Now that we have a diagnosis of too many projects, it is time to discuss remedying the problem. Write your project list To begin with, we will need to come up with a list of all our projects, similar to the one that I made in the diagnosis post. To be fair, here it is [...]
I write a lot about how to do things, but so far, I have not really shared how successful I have been with the challenge I set forth for all of you. I realized this recently and decided to change it. What better way of doing this than to write a personal post about how [...]
There are few things in life that come for free and the vast majority of those that do are completely worthless. Whether something costs money, energy, or time does not matter, only that there is some marginal cost for a benefit. Such is the law of responsible consumerism: something should only be bought if its [...]
Those of us who were not so fortunate as to be born into money have to work for a living. Sometimes, while working, we will be asked to do things we would rather not do, whether it be physical labor or an act with which we have moral dilemmas. Similarly, work is a place to [...]
There is a certain nuisance we have all experienced while being amused: advertisements. Blinking, yelling banners popping out of browser windows, movie previews for those completely irrelevant to our chosen film, and commercials for cars, fast food, and make-up regularly interrupt our entertainment time and disrupt enjoyment of our lives. From a business perspective, this [...]
Balancing work with home life can be difficult, especially in this age of technological advancements that have led us to being able to work from home with relative ease. If you make money while you sit around in your pajamas, however, how do you balance home time with work time? It can be a difficult [...]
In adopting a new lifestyle, we also shed old activities and adopt new ones. Taking from Stephen Covey’s self-help series, I am here to address the six habits of balanced people – what they do daily to strive for their goals and maintain a happy and healthy life. They plan ahead Balanced people know where [...]
Many marketers will tell you the key to having a good customer base is to have a lot of people talking about your product. While this is true – and proven – I think the exact science of getting these people to talk is the true mystery. That’s what marketing is, in essence: getting people [...]
The first step to fixing any issue is to identify it. As I do not want to assume there is any issue, let’s say the problem which has led you to read this website is that your life is out of balance. Specifically, I will assume that your life is not balancing well with your [...]
This post is less a how-to guide and more of an announcement. Over the next year (or longer), I will probably be talking about business a lot, as well as personal life. In the sake of balance, I have decided to begin writing about business now, rather than just introductions to personal subjects. Because of [...]
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