Vilfredo Pareto was a leading economist, sociologist, and engineer in the 1800s. He is best known for the Pareto Principle, which is now known as the 80/20 Rule.[i] In short, the Pareto Principle explains the unequal distribution of wealth, income, land ownership, and production. Pareto stumbled upon this principle by observing how eighty [...]
In my early twenties, I looked at leaders around me who, so I thought, only needed four to six hours of sleep per night. I envied them, so I decided to give it a try. After a week of getting only six hours of sleep a night, I wound up sick, and it [...]
It was the summer of 1910. Virtually the entire world had been explored, and in the minds of many, only one frontier remained—the South Pole. Thousands of miles away from civilization, Antarctica remained one of the last places untouched by the modern world. Robert Scott from England and Roald Amundsen from Norway led [...]
As a global culture we are flooded with information, and with the more information we gather the more prone we are to paralysis. It is through repetition and continuous action that we are able to develop our skill set, our taste, and our ability to do great things--reading another book, watching another youtube [...]
We all have dreams. And we all like to talk about them. It makes us feel good, warm and fuzzy. But sharing your dreams with others is a baaad idea. There are one of FOUR things that will happen when you share what you plan on doing, and only one of them is [...]
Do you have a skewed view on adventure? Are you seeking the next high but are continually left disappointed? In my new book, Anchored the Discipline to Stop Drifting, I share how we have idolized adventure into so kind of selfie snapping vacation on the beach... when true adventure is about hard work [...]
Six years ago, 2013, my whole life changed. My western culture was confronted and I set out on a process, a journey, to better understand my culture, the culture of the Middle East--and how to life a focused life that wasn't merely busy, but a life that allowed me to achieve the results [...]
Those who succeed are those who never turn back. Here is a funny story of a great explorer who DID turn back . . . okay the story isn't FACTUAL . . . but it is TRUE. In fact it is a story most people live out every day of their life. And [...]
Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Fawziah al-Bakr, Annie Kenney and tens of thousands of other stood up (or sat down) for their rights. In this episode we don't focus so much on the courage and sacrifice that so many have made throughout history to fight for and defend civil rights... But [...]
For hundreds of years mankind tried to break a four minute mile. People tried everything to break the barrier... even had bulls chasing them. Scientists said it would never be done. They said the human body couldn't survive due to lack of oxygen. Sports experts said the conditions would have to be absolutely [...]