The good thing about Monday mornings is reading an email from Mark Manson. Today, he made mention about how life will always have a tension between being perfect as you are right now, and the the call to personal improvement. What a nice reminder to wake up to. As I thought about this concept, I found it entered my Morning… Read more →
Tag: personal development
Did Cat Videos Steal Your Happy Future?
Have you ever wasted an hour following links, reading articles, learning about something, only to walk away feeling…empty? The more that I work for myself, the more I realize I have a tendency to use distraction as an escape. I realize there are a lot of articles out there about this, but writing about it helps me improve my understanding… Read more →
Productivity Can Suck It. Long Live Selfulness.
Here’s the thing, I, like you, don’t want to die without having accomplished a few meaningful things in my life. And, probably unlike you, I’m getting up there in age and I’m relatively unaccomplished, and I used to think there was always time, but now I worry that it will never happen. And, I know what all the productivity coaches… Read more →
Advice for My New-Year Self
Happy New Year. Now that you’re motivated again to make some changes in your life, I’ve got some advice for you and I hope you take it because I know I probably won’t, but I know that I’d probably live better if I did. I’ve lived a while now. I’m very observant. And I’ve made a lot of mistakes. And… Read more →
My Summer with Tim Ferriss
We met last summer. I had heard about the Four Hour Work Week (4HWW for the enthusiasts) since 2008 when one of my twenty-something developers told me about it. I was intrigued, but I didn’t think it applied to me—I didn’t want to be one of those guys looking for an easy way through life. I wasn’t looking to only… Read more →