Mar 4, 2011 | Money + Finances, Reading List
I get a lot of questions for people about money, finance, spending, saving, etc. I occasionally write posts on ways to save money, what it means to save for retirement, financing a car (for which I went through my own blunders) and setting up emergency savings plans....
Feb 25, 2011 | Health and Wellness, Less is More: Living Minimally and Simply
Nearly everyone is short on sleep. Maybe the best way to be a little better, do a little better, think a little better is to go to bed and get some sleep.
Feb 22, 2011 | Motivation
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and...
Feb 19, 2011 | Less is More: Living Minimally and Simply
I’ll admit, I fail at this a lot. But each time I come back to this lesson, I’m reminded how powerful it is. Don’t do ten things at once. Work on one thing at a time. Or two. But never more than two. In a well-known graph about productivity and...
Feb 14, 2011 | Less is More: Living Minimally and Simply
The spaces where we do our work are important. What spaces are conducive to good work? Do you work from home, in an office, in an open studio, in a coffee shop? Where do you get your work done? Look around the space you’re in, right now. What does it help you...
Feb 10, 2011 | Business and Entrepreneurship, Reading List
If Seth Godin tells you to read something, you better freaking read it. I’m on a plane back from LA, enjoying the peace and quiet of a non-wireless flight with no distractions. I’m re-reading the book REWORK, on my to-read list for 2011, and highlighting the best...
Feb 8, 2011 | Less is More: Living Minimally and Simply
What will you do first? First things First, my dad always says. What is the first thing you did today? Check email? Work on the most important thing, or the least important thing? When you get to the end of the day, what do you regret not doing? Less means maybe only...
Feb 7, 2011 | Less is More: Living Minimally and Simply
You are not a fixed entity. You are not exactly as you are. Things change. The greatest gift we all have is the ability to learn, to develop, and to grow. If you are not learning – you are obsolete. Seth Godin’s book, Linchpin, speaks to this effect:...
Feb 5, 2011 | Less is More: Living Minimally and Simply
Smile. There is nothing more beautiful than a smile. The expression you wear on your face is priceless. There aren’t too many things more powerful and contagious than your demeanor. I’m reading essays by Dale Carnegie this week, and his insights and ideas...
