You may have noticed over the past month that the number of posts I wrote for Reason for Success has been smaller than in the past. This was due in part to my struggles with identifying the appropriate work/life balance. Guess what I found out. Thinking in terms of balance was […]
These days there’s no shortage of things to worry about, events to plan, places to go, things to do, and we start it all again the next day. At the end of the day we are exhausted, sometimes swearing we were so busy we couldn’t get anything done! Our brain […]
I recently had the honor of interviewing Don Watkins on “Success in Writing.” What does Don know about writing, you might ask? For starters, his first book, Free Market Revolution, became a national bestseller. He is a columnist for Forbes.com and has published a number of op-eds in national newspapers. He’s also […]
Gretzky, the world’s best hockey player ever, knows what separates the good from the great. He worked with many good hockey players, but few earned the title of “Great” hockey players. What set them apart? What did they do differently? “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A […]
“Ferb, I know what we we’re going to do today” – my favorite line from any kids show. For those of you who are not familiar with the show, Phineas and Ferb is a kid’s TV cartoon about two young boys who fill their summer vacation by finding some new, incredibly […]
The hardest decision I ever had to make came about in the summer of 2007. At the time, I was a PhD student at Auburn University, working as a graduate assistant teaching 2 courses a year. I was just entering the job market and hunting furiously for a position for […]
If you were to take any time to watch me throughout my day, you would probably think that I am a typical family man. I average 40 hour work weeks. On the weekends, I spend a large amount of time with my family. We go to sport practices and play […]
We’ve all been there. In spite of our best intentions and diligent work, our performance never seems to meet what we see others accomplishing even though we know we should be able. We try our best, but our best never seems to be enough. This happened to me recently over […]
In Why Businessmen Need Philosophy, Dr. Harry Binswanger identifies the ultimate CEO in your life is your philosophy. What does that mean in practice? Take goal-setting. Based on what I understand about philosophy, I would suspect that an ideal approach to goal-setting would be based on your values – clearly identified, objectively defined, and do not contradict reality. […]
You may have noticed lately how all the Republican pundits say Romney will win and all the Democratic pundits say Obama will win. Don’t they see the same data? They can’t both be right. Can they both be wrong? In a word, yes! How? Confirmation bias. According to Science Daily, confirmation […]
