As soon as I cut through the vague unease and ambiguous anxiety by defining my nightmare, the worse-case scenario, I wasn’t as worried about taking a trip. Suddenly, I started thinking of simple steps I could take to salvage my remaining resources and get back on track if all hell struck at once. I could [Continue Reading]
What Does it Mean to Be Rich? An Unusual Definition of Prosperity & Affluence
I’m ok with becoming rich and accumulating a lot of money. How about you? But, even though becoming rich is a reasonable goal, I also find the traditional definition of rich, i.e. to possess a lot of money, to be less than useful early in our money quest. It’s not that measuring how much money [Continue Reading]
A “To-Think” List: How to Consistently Stimulate Your Best Thinking
I use to-do lists all the time to help me get things done. If you want to learn more about how I use to-do lists, check out 5 To-Do Lists That Keep Me Sane and The List of 10: My Weekly System for Getting Priorities Done. To-do lists are probably the best tool I’ve found for making daily, consistent progress [Continue Reading]
The List of 10: My Weekly System for Getting Priorities Done
UPDATE 3/2/2019: I currently switched from a “List of 10” to a “List of 5.” I found that less is more when trying to get things done. So, everything else in this article will be the same except that number! I adapted my own weekly system for productivity and time management from the awesome book, Getting Things [Continue Reading]
Less Info, More Faith: How to Influence With Authenticity
“People don’t want more information. They are up to their eyeballs in information. They want faith – faith in you, your goals, your success, in the story you tell. It is faith that moves mountains, not facts. Facts do not give birth to faith. Faith needs a story to sustain it …” Annette Simmons, The [Continue Reading]
How Much is Enough? The Fulfillment Curve
In the beginning of our lives, more possessions did indeed mean more fulfillment. Basic needs were met. We were fed. We were warm. We were sheltered … We then went from bare necessities (food, clothing, shelter) to some amenities (toys, a wardrobe, a bicycle) … Eventually we slipped beyond amenities to outright luxuries – and [Continue Reading]
Making a Dying is Not Living
How many people have you seen who are more alive at the end of the work day than they were at the beginning? Do we come home from our ‘making a living’ activity full of more life? … Where’s all the life we supposedly made at work? For many of us, isn’t the truth of [Continue Reading]
My Motivation is Great Products, Not Profits
“My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary. Sure, it was great to make a profit, because that was what allowed you to make great products. But the products, not the profits, were the motivation.” Steve Jobs in his biography Steve Jobs by Walter [Continue Reading]
John Wooden: Character vs Reputation
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are. Reputation is often based on character – but not always.” John Wooden, Wooden I love John Wooden’s wisdom and teaching in his gem of a little book called Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections [Continue Reading]
The Value Compass
“Freedom is what we’re all looking for, and value is the way to achieve it.” Chris Guillebeau, The 100 Startup Freedom. Wouldn’t you say that is a big part of why you want to be in business? In the $100 Startup Chris Guillebeau points out that if we want freedom, we must first focus on value. In fact, [Continue Reading]
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