Bruce Hoag – Page 5 – Psych Hacks

Comfortably Uncomfortable

Steve Siebold, in his book 177 Mental Toughness Secrets talks about how champions – those with a world-class mindset – learn to become comfortable with being uncomfortable. He goes on to say that those who are ordinary – those he calls “middle class” want to be comfortable above all else. The choice is real, and the…

The 80/20 of Giving Up

No doubt you’re familiar with the 80/20 principle. In a nutshell, it states that you get 80% of your output from 20% of your input. The opposite is also true. You get 20% of your output from 80% of your input. And it doesn’t stop there. If your numbers are big enough, then you can…

The True Meaning of Resilience

Typically, when we think of resilience, we imagine that we are responding to some stress, some overload in the amount of work that we normally have; that we have to work longer hours, unsociable ones, weekends, or even nights. We believe that “if it’s meant to be, then it’s up to me.” That belief is…

The Value of “Do Nothing” Time

Raymond Chandler, author of books such as The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, and Farewell, My Lovely, had an unbreakable rule. He always followed it, and it always worked. He became a writer when he was laid off during the Great Depression. Getting a job in those days was a challenge for young men.…

Fill Your Glass

The measure of optimism or pessimism is often thought of in terms of whether your glass is half-full or half-empty. Those who believe that the glass is half-full see the potential to add more. Those who see it as half-empty believe that what is there already is as good as it gets. Those who…