Will You Create A Masterpiece or Interpret Life Through the Paintings of Others?

I’ve previously talked about why you should stop wasting your free time and the importance of maintaining momentum. Tony Robins is the most popular Personal Development coach and Motivational speaker in the world. In a recent Twitter Post he stated: “Will You Create A Masterpiece or Interpret Life Through the Paintings of Others?” This reminded me of […]

It’s Time to HUSTLE – How Going to an AC/DC Concert Inspired me to Push Harder!

I’m on my way back from Montreal after an amazing performance by AC/DC. I’m writing this while I’m on the bus, so I’m still on that “post-concert” high. Their performance was outstanding to say the least! What I wanted to talk about was how the fact that these guys are all in their 60s and […]

Be Tough and Ride Out Life’s Toughest Temporary Challenges!

The quote “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” has been overused by trying-to-be-catchy pop songs, but the meaning of that quote holds much truth. I’ve recently found out that my long-distance girlfriend isn’t able to visit me during the summer as we’ve previously planned. When you’ve been waiting 13 months for your girl to […]

Micro-Procrastination – This is How You’re Wasting Your Time (Without Even Realizing It)

The concept of Micro-Procrastination is fairly new among millennials. We’ve heard many times that millennials have shorter attention spans. Procrastination is defined as “the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent ones.” As we’ve moved into a faster and more connected world, what we do now to procrastinate has evolved into […]

Circle of Influence vs. Circle of Concern – How to Use Your Time and Energy More Effectively!

Reactive people are controlled by their feelings. If your feelings are controlling your actions, it’s because you’ve abandoned your responsibility of your own actions and empowered your own feelings to control them. Stephen Covey talks about the Circle of Influence and the Circle of Concern in his book 7 habits of Highly Effective People. This can […]

Stop Wasting Your Free time!

“It is in the improvident use of our leisure, I suspect, that the greatest wastes of American life occur.” – Robert Park Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience is a book by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (ranking as the #1 most complicated name on Earth) that discusses how we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the […]

“Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It”

Challenging. Intellectual. Nuanced. These are 3 words that don’t describe “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation”. Having recently watched its latest iteration, I want to talk about how the movie meets expectations and provides nothing more than an entertaining ride, instead of a challenging and thoughtful experience. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation stars Tom Cruise in a mindless […]

Gaining Momentum – How to Stay Motivated (PART 1)

A large part of motivation is to figure out how to push your own buttons to keep yourself motivated to take a specific action consistently. What I want to talk about is understanding what goes on in your brain on a psychological level once you start taking massive amounts of action towards your goal. When you start taking […]

Positive Reframing – How to Always Stay Positive (No Matter What Happens)

This is a concept that I’ve recently been ingraining in my brain: Positive Reframing. Reframing is the concept of looking at, presenting, or thinking in a new or different way. When an event occurs that may effect you negatively, Reframe your perception to focus on the bright side. What you’re essentially doing is refraining your mind from complaining […]

A Notion of Bad Habits

A habit that you perceive as “negative” may not necessarily be perceived as such for another individual. As a male human being in my early 20s, I find myself going on tangents where I’d either rant or lecture to friends of mine about life advice. Recently, I was watching a video by Eliot Hulse… At […]

Marwan AlShafei

Personal Development – Motivation – Self Discovery