Mindset
In these posts, Sam Buti discusses strategies to improve your mindset, shift from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset, focus on a growth mindset, and shares resources to not only shift your mindset, but to use to improve your life through growth mindset books...
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Where you stand is rarely the whole ground
Layers of problem-solving When it comes to the layers of problem-solving, there’s the thing. And then there’s the other thing. There’s what meets the eye and the support. The object and the intention. What’s known and everything else. Your voice…and the reason you open your mouth. Both co-exist and yet most of us often only consider one level. This is normal; we’re looking at the level that meets the senses. Unfortunately, our senses neither fully address the scope of problems nor the shape of solutions. How Small Issues Become Big Problems Over Time Here’s an example: a leak in my kitchen destroyed the floor. Flooring, I learned, is much more…
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Anger, my dog of war
What my dog taught me about anger I struggle with anger. Or that’s the story I tell myself. For those of you into Astrology, I have a lot of Aries in my chart. For those of you not into Astrology, when I get mad, I get really mad. It’s palpable. My wife once told me that my anger can fill a room. Admittedly, I don’t hide it well. Some might call this being hot tempered. Others might call this a problem. In the past, my anger has cost me friends, relationships, and opportunities. Hence why I think I struggle. Today, however, I’m befriending my dog of war. Because anger isn’t…
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From repetition to expertise
The art of effective learning strategies to master anything new Repeat after me: when it comes to effective learning strategies, repetition is crucial. Exposure, on the other hand, is necessary but insufficient. Though helpful, exposure must be repeated and repeated at intervals. So at the risk of overstating, effective learning starts with reps. From Outliers, Gladwell posits 10,000 hours to greatness. Greatness, of course, may or may not be your goal. Maybe you just want to learn something new. Or maybe you simply want to be more effective. In any case, time invested is critical. You know this intuitively, but researchers suggest that doing something more than once improves your…
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No one’s been here that long
A mindfulness-for-anxiety perspective shift in modern life I’ve never done this before. Not just this writing. I mean this moment in time. And if I’ve never done this moment before, then (I imagine) neither have you. In fact, no one has. As far as I can tell. At the time of this writing, the oldest person alive was less than 117 years old. In the U.S., those over 100 account for about .03% of the population (though this number is on the rise). Globally, those over 100 account for about .01% (though this number is on the rise, also). Even with more centenarians alive today, that’s not a lot of…
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Why I replaced my morning meditation for anxiety with this one breathing technique…
The only morning meditation for anxiety you need In my mid twenties, I started meditating. I started a morning meditation for anxiety to calm down. I needed to quiet my mind, and I’d heard from several sources that meditation helps. “Sign me up!” I thought. “Where do I start?” But before I squeaked out my first om, anxiety wreaked havoc on my wellbeing. I lived with roommates, barely made enough to pay rent, and was socially isolated, bouncing from one unimpressive temp job to another. When I wasn’t working, I obsessed over unhealthy relationships and struggled to find self worth as an actor. Defining self worth through any job or…
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Dream interpretation – why I record, consider, and analyze my dreams
What I think I know about dreams (so far) For the past five years, I’ve been exploring dreams. In fact, I saw a Jungian Psychoanalyst before and after my mom’s death. Perhaps it was intuition. On some level, my body knew that a major life event was occurring. For those who don’t know, Jungian Therapy, like Freudian analysis, includes analyzing dreams. If dream interpretation sounds a little out there, that’s because it is; why we dream is ultimately unknown. Nonetheless, I remain faithful to dreams, recording them, considering them, and then, perhaps most of all, analyzing them to the best of my ability. I do this because dreams offer a window…
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Getting past rejection
Getting over no and moving past rejection The entertainment industry is filled with rejection. Big Tech is filled with rejection (see: recent layoffs). In fact, all industries are filled with rejection. You know this. But that doesn’t make it any easier when it happens to you. If you’ve recently been rejected from a job, a dream, a person, or a situation, I feel for you. I’m bummed on your behalf. I can only imagine how you feel. But if you were recently rejected, I’m also very proud of you. Proud? Yes, proud. You put yourself in a situation where you could be rejected. This takes courage. You’re putting yourself out…
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Getting Out of Debt
Debt Freedom begins with the choice In “The Most Beautiful Book in the World,” Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt tells the story of a group of women prisoners who happen upon an illegal pen and an empty notebook. With this first possibility to communicate outside of their prison and the decision to use this notebook to write to their daughters, the women pass the notebook back and forth, night after night, each risking their own life. And yet…they can’t write. They continue to fail until one woman finally sets down the only thing she can think to tell her daughter: a recipe. Amazed, the rest follow suit. What results is a cookbook. It…
