Studies show that ongoing learning can strengthen mental health, support personal growth, and help people adapt to an ever-changing world. Learning something new stimulates the brain, keeps curiosity alive, and encourages a mindset of continuous improvement. It can...
THE PRACTICE Pay yourself a fixed amount on a fixed schedule from the business account, no matter how the month went, and let the business absorb the ups and downs instead of you. One month, three clients pay at once and there’s more in the account than...
THE PRACTICE When the dread shows up before the week starts, write down exactly what it’s about, then deal with that one thing instead of the whole week. Plenty of people who work for themselves assumed the Sunday-night feeling would go away once they left their...
THE PRACTICE Create a short, fixed routine that opens and closes your workday, so your head knows when work starts and when it’s over. Almost nobody misses commuting. The traffic, the train delays, the forty minutes each way that you’ll never get back....
THE PRACTICE Give every finished project a small, fixed ending ritual, because when you work alone, nobody else will notice that something got done. In a company, finishing something is a public event. The launch gets announced in a meeting. Someone brings a cake....
THE PRACTICE Have at least one regular activity where you’re a beginner, nothing is being measured, and there’s no plan to ever turn it into money. Running a business turns you into a person who evaluates everything. Every hour has a rate. Every idea gets...
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