Time management has become an integral part of attaining success and maintaining a work life balance. We carefully plan out each day, from business meetings to the kids’ soccer practice to our doctor’s appointment. All of our responsibilities are carefully accounted for.
If you’ve made a trip to the bookstore or library lately, you’ve probably noticed how incredibly many self-help books there are on the shelves. But I’m a little concerned that some people seem to always be reading the latest self-help book and saying things like, “This is the book for me. This is what I’m going to do to change my life.”
There are several challenges and obstacles to self-improvement. Without knowing it, you may be doing things that will stunt your personal and professional growth. Read
When Did You Last Play?
Most of us, when asked when we last played, would be likely to snort in derision (I’ve always wanted to snort at something in derision, but never have), and say, “I’m an adult. I have responsibilities.”
Over at Pick the Brain I’ve created a post titled A Smarter Approach to Time Management.
It seems that there is even more pressure now-a-days than before to perform more at work, reach bigger goals, etc. This often leaves less personal
You’ve probably done one of those exercises where you imagine your own funeral and what people would say about you, in an effort to determine what parts of your life you might want to change now. You may have also been asked, and even thought seriously, about what you would do if you knew you only had a few months or a few days to live. I’d like to suggest an even more extreme exercise right now.
Sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in a ‘rut’ and forget that we need passion and purpose in our lives. Check out my post, don’t
Check out a fun podcast interview I did with Mike Vardy of EffTD™. Mike has a great sense of humor and shares it with us
Lately the news has been full of negative things about mortgage issues, a weak economy and rising energy prices. Is there a way we can
How much would it be worth to you to have someone else do the job?
Most people would say something like, “I make $30 an hour, so if it saves me an hour of time it would be worth $30. I’m not going to pay more than that, because I can do it in an hour myself.”
That’s one way to approach the problem, but of course it’s only one way.
Have you heard of the 90% rule? You live on 90% of your income and save the other 10%. Easy isn’t it? Nope, not in
They are being called Millennials: the otherwise known as Generation Y – those born between roughly 1976 and 2000. They may come from different races, backgrounds, and socio-economic statuses, but one thing is for certain – they are ready for change.
“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.” Albert Einstein Conflicting Desires: Knowing That We Have
Do you wonder what defines growth in all areas of our lives? Check out my post, the essence of all growth in life over at
Let’s assume you had five minutes to give a speech. You would receive a very large sum of money if you gave a speech that the judges considered “passionate.” You choose the topic, you write the speech. You give a passionate speech, you get the money.
What would you talk about? More importantly, would what you talk about in that speech be what you’re truly passionate about, or would you try to fudge and make people think you were really excited about something you think is “important,” because you think that’s what they want to hear?
What’s your reality? Is your reality the same as your life? Better yet, do you perceive your reality to be the same as life? Read
I’m a relatively happy guy, but sometimes I can get pretty out of sorts. Usually that is related to something I’ve been meaning to do, or always wanted to do. Something, of course, that remains on my “to do” list, and never quite makes it to my did list.
