One of the most valuable things I’ve learned so far is to surround yourself, physically and virtually (phone, e-mail, video chat, etc.) with like minded people. It’s worth its weight in gold when trying to achieve a goal. I’m talking about “lifestyle design” here, but it can be applied to any passion. It’s something that [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Getting Unstuck in Life | Moving Past Mistakes
We all make mistakes. Some bigger than others, but what constantly shines as more important than the mistake, is how you handle it. I’m roughly 60ish days into lifestyle design and somewhere in the last two weeks I’ve gotten completely stuck. I see now why everyone isn’t breaking free from work, creating new products, living [...]
Real Life | Work Work, Get Friday off with Pay
Riding on the words of my last post and interest from a few readers I thought I’d take the time and give a fairly detailed account of how I’ve actually used the previously mentioned lifestyle design tactics (found here) to free hours of time at my job and make myself extremely valuable. The response received [...]
Elimination | Achieve More with Less NOW
There’s something very elusive about actually getting work done. It really is baffling how good we are at not managing life. The key is realizing what’s holding you back. It’s a matter of waking up to how we waste our time and how we can combat it. It doesn’t take a class or a book [...]
Minimize | Delete Your Old Shoes, Make Money
Did you know your clutter might be costing you $3000+ a year? Proposterous you say! Maybe, for some of us, but for a lot of disorganized people, the time spent tripping over accumulated junk and searching through papers is quite literally costing dollars. “In a recent survey of 200 executives of 1,000 of the nation’s [...]
