As a self confessed technology and self improvement geek – I have a few folks in my life that I bounce ideas off of on both these points. When I find something that works, I have historically shared it only with those that have expressed interest in such things. I’ve restricted my recommendations historically as […]
Read More Quick Hits – Two Apps to Speed Information Into You – Like Neo in The MatrixMartin Luther King Jr. said: “Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.“ So here we are – halfway through this current calendar year. The day itself is no more or less valuable than the first day of the year or the 99th day of the year. […]
Read More Day 180 – You know…okay let’s try that again – you feel it…now what to do/be? A few years back, I stopped accepting The Script that said as I age – I will age out on the vitality scale, eventually being a tired middle aged guy that does not care enough to invest into himself. I knew the next stop after becoming the guy that did not care enough to […]
Read More Defaulting to The ScriptSo a few years ago while working at EMC, I had the privilege of being able to attend a mentor’s retirement party. It was an incredible honor for me, as this was a man that was an early and consistent supporter of mine as I built up my career at EMC. I only directly […]
Read More Retirement party and LegacyThis picture was chosen very deliberately – Ben Franklin was exceptional in terms of his time management philosophies, and of course he’s on some USD currency here that is set aflame. Are time, money, and energy all related? In an entropic manner? Could you provide direction across these three forces and <em>invest</em> into them to harness […]
Read More Investments, value, and 3 currencies we all trade in…I have had a few family members and a number of other close friends admit that they are not reading these daily posts. It is an interesting conversation to have, as I really am ambivalent about people reading these posts on the daily. The intention was always to begin driving a conversation that is mine, […]
Read More Unprompted BenefitsSo what is your number one productivity app for ensuring you get things done? Is it your email inbox? Is it a flat stack of sticky notes that gets scrawled upon when the need arises? Is it a legal notepad? Evernote? Trello task boards? The reminders app on your […]
Read More The secret weapon to ensure you get that one thing done todayI’ve been doing a ton of research on energy as of late. Time research and efficient use of my time has been a lifelong endeavor going back to my days of Instinctive Technologies when I began to truly grasp what automation and code could do to compress engineering cycles. Money research for me has been […]
Read More Human Beings Have Real EnergySo I have seemingly been into hustling and entrepreneurship going back to the mid 1980’s. I did the classic lemonade stand, having worked with my father to build one with some old plywood and sky blue paint that was leftover from painting my room one summer. The lemonade did not sell. Not a ton […]
Read More 1980’s Hustles and Long Tails…Yesterday I wrote about the need to get started with just one thing a day. I hammered home the point that my first daily action was unusually focused on getting into the gym. For those of you that are still unsure where to start – this is going to be a great post for you […]
Read More One Thing A Day – 65 ExamplesI have been espousing the need to take action, even if it is one action. The action has to be focused on getting you to a better version of yourself, and that is it. The one thing I did per day was getting myself back into the gym starting in May 2016. This was […]
Read More One Thing A Day – What Was My First?Over 20 days ago, I started this notion of getting very raw online in the hopes of establishing my brand more broadly, to own the online conversation that I wanted to have, and to firmly establish a habit of writing everyday that had been languishing. I knew that this was going to be an […]
Read More None of these posts matter without action.