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Take ControlGetting things done is the productivity system developed by David Allen. Quite possibly the most powerful productivity system developed to date. Executives, managers, entrepreneurs, students, artists, ...
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Read more »Time for a hard topic. Last week, we met with a lawyer to discuss our will and other estate planning documents. It was a humbling experience to talk about the end of my life and the conditions in which I will pass on my wealth. Some of you more astute […]
The 4 Disciplines of Execution – one chapter in and I am hooked. I found the book The 4 Disciplines of Execution after reading a recommendation on the Thoughtful app. A friend of a friend suggested this book as a means of transforming organizations through a focus on execution. Execution […]
It hurts. No doubt about it. For several years, the notion of going into administration captured my interest. Each time, however, when an administrative position opened, I found a lack of fit between the role and my goals. I had almost convinced myself that perhaps administration is not right for […]
For the new year, I challenged myself with a new habit – to stop using Facebook during work hours. I’m certainly not the first person to find the platform entertaining enough to suck me in, but useless enough to add little value to my life. As I shared on Facebook […]
Once you hit financial independence – retirement. You’ll have enough money to retire and not work another day of your life.
A couple weeks ago, I made the world’s crappiest knife. It all started when my wife learned about a metalsmithing class offered at a local Maker Space. Two of my kids were interested in taking the class, so I signed up with them. In that class, we used railroad spikes […]
We are motivated, intelligent, and have a strong desire to succeed, but too often we find our goals to be moving targets, and we shoot at a goal where it was 5 seconds ago instead of where it will be in 5 seconds, so we miss by 10 seconds. Why […]
Everyone should have a place of beauty. A place they decorate for themselves. A place that makes them feel happy, warm, and comfortable. I decided my place would be my backyard. It started in late August with a germ of an idea. I wasn’t happy with this corner of the […]
When Snopes introduced bias into their fact checking, it’s no longer fact checking. It’s just another opinion. Here’s how you can tell.
It dies with a whimper, not with a bang. Building on the Renaissance and the Scientific revolution, the Enlightenment, often called the “Age of Reason” rocked the world by challenging traditional means of truth. Starting in the late 1600s, philosophers such as Locke and scientists such as Newton, began to […]
