Last week, Steve Pavlina wrote an article entitled, “Skill”. In it, Steve claimed, that most people under-invest in the skill-building phase. In a rush to profit, they don’t spend enough time working on their ability to create value. I agree with Steve that skill-building is important. I’d also agree that many bloggers (or other new […]
Archives for July 2008
How to Stay Motivated in Long Projects
At some point in every long project, you’ll hit a motivational rock-bottom. A bad day, week, or month where you don’t feel like doing any work. You’ve been writing, coding and working for months and the initial enthusiasm that got you started is gone. Now you’re left staring at your computer screen blankly, as doubts […]
Is More Commitment Always a Good Thing?
Last week I wrote two articles about measuring and building your persistence levels. I started on the idea that your level of persistence is your ability to keep going without any positive feedback. Ideally, your persistence would be unlimited, and you wouldn’t quit, even in the face of a complete lack of reinforcement. While more […]
Friday Links 08-07-11
From the Web Along with writing articles to this website, I also write four articles for Pick The Brain per month. Here are a few recent entries I’ve written: How to Find Motivation for Things You Hate Doing – “Everyone has things they hate to do, but need to do anyway. Sometimes it is doing […]