by PepTalksBlog | 2023-05-04 | Personal Growth, Foundational, Mindset
What do millions of people committing atrocities during WW2 have to do with whether or not you will get a six pack this year? It may sound odd, but the answer is: A lot. Both things are decided by a specific tendency us humans have. A tendency that we can...
by PepTalksBlog | 2023-04-19 | Personal Growth, Foundational
Do you ever find it hard to say no? Hard to say “No” to other people’s requests? Hard to say “No” to other people’s behavior? Hard to say “No” to your own impulses? Even hard to say “No” to fun opportunities when they come at inopportune times? (”Come on bro, a couple...
by PepTalksBlog | 2023-04-07 | Mindset
What would you do if you were a God? Feel free to replace “A God” with “The God”, “a Goddess” or just with “an omnipotent plate of atheist pasta”. Whatever deity fits your beliefs, it doesn’t matter. The point is: What would you do? I bet your first...
by PepTalksBlog | 2023-03-13 | Personal Growth, Foundational, Relatonships
One of the most common causes of personal frustration and interpersonal problems is the failure to separate facts from stories. Think of a time when you felt angry at someone, felt bad about yourself or felt frustrated about the world Unless you had first taken the...
by PepTalksBlog | 2023-03-01 | Dating / Relationships, Foundational, Relatonships, Social
A perspective I’ve been playing a lot with lately is that many of the emotions we feel are actually not ours. Our emotions by nature are always changing. We may experience some of them as permanent states. But that’s either because we’re holding on to them or...