Blinkist Black Friday Deal: Get 50% Off
Quick link: click here to get 50% off Blinkist
If you want to reach your full potential, you need to invest in your self-education. Benjamin Franklin once said that “an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
Related to that, there is a Blinkist Black Friday deal for you: for a limited time, you can get 50% off a Blinkist subscription.
Blinkist is an app that helps you get the key ideas from nonfiction books. It solves the problem of having to spend a lot of time to read a book. With Blinkist, it takes you only 15 minutes to get all the important ideas from a book. It’s a great way to learn mo...
Source: Life Optimizer - November 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: General Source Type: blogs
The Steward Mindset: A Key Mindset to Maximize Your Personal Growth
Your mindset plays a key role in maximizing your personal growth. Why is that the case? Because your mindset determines your actions. The right mindset will lead you to the right actions. The wrong mindset, on the other hand, will lead you to the wrong actions.
The question is: what is the right mindset to adopt to maximize your personal growth?
Well, I believe that you should start with the growth mindset. This is what I wrote in How the Right Mindset Can Help You Grow:
The growth mindset believes that you can develop your abilities. You can learn and get better at what you do. The fixed mindset, on the other hand, believ...
Source: Life Optimizer - November 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Learning Thinking Source Type: blogs
Preparing Yourself for a Great 2021
We are now at the end of October. That means there are only two months left before we enter 2021. What should we do?
Well, I believe that we should use the last two months of this year to build a strong foundation for next year.
Needless to say, 2020 has been a challenging year. The biggest challenge for many of us, of course, is the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has affected pretty much every area of our lives. But here is the thing: where there is a difficulty, there is also an opportunity. It’s just a matter of perspective. As I wrote in How to Reinvent Yourself:
Your perspective determines your actions, so takin...
Source: Life Optimizer - October 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Learning Purpose Source Type: blogs
What Is Happiness? A Definition of Happiness
Happiness is something that everyone wants. Different people might use different words for it, but everyone wants to live a happy life.
But what is happiness? How would you define it?
This is an important question because your definition of happiness will influence your decisions and actions.
A common misconception is to define happiness with something external such as an abundance of possessions. They think that if they have much, they will be happy. But this kind of happiness is fleeting. You may be happy for a moment but then it goes away. You will need another external event to make you happy again. It’s a never-endi...
Source: Life Optimizer - October 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Purpose Source Type: blogs
A Key to Adventure: Reimagining Your Life
In my previous post, I wrote about living an adventurous life. There I wrote that a good life is a life of adventure. I also wrote that living an adventurous life requires you to take risks.
Here I’d like to share with you another side of it: living an adventurous life may require you to reimagine your life.
Why is that the case?
Well, because how you direct your life depends a lot on your imagination. Your imagination determines your possibilities. Your possibilities determine your aspirations. And your aspirations determine your actions.
I love to learn from the stories of great people. One thing I learned is that a de...
Source: Life Optimizer - September 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Purpose Thinking Source Type: blogs
Living an Adventurous Life
I read an article a while back about what makes a good life. It says that an important element of a good life is something called “psychological richness.” Here is an excerpt:
According to this view, a good life is one that is interesting, varied and surprising—even if some of those surprises aren’t necessarily pleasant ones. In fact, the things that make a life psychologically rich may actually make it less happy in the ordinary sense. After all, to put it bluntly, a happy life can also be boring. Adventures, explorations and crises may be painful, but at least they’re interesting.
I agree with this view. In Tim...
Source: Life Optimizer - September 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Purpose Source Type: blogs
Productivity and Longevity: A Timeless Lesson From Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett, the famed investor, turned 90 last Sunday. At that age, he still hasn’t retired. He is still the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Not only does he live long, but also he stays sharp mentally. In fact, one thing he did on his 90th birthday is announcing a new deal that Berkshire just made. Bill Gates mentioned that he has the mental sharpness of a 30-year-old.
To be honest, this is a bit “confusing” from a health perspective because he isn’t known for having a healthy diet. Instead, “he lunches on McDonald’s chicken nuggets at least three times a week and has, since childhood, taken a quarter of his ca...
Source: Life Optimizer - September 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Health Productivity Source Type: blogs
How to Make Good Decisions With Probabilistic Thinking
I’m always interested in learning how to make good decisions. After all, optimizing our lives has a lot to do with the quality of our decisions. The better decisions we make, the more likely we are to reach our full potential.
