Knowing how to keep score before you play a game is essential. Too many people focus on external factors when their spotlight should be within. It’s futile to declare victory if the goal line keeps changing. Letting others define your happiness is an unmistakable path to a stalemate or worse. Counting the things that are…

We live in the richest of times. Why do so many feel so poor? Prosperity doesn’t feel so prosperous despite unprecedented advances in technology, science, medicine, and just about everything else. Unfortunately, paradox rules our modern world. The Dalai Lama observed our discontent and laid out his argument for the causes of rampant suffering despite…

America is filled with broken, antiquated systems indifferent to the modern world. Our education monopoly was designed to prepare children to toil on an assembly line. In many ways, things haven’t changed much. A nine-period day, few options for practical skills, and judging students by the lowest common denominator, a standardized test grade still rules…

It’s what you don’t do that often ordains success or failure. In many instances, avoiding losing is more attainable than winning the game. Insert your investments and retirement plans into this strategy. Warren Buffet’s brilliant business partner, Charlie Munger, coined this phrase when asked how to acquire an edge regarding investing. “It is remarkable how…

Your thoughts are your worst enemy. The bad news: Data suggests we have 10,000-20,000 thoughts daily. The good news: We forget about 99% of them. George Mack gives a terrific analogy. When you hear transient thoughts in your head, it’s easy to take them seriously, especially negative ones. The human thinking experience is like meeting…