I recently took a three-week long trip to Japan. While I was there, I decided to be as mentally present and mindful of my surroundings as possible. This meant disconnecting from all devices, particularly my phone — this wasn’t a difficult task. My surroundings were already so stimulating, that I…

Generally, when a person attempts to put themselves into somebody else’s shoes, they end up doing just that. They take their own thoughts and opinions, and consider the other’s position, while remaining in their usual mindset. However by doing that, the person isn’t really perceiving things through another’s eyes. They’re…

In the entire history of mankind, nothing truly great was ever created by an individual without some sort of collaboration. For a period of time, I had believed that the idea of being special meant being able to do incredible work without the help of anybody else. I held this…