Epiphany
[noun] The ultimate outcome of Epiphany Mapping. The moment you suddenly gain clarity - when all the dots connect.
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Change Blindness
Ever wondered how your phone's "On This Day" photos can stop you in your tracks? It’s the "Wow! That was ME?” feeling. The concept of "Change Blindness" perfectly captures this phenomenon - our inability to perceive gradual but significant changes over time.
3 Ways to Add More Structure to Your Life
The top three ways to add structure any part of your life is: Routines, Systems, Boundaries. This Epiphany will guide you in creating your own Structure Map to incorporate all three.
Simplify Your Life in 4 Steps (without Apps)
The first step in simplifying anything is to deconstruct or break it down to its subcomponents. Then it's a matter of determining which parts to streamline or eliminate. I’ll show you how in this Mind Map.
Hope or Anxiety - Choice is Yours
Beware of what you’re drawing from the future. Both hope and anxiety comes from it. Here’s a Mind Map and 4 questions to help visualize your ideal future while separating real blockers from phantom worries.
🧐 Are You Focusing on the Right Things?
Leverage silence, achieve small wins, and cultivate mental resilience for effective stress management. Bonus: “Focus Mind Map” template.
The Actualization Ladder
Why do we continue to feel unhappy and empty despite achieving everything we’ve ever wanted? The great irony is that the higher we climb towards our calling, the harder we fall when disillusionment knocks us off the ladder.
Short Thoughts: Aging Gracefully vs Aging Well
Conviction vs Confidence and what driving in Texas taught me about conversations.
City of the Rising
I made many deep friendships in a very short amount of time in Austin, an emerging hub for inner cultivation and wholesome living—a place harnessing curiosity and ambition without competition or judgment.
The Complexity Paradox: Power of Intentional Simplicity
Humans are interesting creatures. We simultaneously love complexity and simplicity. Yet what is simple is actually complex; and what is complex is actually simple.
Embracing Our Inner Darkness
Acknowledging and accepting our dark sides not only eases our own inner civil war, but allows us to harness this tension for entrepreneurial and creative endeavors.
No Looking Back
What if we could live without nostalgia, training our eyes only on the present and future. How would we approach learning, careers, and AI disruptions with this mindset?
Cutting Through Illusions
I am obsessed with understanding the nature of things, so that I am not caught off guard by life.
The Year I Want to Forget (but learned the most from)
I turned 36-years-old this week. For my birthday, I wanted to reflect through a Mind Map on the hardest year of my life to make sure I never forget the most important lessons.
Bringing Travel Lessons Home
Before flying home, a three-day detour in Los Angeles, became a pivotal moment for integrating my travel lessons into everyday life.
A World Without Heroes
My final journal entry in Taiwan written from the air just like my first one. I reflect on one of the trip’s most important lessons: Ambition versus Simplicity.
The Frontier of Personal Growth
Our growth comes from navigating a path between 'faith' and 'doubt'. So how do we do that? I use a combination of questions, affirmations, and Mind Mapping to create a Personal Values System.
Cinematic Living
The art of cinematic living is knowing where to place your attention and focus to appreciate the details around you or to zoom out to gain an aerial perspective on life.
Admirable Characters
Who do you want to be? What kind of people do you want to attract into your life? If you’re not clear on the kind of characteristics you’re looking for, then it’s easy to get stuck with people you don’t want around.
Buried, but Not Lost
I believe in living by questions especially for the most personal ones that we may not even know where to begin searching for the answers. I share mine going into my sabbatical to Taiwan in this entry.
These 4 Weeks Changed Me
Travel IS learning, if it’s done right. Instead of souvenirs and selfies, we can come home with important lessons and connections. Here’s how my solo backpacking trip to Taiwan changed me.