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My Word in Action: To Rest or Work?
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...
What I Learned by Trying the Paleo Diet
An update: This post was originally written in 2013. Since that time, I tried Paleo a heck of a lot more and began to completely love the way it made me feel. I did some tweaking, of course (I'm convinced I didn't eat enough carbs in my first 30-day trial, thus making...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How to Set Life Goals
By now, I imagine you've realized that the truth is staring you in the fact: It's a new year. (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...
Five Things Every Blogger Needs to Know About Unverified Email Subscribers
One day last week, I had a bit of a field day learning about unverified (or "unconfirmed") email newsletter subscribers. Although most people are able to find something more normal to become obsessed with for a 5 hour period (a difficult jigsaw puzzle, a dirty house)...
Are You Still Talking About Yourself on Social Media?
I've now finished recording ten videos sharing my favorite (make that least favorite) social media pet peeves. The tenth video, below, shares the topic I found myself most annoyed by: people who talk about themselves too much on social media. It's a common trap to...
Why You Shouldn’t Comment On Someone’s Profile Picture (Social Media Pet Peeve #9)
If you haven't yet watched one of my social media pet peeve videos, I'll summarize: I'm doing videos about pet peeves I have. About social media. This week, I've got one all about why you shouldn't negatively (or even somewhat negatively) comment on other people's...
Want to Review My New Ebook — Lead by Morning?
The other day, I mentioned that I'm launching a new ebook in the New Year. The New Year is here. And so is Lead by Morning: 365 Days of the Present Principle. Lead by Morning is a 365-Day morning motivational reader, aimed to help you get started on an excellent day....
The Present Principle (Plus A Free Copy of My Ebook)
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The Podcasting Tools You Need to Win
In the New Year, I'll be doing some rebranding on my Podcast, and doing so also means getting the best tools to do the job. After chatting with some folks for recommendations (including Erik Fisher, who interviewed me for his podcast, Beyond the To-Do List last...