Why You Need an Ideas Notebook
Here's the scenario. You're a writer, say. You put words on paper and put those papers into the hands of people who read them. Or maybe you put words on screens and let Twitter do your billing: I PUT A WORD HERE. COME READ IT. Whatever your method (paper, pen, computer), or your strategy for garnering readership (bullhorns, Twitter), you surely require one simple thing, day in and day out. That thing? Ideas. All people -- not just … [Continue Reading...]
Why I’m Not Going to South by Southwest
For the tenth time in the past week, I had a conversation tonight about why I’m not going to South by Southwest this year. South by Southwest, of course, being one of the biggest conferences around, and the biggest if you work or live in the technology world. Although I’m not entirely without regret on missing the event (Austin is such a great city, after all), I am decided. In no particular order, here are the five main reasons I’m not … [Continue Reading...]
How to Start a Blog (The Complete Step-by-Step Guide)
{Want a PDF version of these instructions? Go here.} Last week, I asked you how I could be of help. Of the hundreds of responses I received, many of you said you were itching to learn how to start a successful blog. Starting a blog is one of the very best things that ever happened to me, and I love to share with folks why blogging is a great way to connect with others, build your platform, and change the world. Seven years … [Continue Reading...]
What the Most Successful People Do at Work
Laura Vanderkam has done it again. Vanderkam, author of books like 168 Hours: You Have More Time than You Think, has become a feature in my email inbox ever since I read ones of her books for the first time and started emailing her incessantly. (I tend to do that. I'm sure she's thrilled. Ha.) What I love about Vanderkam's writing is that it's smart, practical, and immediately applicable. It makes me think, and pushes me to change my life … [Continue Reading...]
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My Word in Action: To Rest or Work?
image by kawamura My word of the year is REST, and I'm trying hard to remember this at times. It doesn't come naturally, and I find myself fighting my word more often than I find myself settling into it. Rest, for me, is proving hard. Take last week, for instance. I had flown into a random … [Continue...]
What I Learned by Trying the Paleo Diet
Last month, I did a long-planned thirty day experiment on the Paleo diet (also known as the "Whole 30" diet) – meaning I eliminated all grains, dairy, sugar and legumes from my diet for one month in order to cleanse and improve my overall health. It was a huge challenge for me, one of my goals for … [Continue...]
Why I’m Not Going to South by Southwest
For the tenth time in the past week, I had a conversation tonight about why I’m not going to South by Southwest this year. South by Southwest, of course, being one of the biggest conferences around, and the biggest if you work or live in the technology world. Although I’m not entirely without … [Continue...]
My Word of the Year: Rest.
Last week, I told you about the idea of creating a “word of the year”. One word to inform and synthesize the year you have ahead of you. One word to mean everything you want 2013 to be, and one word that will help serve as a guiding light when times get tough and you’re not clear on where your … [Continue...]
Why You Need a Word to Define Your Year
I read a great thing recently, and I’m a bad person because I'm not 100% sure I remember where. I think it may have been in Gretchen Rubin’s Happier at Home -- Rubin’s great second book about continuing the process of bringing more happiness into your daily life. But I'm not entirely sure … [Continue...]
Three Essential Questions to Help You Solve Problems
We've all had them. Problems. Big, small, tiny, and massive. And we all seek to find the best ways to handle them every time they arise. Sometimes, they seem to fill entire days with their weighty, darkened skies. Problems can make a day one where nothing seems to go right, everything goes … [Continue...]
In Defense of Reality Television
I'm ready to say it. Or, rather, shout it from the rooftops. I love reality television. Yes. Reality. Television. That oh-so-useless entertainment form that some decry should be wiped from our earth forever. And here's why. Over time, I've noticed that one of the-most commented on … [Continue...]
Why You Should Set Reading Goals
The other day, I wrote a post about How to Set Life Goals in 2013. In the post, I walked through the SMART goals framework from Paul Meyer’s Attitude is Everything (which I'll recommend again -- it's just $2.99 for 144 motivating pages.) As I walked through the framework, I showed some of my … [Continue...]
How to Set Life Goals for 2013
By now, I imagine you've realized that the truth is staring you in the fact: It's 2013. (Cue: So, what are you going to do about it?) For me, a new year is about new goals. Whether you got a chance to do goal-setting over the holidays before 2013 actually struck -- or you're just thinking … [Continue...]
