How to design a good life
exactly what I wanted from life eluded me. That’s when a friend told me about a particular exercise from the eponymous Design Your Life book. It promised to turn my vague ideas about what I wanted into a clear picture underpinned by evidence. The approach was called the ‘odyssey plan’.
Ali Abdaal • Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
A Life You Would Love Brave Thinking Tool: Ask yourself, “What would I love?” Without limits or conditions, choose the best life imaginable. Teaching points Put the “how” on hold and focus instead on “what” the dream is that you deeply desire. Test your dream with five essential questions: (1) Does imagining my dream give me life? (2) Does this dre
... See moreMary Morrissey • Brave Thinking: The Art and Science of Creating a Life You Love
The path to the good life is simple: actively pursue your ideal lifestyle, create solutions to problems along the way, and get paid for sharing that solution with others.
Dan Koe • The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
“What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn’t have any doubt—it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else.”—Hal Boyle. There is so much going on in a day, actions and distractions, it’s easy to get caught up and lose your vision. This quote brings me right back to where I want to be. It keeps me grounde
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Building one’s life is about consciously crafting one’s existence with hard work, love, and dedication. The opus of building one’s specific life requires tiny and large labors, structures and order, and often a lot of faith and trust too.