Sitemap - 2022 - Phil Rosen's Blog

New Year's offers the chance to aim higher than ever - start with 1 proven way to supercharge your career and personal growth

I wrote my 2nd bestselling book at 25 years old: Revisiting 'Life Between Moments' 3 months later

How to make focus your next superpower

Quiet quitting is going viral - but these 3 skills give you the best shot at actually enjoying work and bucking dissatisfaction

'Follow your dreams' is bad advice. Here's how to make your job suck less.

How to reach goals without trying - and why projects are magic bullets for your career

This is the exact amount of failure you need to thrive and make progress.

Don't look for your life's purpose right away. Start by turning your passion into your day job.

Upgrade your life by surrounding yourself with this type of person

Decision fatigue slows you down. Replace choices with systems to beat the drag.

Creativity is more important than ever - so you should treat it like a skill

Catapulting your skills and doing meaningful work takes less time than you think

Creativity happens everyday but it has nothing to do with art or talent - it's a choice

Don't look for meaning in life — build it: Why 'Life Between Moments' won't be my last book

How side projects can supercharge your life

How blogging led to graduate school, jobs, and my bestselling book 'Life Between Moments'

I've had the same writing habit for 7 years. It's led to 2 books and a journalism career.

Announcement - Life Between Moments: New York Stories

I'm publishing my 2nd book at 25 years old. Here's a sneak peek ahead of the release of 'Life Between Moments: New York Stories.'

Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Nikola Tesla explain the chaos of curiosity and invention

Your First Night in New York: A Short Story

Life's greatest lessons according to you

Make consistency your default to 37x any goal — or risk letting bad habits accumulate

Build a bias toward action to stave off hesitation

Instant gratification is hard to ignore, but self-control isn't the answer

Build an identity that makes you proud: 'Tell me about yourself'

Social media is broken — but you can make it better

Playing to win won't make you happier. This mindset shift will.

Your goals are making you depressed

We're hardwired for unhappiness

Ambition makes us unhappy, but we need it to be better. Master the paradox to achieve actual satisfaction.

Battling the loneliness epidemic

Success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get: Harvard’s ‘Lion of Entrepreneurship’

A good life doesn't happen on accident. Curate your days to unlock a better life.

Creating happiness — and the problem with the World Happiness Report

A 5-minute experiment to radically improve your ability to say 'no'

Here's what history's top creatives say on finding a balance with hustle culture

Here's what legendary self-help guru Dale Carnegie said will make you a master conversationalist and help you win friends

How optimism can ruin the future

The Good Life Framework: For people who want to do more of what they love

Effective communication is a superpower. Here's how the language you use determines who can get your message.

The mindset shift that transforms beginners into leaders and CEOs

Productivity for Minimalists: 2 keys for consistent great work

No More Letters from Home: A Short Story

Ignore hesitations and learn how to start something

Don't make exhaustion your status symbol - focus on this instead

You Are What You Measure: Rethinking Metrics of Success

The work you do matters more than you think - and not just for your bank account

Finding purpose in work and how to (actually) achieve lasting job satisfaction

The Life-Changing Magic of Tiny Victories

What science tells us about doing great work more often — and why to say ‘no’ everyday

How to optimize side projects - and 3 ways to determine if you’re moving in right direction

Opportunity stems from action, and action comes from habit

The Science of Sunday Scaries

You have to suck for a long time before real success happens

How to use Jeff Bezos' mindset to achieve a long-term vision without losing momentum

Intelligence isn't everything

Success isn’t just about intelligence — and that should excite you for the future

Aiming Small to Achieve Outsized Results — and 3 Rules to Remember

Productivity isn’t about completing tasks. It’s about building systems.