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Gratitude Journal Guide: How to Choose One and Actually Keep Using It Gratitude · 2 min readGratitude Journal Guide: How to Choose One and Actually Keep Using ItWhat to look for in a gratitude journal, how to use one without it going stale, and how to build the habit. Read the article The Evolve BlogHow to Journal Your Way Out of Catastrophising Happiness & Wellbeing · 2 min readCatastrophising rarely feels like a choice. A minor worry loops until it's a full disaster film, and by the third replay it feels less like anxiety... Read the article The Evolve BlogThe Stockdale Paradox: Holding Hope and Reality at the Same Time Mindset · 2 min readAdmiral James Stockdale spent over seven years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He survived it, he later said, by holding two things at once:... Read the article The Marmite Mindset: Why Trying to Please Everyone Backfires Mindset · 2 min readThe Marmite Mindset: Why Trying to Please Everyone BackfiresSome brands spark obsessive devotion in some people and genuine disgust in others. Marmite is the obvious example: unapologetically itself, and never interested in being liked... Read the article The Ignorance Tax: What Not Knowing Actually Costs You Mindset · 2 min readThe Ignorance Tax: What Not Knowing Actually Costs YouSomeone once asked Picasso to sketch something on a napkin. It took him thirty seconds. He asked for a million francs. She was stunned it only... Read the article The Solomon Paradox: Why We Give Better Advice to Others Than Ourselves Mindset · 2 min readThe Solomon Paradox: Why We Give Better Advice to Others Than OurselvesYou can spot exactly what a friend should do about their relationship, their job, their falling-out with a sibling. Your own version of the same problem... Read the article The Story of the Mexican Fisherman: What Are You Actually Working Towards? Purpose & Meaning · 2 min readThe Story of the Mexican Fisherman: What Are You Actually Working Towards?A fisherman catches enough for the day, then stops. A visiting businessman spends twenty minutes explaining how he could build an empire instead, bigger boat, bigger... Read the article

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Stop Performing for an Audience That Doesn't Exist Mindset · 2 min readStop Performing for an Audience That Doesn't ExistMost of us walk around assuming other people are clocking every awkward thing we do. The bad haircut, the thing we said wrong in the meeting,... Read the article Toyota's Five Whys: A Personal Growth Exercise for Finding the Real Reason You're Stuck Goals & Habits · 2 min readToyota's Five Whys: A Personal Growth Exercise for Finding the Real Reason You're StuckAsking "why" five times in a row can uncover the real reason behind a problem that a single explanation never would. It's called the Five Whys,... Read the article The 3F Digital Boundary Stack: A Simple Framework for Screens and Sleep Goals & Habits · 2 min readThe 3F Digital Boundary Stack: A Simple Framework for Screens and SleepCutting evening screen time comes down to three steps: filter what reaches you, fence off where your devices can physically be, and fill the gap that's... Read the article The Lonely Tree: What a Solitary Tree Teaches Us About Relationships Relationships · 2 min readThe Lonely Tree: What a Solitary Tree Teaches Us About RelationshipsA solitary tree in an open field grows fast at first. With no competition for sunlight, water, or nutrients, it gets everything it needs, immediately and... Read the article The Mundane Middle: Why Most Goals Die Between the Start and the Finish Goals & Habits · 2 min readThe Mundane Middle: Why Most Goals Die Between the Start and the FinishMost goals aren't lost at the starting line or the finish line. They're lost somewhere in the middle, once the adrenaline of starting has worn off... Read the article ADHD and Journaling: Why Guided Prompts Help Journaling · 2 min readADHD and Journaling: Why Guided Prompts HelpGuided prompts work better than a blank page for ADHD journaling because they remove the two hardest parts: deciding what to write about, and remembering to... Read the article