by Gabriel Stein | Jul 14, 2015 | Personal, Personal Development
I frequently hear the words “key”, “secret”, and “everything” thrown around with reckless abandon. And yes, they’re mainly used for marketing purposes, but let’s take a look at the definitions: Key – of paramount...
by Gabriel Stein | Jul 8, 2015 | Personal Development, Productivity
Framing (a framework that supports and produces structure to an idea) is a very powerful effect. It happens whether or not we’re conscious of it. Which of course is why being conscious and aware of it is key. Most people frame the idea of the “rest of...
by Gabriel Stein | Jul 6, 2015 | Personal, Personal Development
Ever been at an event, saw some food you knew was a bad idea (too much sugar, bread, salt, etc), and ate it anyway and felt terrible the next day? Well that’s how most of our lives are working in the grand scheme of things. We make decisions on far too small a...
by Gabriel Stein | Jul 4, 2015 | Personal, Personal Development
It’s very common for people to say that success feels surreal. I think upon examination there’s actually a pretty simplistic reason. A dream is something imagined. Imagine means to “believe something unreal or untrue to exist or be so”. The more you fixate on...
by Gabriel Stein | Jul 3, 2015 | Business, Software
Starting a side business can be a great way to build an income stream, monetize, fund, or scale a hobby, or create a more gradual and reliable shift from a job to entrepreneurship. In a side hustle, you need to be extremely clear on what your desired outcome is before...
by Gabriel Stein | Jun 24, 2015 | Books, Personal, Personal Development
Consuming knowledge is only the first step. Actually retaining that knowledge is the tough part. Especially since there’s two types of memory: Recognition, and Recall. Recognition is like when you can’t remember the name of an actor from that one movie,...
by Gabriel Stein | Jun 24, 2015 | Business
Ever wondered how to explain what you do? I did for a long time, as I’m sure many entrepreneurs have always struggled to. Especially if you operate multiple projects! This technique from the brilliant Nicholas Boothman was mindblowing: 1. You know how? [Target...
by Gabriel Stein | Jun 22, 2015 | Personal, Personal Development, Productivity, Software
Planning is crucial. Not because things go according to plan. But that as Alan Lakein says “failing to plan, is planning to fail”. Brian Tracy suggests that 1 minute of planning saves an average of 10 minutes of execution. And anything that has a 10x ROI...
by Gabriel Stein | Jun 17, 2015 | Personal
Writing a book is on the goal or bucket list for many people. The best practices aren’t that hard, it’s the actual fleshing out of the chapters that takes hard work. These are some of the things I’ve learned and best selling authors use: Define the...
by Gabriel Stein | Jun 13, 2015 | Business, Personal, Personal Development
One of the single most crucial concepts and keys to success that I’ve ever learned. This is one of the things I’ll reference the most as well. It’s actually rather simple: when “principle” (resources of money, time, knowledge, etc) is...
