Moral Letters
032 - On Continuous Improvement - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The steady progress we make by never stopping is a gift that compounds. Step by step, you pull away, and the crowd can never catch you.
Habits
These posts cover the tremendous power of habits. We are what we repeatedly do, and we become what we set our minds to doing via habits.
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These Things May Be Hurting Your Career
As a public service, I offer this list for you to check whether you may be doing things that are inadvertently hurting your career.
Newsletters
You Will Be What I Am (Newsletter 013)
You could get no clearer picture of what lies in your personal future than to study your parents' generation. But this is a lesson we take up unwillingly.
Moral Letters
026 - On Senior Citizens - Moral Letters for Modern Times
If we want a true test of our training, we must check our thoughts against the one fate we can be sure is destined to come our way.
Newsletters
Regret ... And Other Things That Compound (Newsletter 012)
The power of compounding applies to our thoughts as much as it does to our actions.
Newsletters
A Conversation Is The Worst Way To Communicate (Newsletter 011)
If you want to increase your chances of being heard by your conversational partner, try approaching your next conversation with only one goal: listening to the other person and understanding their point.
Newsletters
How To Avoid Too Much Of A Good Thing (Newsletter 008)
It is not always true that something good in a modest amount is better in greater amounts
Habits
5 Things I Learned About Quitting From 20 Years Of Running
You can accomplish great things if you keep going. You can almost always do more than you initially think.
Better...
The Stoic Career Path
We are ambitious because we think this will bring us happiness, but we make ourselves unhappy in the pursuit of our ambitions.
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James's Rules for Personal and Professional Success
To perform at a high level, you need self-awareness and emotional intelligence, which includes knowing how you interact with others. Ask for feedback, and take it seriously but not personally.
Newsletters
Things We Wish Were True (Newsletter 004)
Just because you find something on the internet doesn't make it true.
Newsletters
Does Klugne Mean Something? (Newsletter 002)
Greetings friends! James Bellerjeau here. I like words. A lot. Those of you who know me will be thinking, "yes, you like to talk a lot when you get in front of an audience." True, but I appreciate others' words as well: a finely written book, a