by Mark Newton | Jan 25, 2021 | Arrive rested
How does your story end? Design a life that leads to a powerful climax. Like joke telling. Andrew Stanton, one of the brilliant minds behind many of the Pixar movies you have loved over the years, says that “story telling is like joke-telling. It’s knowing...
by Mark Newton | Jan 18, 2021 | Arrive rested
Got that sinking feeling? If you’re going to stay afloat during stressful times, you’ll need better compartments to stabilize your life. Hard to stay afloat these days? There’s too much on your plate. Your calendar is full, and you may not even keep...
by Mark Newton | Jan 6, 2021 | Arrive rested
It’s difficult to save for tomorrow today. What new habit could you work on this year to make sure your finances are in order tomorrow? Consumption is natural. It’s natural to consume. We are hardwired for it, and then exposed to a world of marketing and...
by Mark Newton | Dec 9, 2020 | Arrive rested
Feel like you’ll never catch up? Learn from the lowly snail. When you feel pressure, slow down. Stop the world. Right? Even in the midst of the pandemic, when everything is locked down, your heart is racing. You wish you could stop the world and catch your...
by Mark Newton | Nov 16, 2020 | Arrive rested
In every great story there is a moment when something happens to the protagonist which must be addressed, known to writers as the Inciting Incident. Ignore your “I Incident” at your peril. Find it and flourish. A dead goose. In the novel Spit, the central...
by Mark Newton | Oct 29, 2020 | Arrive rested
There is a place which is powerful and focused — at the intersection of important and not yet urgent. Here’s how to get there. It’s at this intersection. Sometimes called the Eisenhower grid, it was picked up and made popular by Stephen Covey in his...
