Reflecting on your life is an exercise in making your life better. I once read a study that stated, out of all the things people wish they would have done more, they wished they would have done more reflecting on their lives. That is one of the best ways to live a wonderful life. To …
Dustin Wax recently started a very interesting series over at Stepcase Lifehack called, “Toward a New Vision of Productivity“. So far he has posted 5 articles in a series of twelve. Some points he made… What matters most is not the system, or the tools, but the doing… …being productive can’t give our lives meaning, …
Productivity is Pointless without Passion: A new vision of productivity… Read More »
You know you have a good thing going when you more or less take a break for a few months and come back to more subscribers. Last time I checked I had maybe 125-150 subscribers. Today’s count? 231 Subscribers!!! Why did I decide to check this? Well I unfortunately had 3 people unsubscribe by email …
Never, never, never give up! (Also an open invite to guest posts!) Read More »
Oh the roller coaster ride we call life. The ups and downs. The twists and turns. How happy and joyful. How sad and depressing. And everything in between…. I feel like I have entered a very interesting time in my life. A time where I am more confident then ever about my place in life, …
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Here is my Saturday Rap. Where I give my site update and show you the coolest stuff I found on the net this week. Here we go… First, I posted not just one, but two guest posts this week. I am finding these to be pretty fun and …
You know, I still have a lot to say about education. I feel like I made the point that education should be specialized. However, I also feel like I only outlined a personalized program that would work for me. I just read Eric Hamm’s article on ADHD. It was really good and had me thinking …
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much information passes through my head and how much I actually use. Which got me thinking about how information passes through YOUR head and how much YOU actually use! 😉 Then I thought about a little piece of information that had previously passed through my head that …
“Goal Setting” If you’ve been around the self improvement field or productivity field long enough you have probably gotten sick of hearing those two words. If you have set new year’s resolutions that never come true then you are probably dismayed by the very idea of a goal. Still, goals can have an almost magical …
The phrase “mind over matter” has often been used in self development circles to help us realize that the mind can be more powerful than the body or any other physical thing. Believing in the phrase can help people gain the confidence to achieve things they never thought possible. Mark Twain stated it more humorously …
Personal Finance Challenge #27: Mind Over Matter Read More »
The theme the past week or so has been on social capital… Smiling More… Giving & Receiving… Working With a Coach… These are all things that help you work toward building your social capital. What is Social Capital? It is simply the value you retain by having the people in your social networks that you …
Personal Finance Challenge #40: On Social Capital Read More »