1: The year was 2008. Dr. Benjamin Hardy had barely graduated from high school. He hadn’t taken his grades seriously and let his friends dictate the direction of his life.

Then, he made a decision that would change his life.  He decided to commit to serving a two-year church mission.

Doing so allowed him to confront “the trauma and pain of my past,” Ben recounts in 10x Is Easier Than … continue reading

1: The year was 1990. Jim Carrey was a struggling young comic.

Sitting in his car high up in the Hollywood Hills overlooking the lights of Los Angeles, he took out his checkbook and wrote himself a check for $10 million. He dated it five years in the future: November 1995. In the notation, he wrote, “For acting services rendered.”  

Five years later, just before Thanksgiving of 1995, he … continue reading

When we are learning to drive, we pay close attention to every aspect of what we are doing.  When we change lanes, we think through every step.

As we gain experience, we begin to group together many of these tasks and internalize them in our subconscious.

“When viewing a particular situation—such as a car accident—the experienced driver has a better understanding of what may have occurred than a newbie driver … continue reading

1: A large passenger jet left New Zealand for a sightseeing flight to Antarctica. 257 people were on board. The year was 1979.  

“Unknown to the pilots, however, someone had modified the flight coordinates by a mere two degrees,” recounts famed German pilot Dieter Utchdorf in Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x.

“This error placed the aircraft 28 miles to the east of … continue reading

1: Science defines identity as “a well-organized conception of the self, consisting of values and beliefs to which the individual is solidly committed.”

Our identity is based on two things. 

First, the story we tell ourselves about ourselves.

And second, the standards or commitments we hold for ourselves.

“Put simply, our identity as a person is what we’re most committed to,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is … continue reading

1: Steve Jobs once observed: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. . . Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path.”

This week, we’ve been exploring strategies to go 10x. Rather than 2x. Which is our default mode. Do what we’re doing. … continue reading

1: There are two ways to approach any situation. Two ways to approach life.

Are we playing a finite game? Or an infinite game?

“A finite game is played for the purpose of winning,” writes Dr. James Carse in his book Finite and Infinite Games. An infinite game is played “for the purpose of continuing the play. . . Finite players play within boundaries; infinite players play with boundaries. … continue reading

1: The research is clear. When we feel our lives and work are a calling, good things happen.  

We “experience greater overall subjective well-being or happiness as well as greater career success than those who view their work as a job or career,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x.      

A calling is defined as “a sense of purpose, [that] we’re doing what we … continue reading

1: Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was working on his groundbreaking research on flow, the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter.

Mihaly contacted Peter Drucker, the preeminent management thinker, to interview him regarding creativity.

Peter’s response struck a chord with Mihaly, so much so that he included it in his book:

“I am greatly honored and flattered by your kind … continue reading

1: In 2014, Nike announced it would release the “P-ROD 8,” American skateboarder Paul Rodriguez‘s eighth signature shoe.

P-Rod became only the fourth athlete ever to release eight unique signature shoes.  The other three athletes?  Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James.

“Having a signature shoe with Nike is an extremely rare feat,”  Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How … continue reading