Author: Shane Melaugh

  • What if Only Your Actions Counted?

    What if only what you do counted? What if that was the only thing that carried any weight or mattered to anyone? What if only your actions mattered? Not your words, not your thoughts, not your beliefs, not your principles, not your plans, not your hopes, not your dreams, not what you actually really mean,…

  • The “Grow Stronger” Approach

    In the movie “13th Warrior”, Antonio Banderas plays the main character who is an Arab who finds himself out of place on a quest with a bunch of burly Vikings (makes more sense when you actually see the movie). When he is given a sword by one of the Vikings, he complains that the sword…

  • 10 Distraction Free Days – Part 1

    10 Distraction Free Days – Part 1

    I have a lot on my plate, right now. So much, in fact, that I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed these past few days and I found myself wasting time more often than not. To give my productivity a boost, I’m starting a simple 10-day challenge. In this first post, I describe the problem and…

  • 90 Minutes – If You Have Only One Good Habit, Let it Be This

    I believe that good habit-building is very central to personal progress, productivity and self-improvement of almost any kind. In this post, I explain the most essential, basic and important habit in my life – the habit I simply refer to as “90 minutes”. Who Are You Spending Your Time On? I have been self-employed for…

  • Will Smith’s Key to Life

    I came across a very inspirational video featuring Will Smith talking about one of his life philosophies and I want to share this video with my readers. First, let me thank David from Il Cantone, where I first encountered this video. Okay, so here it is, followed by some of my thoughts about it: Alright, the…

  • Flow

    Mihály Csíkszentmihályi – what looks like  the result of me randomly banging my forehead against the keyboard is actually the name of an academic who is one of the pioneers of positive psychology. He coined the term “flow” as a particular state of mind and concentration, sometimes also referred to as “optimal experience”. Since it…

  • Derren Brown: A Brief Glimpse Into an Incredible Mind

    Below, you’ll find a video featuring a short interview with Derren Brown. It’s worth seeing for several reasons, one of them being that anything with Derren Brown in it is worth seeing. Yes, I’m a fan. Another reason I will get into after you’ve given the interview a look.In case you don’t know who Derren…