Chris Loper has been writing about self-improvement and helping busy adults with habit formation since 2017. He also writes an education blog for parents and students for Northwest Educational Services. Along with Greg Smith, Chris is the cocreator of Parenting for Academic Success, a series of transformative classes that create empowered parents, confident students, and harmonious families. His most recent endeavor combines his academic and habit-formation expertise to help students thrive in college. Visit SmartCollegeHabits.com to learn more. In 2021, Chris published a humorous memoir titled Wood Floats and Other Brilliant Observations, a book that blends crazy stories with practical life lessons. He lives in Issaquah, WA where he is the owner of South Cove Tutoring.
When you’re constructing a home or an office building, the first thing you have to build is the foundation. Everything else will be built on top of that, so you have to start there. If you’re impatient or cheap, and you don’t lay down a strong foundation, the building will never be sound. Now, as obvious and irrefutable as this principle is in the realm of construction, we routinely ignore… Read More »The Foundation Has to Come First
While many people struggle daily with a lack of confidence, there are folks who have the opposite problem – people who are routinely overconfident. And, as several stories in my humorous memoir demonstrate, overconfidence can be dangerous. Sometimes hilarious, yes, but potentially disastrous. So how can you find out if your confidence is justified? And how can you adjust your self-assessment if it’s not? Here are three ways to overcome… Read More »3 Ways to Overcome Overconfidence
I recently adopted an exercise protocol that I’m using to get stronger, lose weight, and stay energized throughout the day. It doesn’t involve longer, more strenuous workouts. Instead, it’s all about getting more small doses of exercise. Long-time readers might remember that I exercise on a three-day rotation: One day is legs, the next day is arms, the next day is abs, and then we’re back to legs again. This… Read More »How to Get More Small Doses of Exercise
You Were Wronged Someone wronged you. A driver cut you off. A coworker was rude to you. One of your employees didn’t do their job correctly. One of your friends didn’t reply to your dinner party invite. Your partner didn’t do the dishes. And now you’re upset. They don’t care about me, you think. No, it’s worse than that. They’re trying to hurt me. What an asshole! Although this line… Read More »The Benefit of the Dumb