Gathering ideas is cheap, implementing ideas is expensive. Reading a business book takes several hours over the course of a week. Starting a business takes thousands of hours over the course of years. Making ideas a reality is orders of magnitude more difficult than gathering creative ideas. This simple fact is the reason I’m a […]
Know When to Stop Reading a Book
Stop reading boring books. Unless you absolutely need to finish reading a book for a class, position or job, you’re probably better off putting down books you don’t enjoy. I’ve found good books are like good food, the more you enjoy it, the faster you want to ingest it. Except, while eating a hamburger in […]
Friday Links 08-08-29
From the Web Review of The Entrepreneur’s Manual -Ben reviews the book and has some great tips for new entrepreneurs. It’s no secret that entrepreneurship is a passion of mine, so I try to gobble up every piece of novel advice on the subject I can get my hands on. The World is Fine – […]
The Little Book of Productivity
I’ve written a lot of articles about productivity over the last two years. Since I set the goal of making myself more productive several years ago, I’ve read dozens of books and thousands of articles on the topic. If you’re trying to become more productive, it can be a bit daunting to get started. Just […]
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