Busy isn’t respectable anymore.
“The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.” | Lily Tomlin Being busy used to make me feel important. It made me feel like the world needed me, like somehow I...
High Frequency Work
It was the end of Q2 when I started to notice I was working harder than ever and netting less than ever. The ugliest quarterly profit/loss statement since starting my entrepreneurial journey 14 years earlier hit my desk. I didn’t...
Why You Should Start a Mastermind Group.
Three months ago, a good friend passed on a 44 page eBook about “Mastermind Groups.” On the surface, it explains a mastermind group as 12 (or less) people meeting once a week, reading books, and sharing life together. However, the...
Work/Life balance isn’t about balance.
(and other things Chronobiology teaches us about life) Let’s face it, work/life balance is elusive. And to apprehend it isn’t as easy as putting the different pieces of your life on a scale and trimming where necessary. That’s because work/life...
Do nothing & be more productive.
What religion teaches us about doing and creating more. Routinely do nothing. Thats what religion teaches us about productivity. The truth is that the concept of a Sabbath isn’t just a religious act. It happens to be a practical and...
Success is overrated.
(or just poorly defined) “The interesting thing about success is that our ideas about what it would mean to live successfully are not our own.” – Alain de Botton If we were all to close our eyes and think of...
Work isn’t worth it.
A case for caring more about relationships than career. “That John Denver is full of (it).” | Lloyd, Dumb & Dumber I’m a recovering workaholic. When I say workaholic, I don’t necessarily mean the kind that works 100 hr weeks....
How to Start a Mastermind Group.
A few weeks ago I published an article about “Why I Think You Should Start a Mastermind Group,” opening a conversation with several readers on the topic. Most of the feedback I received was along the lines of, “I’m convinced....
Success isn’t about what you do.
A guest post from Jeff Goins. Jeff is one of my favorite hangs. He’s a progressive thinker and even better communicator—always promising an enlightening conversation. Jeff recently put together a resource that I was thrilled to contribute to—and am just as thrilled...
How to start writing your book.
How to spend the first forty hours of writing a book to accelerate research, gain confidence, and create momentum. Since releasing a book six months ago, even the thought of writing is exhausting. (Tip #1 for writing a book: don’t...