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Fulfillment Formula
Fulfillment = Improvement Improvement = Difficult/Enjoyable Task x Time Difficult, but enjoyable tasks can include: exercise, foreign...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 23, 20201 min read
The Greatest Super Power in the World
…Is being able to acutely focus and worry about the things you can control, as opposed to the things you can’t. I always laugh when I...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 17, 20201 min read
Conversation, Silence, or Violence
I heard a brilliant phrase on a podcast last week coined by Alan Levinovitz. He and Joe Rogan were discussing the binary and divisive...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 15, 20202 min read
My Religion
I can’t recommend jiu jitsu enough to people. Martial arts in general are fantastic for the mind, body, and soul; but here are the...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 13, 20202 min read
You Don’t Need Discipline
A person works out 5 times a week, eats super clean, has a solid daily and weekly schedule, runs their own business, and reads 20 pages...

Dillan Taylor
Jul 1, 20201 min read
My Feet Become the Sand
Why do we learn so much about ourselves when we spend quality time in nature? How does the stillness of the trees and running water...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 29, 20201 min read
Responsibility, Accountability
Responsibility: “I made a mistake and it was my fault.” Accountability: “I will learn from this mistake and make sure it doesn’t happen...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 26, 20201 min read
Starting Over
This week, I had Carlos Catania on my podcast. He’s a fourth degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As he took me through his journey...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 10, 20202 min read
Very Very Good
The tides ebb and flow. This past week, there were a few days where I felt stagnant in my business and personal life. I felt unmotivated...

Dillan Taylor
Jun 9, 20201 min read
College Dropout Who Sucks With Computers
Man, this sounds so cliche; but you really can learn how to do anything. I’ve stated countless times in my life: I struggle with...

Dillan Taylor
May 28, 20201 min read
Questions are the Answer
Our brains are wired to forget things. In Jim Kwik’s book Limitless, he offers the 3 questions to ask in order to remember what you read;...

Dillan Taylor
May 13, 20201 min read
Creatures of Habit
Every single thing we do is based on habits. You can read and internalize these words because at some point, you developed the habit of...

Dillan Taylor
May 12, 20201 min read
Teaching Yourself…
…is fucking hard. Learning is difficult to measure, so it’s tricky to grasp where you stand in the midst of teaching yourself new skills...

Dillan Taylor
May 9, 20201 min read
2 Big Things
Since I started getting my shit together, the two most powerful shifts in mindset which have allowed me to live a happy and healthy life...

Dillan Taylor
May 5, 20201 min read
Sweating and Stretching
Last night, I was doing some evening yoga. Typically, this means following along with a 45-minute YouTube video. Towards the end of the...

Dillan Taylor
May 2, 20201 min read
Deliberate Practice vs Free-Play
One of the keys to improving in anything is finding the balance between deliberate practice and free-play. Deliberate practices are the...

Dillan Taylor
Apr 14, 20201 min read
MindHive
My good friend—and most recent podcast guest—Colin Smith, along with his partner Chris Varano, run a blog in which they peruse through...

Dillan Taylor
Mar 19, 20201 min read
Forgetting
It’s fairly common that I’ll have a day where I don’t feel like being organized or disciplined. I’ll question if being strict with my...

Dillan Taylor
Mar 14, 20201 min read
Stretch
Perhaps it’s my competitive nature which makes me want to be really good at whatever I’m doing. In the past however, this desire led me...

Dillan Taylor
Feb 17, 20201 min read
You Never Forget Your First
I follow several entrepreneurship and finance/motivational Instagram pages (because that’s obviously the key to getting rich). Most posts...

Dillan Taylor
Feb 14, 20201 min read
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