Over the last few days, I’ve told you my rags to riches story, (well maybe not riches, but pretty decent success), I’ve shared two awesome top performer tactics with you, busted the myths within, and together we’ve mustered several thousand views of the posts within this series. I’ve also heard from several of you who…
Welcome back to the Myths of Personals Productivity series. On Tuesday, we talked about the myth of natural motivation. We discussed that motivation is not always a natural thing – in fact it rarely is. Often times it has to be manufactured and coaxed out of your daily life. You learned some ways to do…
Welcome to the rest of my story, and the first installment in the Myths of Personal Productivity series. Let’s get started. There’s a massive myth floating around that almost everyone I talk with on Academy Success struggles with. When each reader joins the community, I provide the opportunity to answer a survey which asks a…
As I write this, I’ve been writing in Academy Success for a little over a year now. I’ve published nearly 100 articles, recorded dozens of videos, compiled several specialized reports (including some of the industry’s top bloggers), just released a brand new upgraded design, and have even written a book on Amazon. I’ve also been…
Note: I originally published this post on The Change Blog. Due to the great response, I am republishing it here for the benefit of Academy Success readers. As I write this post, I was brought into this world 30 years ago today. Even though 30 is apparently the new 20, and some days I feel…
As I write this post, I just turned 30 years old last week, which naturally made me reflect on the last 30 years of my life as anyone who has just turned 30 does – well actually the last 25, because who remembers stuff until they’re 5 anyway, right? Either way, I got to thinking…
I’ve always thought that doing things because “that’s what you’re supposed to do” is a really dumb reason to do anything, and that plays a big part in what this lesson explores. Nearly every post on this blog shows you how to find a better way to do something in your life, and this may…
If you’re going into the 9-5 world, which the vast majority of people are, getting a college degree is essentially a must if you want to risk up the ranks past an entry level position. And graduate degrees are becoming more and more common these days as well. Many professionals are obtaining graduate degrees to…
Quite a few people struggle with leaving things unfinished. In fact, I used to struggle with this very thing myself. There’s a lot of psychology and brain chemistry at play when it comes to motivation, and the reasons humans behave in certain ways. This has a huge effect with the conventional advice that most big…
So, I have a confession to make. I haven’t always been the productive person I am today. Truthfully, I’ve never been a person with an overabundance of natural energy. Some people are naturally energetic, like my wife. She’s up and moving with a smile on her face within 3 minutes of waking up… but not…