Throughout the year, you go through some peaks and valleys. Everyone does. My summer was a peak — it was absolutely awesome. Now all that has come to a close and I’m waist deep in a valley. Today, I had to stop myself and take a deep breath and close my eyes for a few […]
I’m a software engineer. Total nerd, truly. These last few weeks I’ve been studying up on Neo4j because I’m designing my own web app that has a social network component (no, it has nothing to do with self improvement or seduction). Last night I spent two hours getting angularjs to work in ASP.NET MVC. At […]
This is a guest post by Ken Torrino from elliman.com who specializes in real estate and relocation therapy. As travel becomes easier and the variety of American lifestyles becomes greater, more people than ever are moving away from their hometowns. For many people, this is more than just a simple change of pace. A drastic move can […]
We are big fans of Arnold Schwarzenegger here at ShakedownLab. Arnold has the mindset of a champion — something we try to embody. Awesome video. Tweet
I just got back from a weekend in Daytona for the Daytona 500 — NASCAR’s biggest and most exciting event of the year. My family and I have gone to every Daytona 500 since 2007 and it’s something we look forward to every year. This particular year, there was a horrifying wreck on the final […]
Some of us need to be reminded that when you care way too much about what other people think about you, you are giving them more value and worth than yourself. Cut that shit out. From Buzzfeed, here are 30 easy steps to not giving a fuck Tweet
Our friend Anna over at www.dating-wtf.com did an AMA in our subreddit. She had some amazing responses, but one of them in particular described what it is like for a person with social anxiety to break out of their comfort zone. I submitted the post to /r/bestof and it blew up. She received four reddit golds […]
Guest post by HokumGelpTexas There was a post in r/faimprovement about what that old adage, “You must love yourself before you can be loved by others” means. I responded before hitting the sack only to find the next day that what I wrote really resonated with a lot of people. Here’s the meat of the […]
The topic of social anxiety comes up frequently when discussing self improvement and becoming a more socialized individual. This is natural of course as social anxiety is a real problem among many men. I used to have it myself. First, what is social anxiety? The definition on Wikipedia is excellent and I highlighted the parts I […]
I was watching The Matrix the other day, and there’s this scene where Neo is going through a number of training programs. In this one particular training program, Neo must leap from one building to another. Morpheus tries to convince Neo that he can accomplish this seemingly impossible jump with the following quote. You have […]