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No, I don’t feel older. But I do feel wiser. Here are some things I’ve learned in these 29 years. Hope you find one of them valuable. 1)...

West Virginia, 2022. For all of my 20s, I would list family as one of my top priorities. But there was a problem. It wasn’t. From 18-23,...

I’m Dillan, and I’m a recovering shit-talker. When I failed college in 2017, I got a job at the Cheesecake Factory. There I started...

My jiujitsu coach, Carlos Catania. I’ve been going hard in the self-improvement paint for about five years now. Between books, blogs, and...

Many of you may have noticed I took a hiatus from this blog for several weeks. Between the coaching business, the podcast, and finishing...

I ordered McDonald’s last night. Why? Because I wanted to. One Big Mac. One Spicy McChicken. One Large Fry. Delicious. For the whole...

Since attempting suicide in 2017, I’ve been obsessed with living a better life. I’ve even made a career out of helping people improve...

What’s the solution to overwhelm, poor health, and money problems? I have no clue. There are thousands of possible steps one could take...

Writer-Dill. One of my besties showed me stickk.com. He used it to learn to draw in 30 days. Here’s how it works. You make a commitment....

People say: “When you’re 10 years old, a year is 10% of your life. But when you’re 50 years old, a year is only 2%. That’s why time...

Last year, I tried quitting coffee cold turkey. It sucked. It led to two of the most miserable days of my life. I had to cancel my calls...

With habits we want to do more of, we can reduce the friction. We can make it easier for us to do whatever those things are. Examples:...

Saturday night, my two good friends hosted a dinner party in DC. Me plus four of their other friends. We drank wine (and scotch), ate...

Meditation is an odd thing. When I started getting my life together in summer 2017, I downloaded HeadSpace. Andy’s soothing voice...

I did a fun exercise with a client yesterday. I had him write out a typical, average day in his life—morning routine, workflow,...

Every now and then I talk about Resistance. The concept comes from The War of Art by Steven Pressfield—a book I read once a year....

I used to shame myself for not sticking to a habit. I saw it as “slipping up” or “breaking.” Then I had James Clear clear (get it?) this...