When was the last time you realized you were feeling so unmotivated about the business you thought you were really passionate about? A past client, a yoga teacher, was struggling with launching a new project that she thought she was really excited about. She had done...

Have you ever felt that trying to change the status quo always seems like an painfully frustrating effort? That was how I felt as I made The Daily Stoic a habit. As this was my first exposure to the philosophy of Stoicism, I constantly dealt with thoughts that opposed...

What's all the rage right now in business now? As Gary Vaynerchuk aptly puts it, the world is different than how it used to be. All the world’s knowledge can be pulled using your phone and when it comes to technical skills, a quick Google search gives you dozens of...

When was the last time you were friends with someone you were also in charge with? Unless you were really lucky, you probably had a couple of really awkward moments where you felt like you had to choose between being a good manager or a good friend. The fallouts of...

One of the reasons I got into coaching was because of my teenage obsession with performance psychology. While most people think sports when they hear that, my medium was the board game of Go. When I was still playing competitively, I came across a book that kicked off...

"The limits of my language means the limits of my world." - Ludwig Witgenstein As you grew up from a snot nosed kid to being a busy adult, you picked up a repertoire of words befitting of where you came come . You may have noticed how you start to speak like your...

Years ago, when I would be desperately competing against geniuses, I questioned why I didn’t have enough talent. I would be pouring hard work, sweat and tears into improving and then someone effortlessly passes by me in a blink of an eye. Life hardly seemed fair. You...

Fascinating how people wonder why they are unhappy but don't see how little compassion they have for themselves. They scold themselves for making mistakes and constantly evaluate themselves against those around them. Make this habitual and even the most successful...

A guilty pleasure of mine is watching anime. I got pickier over the years but one caught my interest because of how real it was. In Sakurasou no Pet Na Kanojo, the main character struggles to find something he wants to do with his life. As he progresses through high...

“Second is to exhaust all their arguments, to see how they change.” The above is a line from “The Way of the General”, a series of essays written by a legend of a military strategist, Zhuge Liang. This line is one of his ways he used to perceive the character of...

How do you see transition? Is it a pain to deal with? Or does it get you excited? People can argue that it depends on the situation and for some, anything would be better than where they are now. Yet for all they talk about in regards to change, they don’t think about...

Enjoy the journey. Enjoy the process. These aren’t new concepts but they have become buzzwords especially recently. During a time where experiences are being rated more highly for happiness than material gains, this is only natural. But while it can be easy to tell...