From the Web Being Serious and Fun at the Same Time – Being ambitious and serious is necessary for achieving your goals. However, if you can’t make fun of yourself, you’re hard to tolerate in a conversation. Ben nails this point on the head. It’s something I’ve struggled with myself of trying to match an […]
The Purpose of This Website is to Lose Its Readers
I might be committing blogging suicide by saying this, but I feel the purpose of this blog is to eventually lose all its readers. I fully expect that, at some point, every person who subscribed to read my thoughts will eventually unsubscribe. I’m completely fine with that. The point of any source of information, whether […]
My Rebuttal to Steve Pavlina: Getting Started Without Skill
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 […]
The High Price of Paying Attention
I think most people are wildly overconfident in their multitasking ability. I remember reading (sorry, no link) that the brain processes over 11,000 sensory inputs every second. Out of those, only 40 reach the level of conscious thinking. Paying attention has a high price and focus, not time management or GTD, is crucial for productivity. […]
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