Dillan Taylor
3 rules for disagreeing with someone
In the past four years, I’ve had debates, discourse, and disagreements about politics, feminism, religion, race, transgenderism,...
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Dillan Taylor
Oct 7, 20211 min read
I really don’t feel like writing this blog today
There are many days where even the thought of putting together a few sentences is exhausting. But doing the things we care about doesn’t...
Dillan Taylor
Sep 25, 20211 min read
Up since 5am
I woke up this morning to someone banging on my door. It was my downstairs neighbor. He said there was a ton of water coming into his...
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Sep 23, 20212 min read
Dammit, our parents were right
I’m almost the same age my mom was when she had me. As my friends and I approach the ripe age of 30, I’m realizing more and more that the...
Dillan Taylor
Sep 16, 20211 min read
Simple lesson (pt. 1)
A simple lesson I learned this year: Rejection is always good news. It’s the best possible proof to show this isn’t a good fit right now.
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Sep 8, 20211 min read
The simplest cliche to change my life
I tried to kill myself in 2017. That summer was a crescendo of 23 years of me having no defined values, no direction, and no true skills....
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Sep 4, 20211 min read
Do you really want this?
We often think we want things that don’t actually fill us up. We may desire to: • run a thriving business • read a book every week • be...
Dillan Taylor
Aug 30, 20211 min read
3 questions when I’m in a rut
1) How am I complicit in creating discomfort in my life? 2) How can I take ownership over what my life looks like? 3) How is this making...
Dillan Taylor
Aug 26, 20212 min read
I’ve written this affirmation every day in 2021
I started dabbling with affirmations last year. I thought they were total bullshit. I’ve never been into the idea of manifestation or the...
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Aug 23, 20213 min read
Are we allowed to feel bad?
Me and my thoughts yesterday. I had a really shitty day yesterday. After showering and getting dressed for my three back-to-back coaching...
Dillan Taylor
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Why you don’t need confidence
I coached a fellow coach yesterday who said she wanted to leave the session with enough confidence to do x, y, and of course…z. We...
Dillan Taylor
Aug 11, 20211 min read
Good
One of the most popular personal development cliches is to embrace failure. Fail forward. Fail over and over again so we may improve our...
Dillan Taylor
Aug 4, 20213 min read
How long does it take to build a habit?
Every month or so, I watch a video of James Clear talking about habits. Here’s the one I watched yesterday. It’s always a refreshing...
Dillan Taylor
Jul 28, 20212 min read
Am I getting worse at chess?
The other day I was playing chess against a friend. The week before, I had beaten him three times in a row. Naturally, I concluded that I...
Dillan Taylor
Jul 22, 20211 min read
Effortless
I just finished reading Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown. It was the perfect sequel to the book that...
Dillan Taylor
Jul 15, 20211 min read
What you need to be successful
Not me. I heard a quasi-debate the other day between friends. The question at play: What leads to a person’s success—hard work…or luck?...
Dillan Taylor
Jul 13, 20211 min read
The E-Myth
I just finished The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. It was a super helpful, albeit cheesy book on running a business. Here are my...
Dillan Taylor
Jul 10, 20212 min read
The Addict Brain
Last night, I really wanted to stay up and watch YouTube videos on my phone. I wasn’t tired enough to go to bed at my ideal hour: 10pm. I...
Dillan Taylor
Jul 9, 20211 min read
My religion
I am not religious at all, but here’s the closest thing I have to a faith-based belief: Every single one of us has the ability to create...
Dillan Taylor
Jul 8, 20211 min read
How you do one thing
I’ve found that when one area of my life begins to slip, so too do other areas. When I skip on a bunch of exercises in a week, it tends...
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