How to Life
Latest Episodes
Episode 20: Assumptions: Only Grown-ups Do Important Things
and#8212;- This one is everywhere, itand#8217;s insidious, and it never goes away. You have to actively reject it. Resources for Further Reading (Listening) At what age are you grown up? Subscribe iTunes Player.fm Or you can open your preferred podcast a
Episode 19: Depression and RAM
and#8212;- Iand#8217;m still depressed, so today weand#8217;re talking about some of my coping tactics for these times. Resources for Further Reading Whatand#8217;s a Spoonie? Subscribe iTunes Player.fm Or you can open your preferred podcast app / websit
Episode 18: Depression Intro
and#8212;- I have depression, which is why I havenand#8217;t posted anything for weeks. Sorry. Hereand#8217;s my plan for doing better in the future. Resources for Further Reading Spoon Theory Subscribe iTunes Player.fm Or you can open your preferred pod
Episode 17: Shrink Your Risks
and#8212;- Shockingly, it turns out that sometimes Hollywood offers really bad life advice. Hereand#8217;s one example. Subscribe iTunes Player.fm Or you can open your preferred podcast app / website, and enter the url and#160; and#160; and#160; and#160;
Episode 16: Assumptions: Failure == The End
and#8212;- Thereand#8217;s a lot of our culture designed to make you feel like life is a pass/fail one-shot. Itand#8217;sand#8230; not. Resources for Further Reading (Listening) Episode 9: School == Success Subscribe iTunes Player.fm Or you can open your
Episode 15: Crucial Skills: Choose Your Habits
and#8212;- Wouldnand#8217;t it be awesome to be able to succeed without really thinking about it? This turns out to be a surprisingly feasible goal. Resources for Further Reading Habit Change is like Chess (blog post) The Power of Habit (ebook) Goals int
Episode 14: Crucial Skills: Money Management
and#8212;and#8212;and#8212;and#8212;- Everybody wishes they had more money. But more doesnand#8217;t help unless youand#8217;re actually making the best possible use of what you have. Hereand#8217;s how to improve. Resources for Further Reading
Episode 13: Crucial Skills: Discipline
and#8212;and#8212;and#8212;and#8212;and#8211; We are led to believe that itand#8217;s our intelligence or our talents that will make us successful, but research shows that thereand#8217;s a factor thatand#8217;s more important than both of those things.
Episode 12: Crucial Skills: The Scientific Method (as it applies to you)
and#8212;and#8212;and#8212;and#8212;and#8211; Schools talk a lot about what the scientific method is, and make you memorize all the steps. But the examples they make you work through give you no idea how useful the process is and#8212; or where you might
Episode 11: Crucial Skills: Sales
and#8212;and#8212;and#8212;and#8212;- If youand#8217;re like most people, becoming a salesperson is the last thing you want to do. But I donand#8217;t think you really have a choice. Hereand#8217;s why. Resources for Further Reading Sales Dogs by Blair S