Several years ago I heard a story about the importance of commitment to motivation: A general sailed over to an enemy country with his army. While the army slept, he burned the ships down. When they awoke, he told them, since they had no way to get back, they would have to conquer the enemy […]
How to Increase Your Creative Output
This is the 695th article for this website. Subtracting the shorter entries and including articles I’ve written for other websites and my e-books, I’d estimate that represents a little under one million words of content. Every word of that was written in the last three years. Having a high creative output is a difficult productivity […]
Friday Links 09-05-15
From the Web Ten Things I Wish I Had Done When I Was Twenty – Trent from the Simple Dollar shares some thoughts on what he would have done differently. Note #5: “I wish I had been more entrepreneurial.” The Linguist on Language – I’ve been reading Steve’s blog ever since a reader recommended it […]
Vidcast #1 – My Goals
Here is my first attempt at vidcasting. All feedback is welcome, as it will help me decide whether to make this a regular part of the website. My Goals I’ve written a number of articles on goal-setting, so I feel it might be helpful to share a few of my goals and what I’m doing […]