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It was a Thursday afternoon when a man with glasses and cargo pants named Bruce arrived to poke a hole in the bulge above our bathtub.
The day hadn’t started well. We woke up to find water in the washing machine and the bubbling paint over the shower getting bigger, not better.
Avoiding the problem, I left for a haircut and pho with a friend. While I was out, Sarah called for reinforcements. I was home by…

As a #strugglingmillennial, I’m guilty of seeking the next life hack or productivity app to fix myself. I keep searching while wrestling with the answers I have. I’ve wasted years looking for shortcuts. 

This is to save you from stalling out like I did. 

Modern thinkers like James Clear and Robert Greene have helped me understand what reinvention requires. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but it beats staying stuck.

These are 4 bits of wisdom to help you reinvent yourself.

All good things come in time. 

Everyone agrees personal progress can’t be forced to happen overnight. And yet, a generation of burnt out millennials are killing themselves, straining to keep up in an overwhelming world. We bash ourselves for not being smarter, faster, or better. 

You know those tornado boxes filled with flying cash that people pay to play? 

In the digital age, operating a business is like standing in a tornado cash box, desperately grasping onto whatever bits you can. Too many new businesses get caught chasing quick cash instead of finding ways to funnel it in. Without fail, the complexity of entrepreneurship creeps in, and every day starts with a storm warning.

We are at war with ourselves. 

We’ve all been there – scrolling down feeds and watching just one more tutorial, telling ourselves it’s “research.” It’s a trap. A trap that has too many of us spiraling into a void of inactivity.

If this resonates, know I’ve been where you are. And I’ve learned how to climb out of the creative rut.

So, if you don’t want to be poor and unhappy, mitigate these 5 mistakes:

Do you really think you’ve ever changed someone’s mind?

Think about it. Every time someone has tried to change your mind, didn’t it reinforce your beliefs even more? We’ve all felt it, that persisting resistance.

We are stubborn creatures, reluctant to accept anything that contradicts what we think we know. As a curious observer of human nature, I’ve explored the psychology of trying to change minds. The answer is simple