Archive for the ‘tips’ Category

A few of you may have noticed this was originally posted earlier this week. That was a mistake on my part. My apologies if you are one of the few who are reading this for the second time. Let’s face it, a lot of what I write about (and Everett and Leo and Tim and [...]

An entire industry has been built around the concept of personal management and productivity. The best known of these experts is probably David Allen and his Getting Things Done system. David’s books and system have been very helpful in my own life and I always try to recommend his work to anyone who seems to [...]

I recently read Why Smart Executives Fail And What You Can Learn From Their Mistakes by Sydney Finkelstein. Much of the book was fairly specific to the business world, but there was one chapter titled, “The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful People.” Finkelstein analyzed many, many instances of failed businesses and the habits that their [...]

After a blogger has established himself and his blog over the course of a couple months, the next logical step seems to be writing an ebook. Recently Everett Bogue of Far Beyond the Stars wrote his first ebook, The Art of Being Minimalist (reviewed here). Now, David Damron of Life Excursion, and more recently, The [...]