Why your career should come before your family
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. …
Why Doing Your Best is Not
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…
SMART Goals and Philosophy
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…
Interview: How to be Profitable and Moral with Dr. Jaana Woiceshyn
We're super excited to post our interview with Dr. Jaana Woiceshyn, author of the new book How to be Profitable and Moral: A Rational Egoist Approach to Business. It applies rational…
Repubs say Romney, Dems say Obama. What do they both get wrong?
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…
Translating Goals into Action
Updated and expanded post from Try Reason! Watching the Olympics, I became amazed at the skills these men and women possess. To achieve such phenomenal skills requires more than just…
Writing 5 year goals – a personal example
Updated from an earlier post on Try Reason! In a previous post, I identified an outline for identifying 5 year goals, which begins with identifying your central purpose in life (CPL). In…
3 Keys to Picking a Career
All things being equal most of us want more money. All things being equal most of us want a career that brings immense personal satisfaction. What if those two things do not…
How to stop wasting time and get the most out of life
Every action we choose requires time and effort - time and effort that could be spent doing another activity. So its to our best interest to spend each second on…
Why Ambition is a Virtue?
In a world where ambition is sometimes frowned upon, why should you explicitly focus on such a habit and more so, consider it a virtue? Consider this definition of ambition…