by Scott A Stonehouse | Oct 30, 2025 | Maxims, Personal Growth
Friction makes things more difficult. It slows things down. Sometimes, that is the point. When thinking about habits and goals, friction is what gets in your way, slows you down, and makes it harder for you to do what you want to do. If you are trying to create and...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Oct 23, 2025 | Habits, Leadership, Maxims, Personal Growth
What is your default mode in a social setting? Do you suddenly become fascinated with wall art or your phone? Anything at all to not look like you are awkwardly standing alone? Are you hoping anyone — even someone you don’t like — will show up and...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Oct 18, 2025 | Maxims
That thing you said to yourself, the thing you keep saying to yourself, isn’t true. It isn’t kind. It isn’t helpful. Or perhaps it is something someone else said to you. Again, not true, not kind, not helpful. Sometimes you might need to work through...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Oct 13, 2025 | Habits, Maxims, Personal Growth
You probably have a few monkeys you deal with on a daily basis. Some of them are other people’s problems that try to jump on your back and want you to care for and feed them. Reminding yourself, “That’s not my monkey” is incredibly helpful. But...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Oct 11, 2025 | Habits, Maxims, Personal Growth
Some days you just aren’t feeling it. You don’t have the energy to work out. You don’t have the time to write. You don’t have the motivation to practice. The temptation is to do nothing. Nada. Zero. A Zero Day is a day that you do nothing...
