Dillan Taylor
Essentialism
1. What are the most important things to you? What do you want most out of life and yourself? What value do you want to provide others?...
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Dillan Taylor
- May 23, 2020
- 1 min
3 Questions
These are questions I ask myself and write down at least once a month: • What are the most important things in my life right now? • What...
Dillan Taylor
- May 8, 2020
- 1 min
Write This Down
It’s important to answer these questions on paper every so often: • What are your values? What do you want most out of life and out of...
Dillan Taylor
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
Strengthen Your Tribe
I certainly can’t provide an accurate formula for how one rids toxic people from their life. I’ve written about it in the past, but...
Dillan Taylor
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
The Good Old Days
In the series finale of The Office, Andy Bernard says “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days, before you’ve actually...
Dillan Taylor
- Apr 25, 2020
- 1 min
Why Focus on the Breath?
You may have heard people say something along the lines of “I need to learn how to be more present.” While I understand the sentiment, I...
Dillan Taylor
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
‘Becoming’ Happy
It’s impossible. One cannot become happy; one can only be happy. Setting goals and milestones for ourselves is great, and we should do it...
Dillan Taylor
- Apr 20, 2020
- 1 min
Refreshing
This morning, I cleared my laptop and rebooted it as though I had turned it on for the first time. I was able to log onto my Google...
Dillan Taylor
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Perfect Life
Wordsmith prompt #7: If you could go back, what would you like to change about your education? I do not regret my life. Every decision I...
Dillan Taylor
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
Which?
What matters most…?: How many books you have read or what you have gained and retained from them? How many people you have been with or...
Dillan Taylor
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
Grateful For…
Expressing gratitude is a phenomenal way to start the day. In my journal this morning, next to my hourly schedule, I wrote: Today I’m...
Dillan Taylor
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
Survive
Think back… When was the most depressed you’ve ever been? What was your most humiliating experience? What was the most physical pain...
Dillan Taylor
- Mar 16, 2020
- 1 min
When
“I’ll be happy when____.” No you won’t. ”I’ll start being disciplined when____.” No you won’t. This is the New Years resolution syndrome....
Dillan Taylor
- Mar 12, 2020
- 1 min
The Importance of Phone Calls
When you’re doubting yourself, questioning things, failing, need advice, or simply have to bounce ideas off someone…who do you call?...
Dillan Taylor
- Mar 5, 2020
- 1 min
Don’t
You don’t need to be in a good mood to be kind to others. You don’t need to like someone to listen to them. You don’t need a certain job...
Dillan Taylor
- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
Now
I’ll contradict myself by saying you should always be aware that the present moment is all that exists. However, don’t be fooled into...
Dillan Taylor
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
Off Days
One of the toughest truths to realize in terms of living a disciplined and organized life is this: You don’t get to take days off. You...
Dillan Taylor
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
2 Tests
Steven Pressfield’s two tests of Resistance from Do The Work: 1) “How bad do you want it?” Dabbling-Interest-Intrigued but...
Dillan Taylor
- Feb 26, 2020
- 1 min
Who’s Better?
You have abilities and pieces of knowledge that I don’t have. I have abilities and pieces of knowledge that you don’t have. Everyone on...
Dillan Taylor
- Feb 18, 2020
- 1 min
Too Much, Too Little
10 years from now, what will you look back at and feel you do too much of or too little of in this moment? My answers: • Too much...
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