In that regard, I recently read Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke. I was interested in the book because I have noticed that many leaders use “thinking in bets” when making decisions. A clear example is Bill Gates. This is what I wrote in A Key Factor to Living Life to the Fullest:
I learned about this “making bets” concept from watching a 2007 interview with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. In the i...
Source: Life Optimizer - August 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Thinking Source Type: blogs
How to Become Adaptable in Uncertain Times
We now live in an uncertain time. Things that seemed certain just a few months ago may seem uncertain now. What seemed like sure bets back then may turn out to be the opposite.
So how can we go through this?
Well, I believe that the key to survive and even thrive in uncertain times is being adaptable.
You see, it’s not enough just to be good at what you do. An entire industry could be turned upside down in a time like this. When that happened, running faster on your current track wouldn’t change the situation. Instead, you should be prepared to move to a different track. You should be prepared to move horizontally ins...
Source: Life Optimizer - July 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Learning Working Source Type: blogs
Ask the Readers: What Lessons Have You Learned From This Pandemic?
We have been in this pandemic for a few months now. Needless to say, this is an unprecedented situation for most – if not all – of us. This is a difficult time, but I believe it’s also a good opportunity to learn a lot. As I’ve written a while back, this is a good time to reinvent ourselves.
So here is my question to you:
What lessons have you learned from this pandemic?
Please share your answer in the comments so that everyone can read it. Thanks! (Source: Life Optimizer)
Source: Life Optimizer - July 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Learning Source Type: blogs
Avoid the Sunk Cost Trap to Make Good Decisions
I recently wrote about how thinking in terms of opportunity cost can help you use your time effectively. Now, I’d like to follow up on that by discussing another concept called sunk cost trap. Along with opportunity cost, this concept can help you make good decisions.
Here is a definition of sunk cost trap:
Sunk cost trap refers to a tendency for people to irrationally follow through on an activity that is not meeting their expectations. This is because of the time and/or money they have already invested.
In other words, once you have invested your resources in something, you may tend to invest more in it even if it’s ...
Source: Life Optimizer - June 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Thinking Source Type: blogs
How to Use Time Effectively: A Key Principle
Do you want to become more effective? Do you want to use your time effectively?
I’d like to give you just one key principle on how to use time effectively. I believe that using this principle can make a big difference in your life.
The principle is opportunity cost.
You see, it’s easy to assume that time is a renewable resource. You might think that there is still tomorrow to do what you are supposed to do. But the fact is, time is not a renewable resource. Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.
So how can we better appreciate the value of time?
Well, I believe that thinking in terms of opportunity cost is a good ans...
Source: Life Optimizer - June 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Time management Source Type: blogs
A Key Reason Why Reading Is Important
If you have been with me for some time, you might know that I’m an avid reader. I love to read nonfiction books. I’m not a fast reader, but reading is a hobby of mine.
Lately, I have been thinking about why reading is important. Of course, I have reaped a lot of benefits from it, but I tried to pinpoint why exactly reading is important. What is it about reading that makes it such a useful activity? Why are so many great people in history avid readers?
After thinking about it for some time, here is my conclusion:
Reading is important because it helps you ask good questions.
It might sound counterintuitive. Isn’t getti...
Source: Life Optimizer - May 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Learning Source Type: blogs
Being Productive: Dissecting the Productivity Formula
In Deep Work, there is an interesting formula for productivity. Here it is:
Work Accomplished = Time Spent x Intensity
You can see here that your productivity depends on two factors: time spent and intensity. The more time you spend on a task and the more intense you are, the more you will get done.
Let’s now dissect this formula.
First of all, it’s clear that you need both quantity and quality of time to get things done. Time spent represents quantity while intensity represents quality. You need both of them to be productive. To put the formula another way:
Productivity = Quantity (of time) x Quality (of time)
Now, wh...
Source: Life Optimizer - May 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Productivity Source Type: blogs
Help Me Meet Your Needs [A Short Survey]
My mission at Life Optimizer is helping you reach your full potential. To be able to do that, I need to know your needs. That’s why I have created a short survey.
If you could take just a few minutes to fill it out, I’d really appreciate it.
Click here to take the survey
I’m looking forward to reading your response. Thanks in advance and have a great day! (Source: Life Optimizer)
Source: Life Optimizer - May 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: General Source Type: blogs
