“I tried the positive thinking thing. It just didn’t work for me — affirmations, visualizations — I think it’s all a bunch of hooey.” How many times have you heard this? Have you said it or thought it yourself? The problem is that positive thinking isn’t some magic formula. It — GASP! — requires some… Continue reading Is Positive Thinking a Waste of Time?
Successful Entrepreneurs Know Less Than You Think
Meet Chad Chad is a 31-year old sales manager with an MBA. He’s fairly successful, but wants to start his own business. He shows me his 50-page business plan that outlines his new-media marketing idea. He’s been working on it for 8 months (the plan, that is), and it’s a pretty in-depth document. He even… Continue reading Successful Entrepreneurs Know Less Than You Think
A Short Post from the Future
So under my new meme management strategy, I’m being selective about the meme’s I choose. I like this one for a few reasons: It’s a cool idea I get to make up a bunch of stuff about the future My friend Chris tagged me And it’s called the Opi Meme. I had an idea for… Continue reading A Short Post from the Future
How I Gained an Hour a Day by Ditching My Productivity Tools
It happened in one of those melon slapping moments — a proverbial Archimedes streaking flash of insight: I was wasting an hour a day trying to be more productive. Minimalist Productivity Thanks to Mark Shead’s interview series, I was forced to examine some time-wasters for my contribution. A couple of days later, my real time-waster… Continue reading How I Gained an Hour a Day by Ditching My Productivity Tools
Two Tiny Tools Too Terrific To Live Without
You know what I love — besides a chance to use alliteration? Really useful tools. Because of the projects I’m working on, I’m spending more time working in Windows, and less in Linux. That’s fine, for now. It’s the reason I dual boot.