happiness
Several years ago, if you had told me that working out would soon become one of my favorite activities, I may have pictured myself doing dance or sports, or taking...
How The Lean Startup Method Can Save You Time and Money
If I could summarize the main lesson of Eric Ries’s The Lean Startup in one sentence, it would be something like this: When launching a product, start small, get it...
Unstoppable Momentum: The Music of Joe Satriani
When the fourteen-year-old Joe Satriani learned, during high school football practice in 1970, of the passing of his musical hero Jimi Hendrix, he walked over to the coach and quit...
Ludovico Einaudi: Artistic Integrity and Harmonious Music
“When I need to feel like I’m in a beautiful place, that is the music I go to.” This is how one listener described the experience of listening to music...
Sales Mastermind Lessons for Non-Sales People
I’m not a professional salesperson, but I recently learned some sales lessons that can be helpful even for non-sales people. I needed help on a pitch email for a prospective...
The Delights of Dance: Health, Expression, and Musicality
In today’s busy world, having fun life-enhancing hobbies can drastically improve one’s quality of life. Dance is one such hobby for me. It has always fascinated me because it uses...
For Maximum Success, “Eat That Frog”
Have you ever felt so overwhelmed with a project or task that you don’t even know where to start? This often leads to procrastination. But if you sit down and...
Enrich Your Life and Strengthen Your Mind by Learning a Foreign Language
Learning another language can have many benefits: cognitive, emotional, and social—and it doesn’t have to be the chore it used to be. Learning foreign words with no direct translation in...
