by Tim Denning | Mar 17, 2024 | Life Hacks
The greatest thinker I ever met was the son of a Malaysian farmer. He ran the old school mainframe servers at my employer. My privileged white colleagues, as bad as this sounds, looked down on him because he was black. It pissed me off. When I first met him I had no...
by Tim Denning | Feb 19, 2024 | Life Hacks
Perfectionism is a lie just like wealth equality. Writer David Perell says “Perfectionism isn’t real. Really, it’s a mask for procrastination.” I agree. When I hear someone say they’re a perfectionist it upsets me. So much wasted potential. In a fast-moving world,...
by Tim Denning | Feb 19, 2024 | Life Hacks
Neighbors love to b*tch about each other. They’ll even get together to stop a bad neighbor from doing harm. For the last year I’ve had 100+ of my neighbors stand behind me to fight a bad neighbor. Everything changed when we went from free support, to me asking them to...
by Tim Denning | Jan 29, 2024 | Life Hacks
Using more productivity hacks won’t make you successful. All they do is try to force you to get more done by doing stuff you’d prefer not to be doing. When I used to work a 9–5 finance job, I’d try to find flow. It was rare. I’d have to juice up on three coffees to...
by Tim Denning | Jan 22, 2024 | Life Hacks
Mental health issues turned my brain to mush. Through the recovery process I accidentally learned about neuroplasticity. A big guy named Tony Robbins mentioned it in a speech. Neuroplasticity is a fancy term that means your brain can adapt and grow based on new...
by Tim Denning | Jan 3, 2024 | Life Hacks
Common new year advice won’t make you unstoppable in 2024. The cliche tips dished out like toilet water at this time of year are: Do more Do less Screw that. My approach is to take what I’m already doing and find a better version to replace it with. Here are some...