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It's your life. By defining it's central purpose, you can gain control, allowing you to focus your energies and prioritize effectively.
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 »For many years, my obsessive drive to be super productive became my norm for living. I worked 40-50 hours a week at a job, then came home and worked another 20-40 hours on side projects. When all of the work was done, I pursued intensive play. Rarely was there a […]
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 […]
Have you ever experienced your mind racing off with negative “mind chatter” while trying to shoot a free throw or making an important presentation? The book Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential AND HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOURS (albeit a fairly wordy title and with […]
In 2007, Tim Ferriss shocked the publishing world with his best-selling book, The 4-Hour Workweek. Who would think that a book selling a lifestyle change would be so popular? In it, Ferriss re-examines what it means to be a “success” and offers a unique and challenging answer. We explore that answer […]
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 […]
