If nobody can work 100 times harder than you, then how can some people earn 100, 1 000 or even a 1 000 000 times the results? The answer is that most problems don’t work on a straight line, giving the same amount of results for each hour you invest. The Stonecutter’s Dilemma is a […]
Friday Links 08-01-25
From the Web Tons of great articles in the past week: The Martini Method for Productivity – A great review of the difference between hard and soft deadlines. Plus a famous author’s method for being productive. Run Your Life Like a Fortune 500 Company – Ramit Sethi uses some great examples to point out the […]
Keeping To-Learn Lists
Most people know about to-do lists, but do you know about to-learn lists? Discover the benefits of creating one and learn how to use it properly.
How to Start Projects You’ll Actually Finish
How often do you get that next “great idea”? How often do those “great ideas” result in something you can hold in your hands? It’s easy to have that work-in-progress sit in your basement or hard drive for months without ever being “quite ready”. It’s even easier to start projects that get pushed aside after […]
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