Life is like a piece of art in the making. Progress is the goal — Our unconscious and deliberate habits shape our lives. They dictate how we spend our time. Repeated over time, habits become our way of life. The more you do something, the easier it becomes. That’s why new habits are often framed as a set of tasks that need to be repeated…

The joy of clarity walk — The mind is an incredibly powerful tool. It’s also a two-edged sword — it can bring out the best or worst in you. More often than not, when you are not actively doing anything, the brain daydreams, overthinks the past or future and contemplates others’ perceptions of us. Psychologists call…

We are all passengers through time — The myth of the unchanging nature of human existence is just that: a myth. People no longer live in small villages as their ancestors did, but in cities accompanied by technology and surrounded by modernisation. This fact has led to changes in how we understand life and what it means…

Learning how to live is a skill — Life can be much more challenging and painful if you complicate your daily habits, routines and rituals. Most people block out their negative realities because they can be tough to process. Do you ever feel like your life is just one big crazy blur? Everyone deals with the chaos of…

A good life is simple — don’t insist on complicating it — One of the most famous philosophers and thinkers of all time is Confucius. He was a highly educated Chinese philosopher and teacher from the sixth century BCE. He spent much of his life studying with different teachers and becoming increasingly interested in the principles of human behaviour, ethics, and virtues. …

Active living > passive living — You’ve just survived another day. Regardless of what you did yesterday, chances are you weren’t really engaged with your experience. In fact, if you think about it, most days, we barely even notice them. This is because most of our time is spent acting rather than being fully alive. That’s…

The fun principle — Success seems to be an elusive goal for many people. When you look at the big picture, it’s easy to see why. There are many paths to the same goal, but not all trajectories lead to a better outcome. Having fun is a common success factor in achieving exceptional results…

Without self-knowledge, you cannot be truly free — Meaning is the biggest secret to a meaningful life. It’s so simple, and yet so many people miss it. It’s hidden in plain sight, waiting for you to find it. To get a meaningful life, you need to build inner self-knowledge first. Self-knowledge is the foundation of all other meaningful…

How to reconnect with your natural and true self — Life is simple until it’s complicated deliberately. Daily experiences can be tough if you let the tiny details you can’t control take over your life. The question isn’t whether you should or shouldn’t live life fully or meaningfully — it’s how you should go about doing it. We can learn…