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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 »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 […]
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 […]
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 setting big long-term goals – like winning a gold in the Olympics. It requires many, many years of hard work […]
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 this post, I detail how I arrived at my current 5 year goals. I start with my current CPL – to […]
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 align? What if the career that you would love to pursue makes it extremely difficult to make money. Some common […]
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 activities that create the most value for us – on actions that are value-dense. “Since a value is that which one […]
