"What you don’t do determines what you can do."
Julian J. Schrader
I'm great at making things simple and dealing with complexity.
First time around? Let me introduce myself.
"Nothing will work unless you do."
"Go for progress, not perfection."
Book Review: Emergency by Neil Strauss
I have read three quarters of Neil Strauss’s latest book on a flight recently, and promptly swallowed the rest shortly afterwards. I liked it a lot, because it appeals to different personas inside of myself, the reader: First of all, reading a book called “Emergency”, of course there’s the survivalist: Amongst other things, Neil [...]
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"Everytime I hit my edge, it just moves."
"Start every morning off with a personal success ritual."
"I never thought about buying a book. I buy it."
Morning Routine? Yes, and relax.
I like to get up early and follow a pretty strict morning routine. I prefer autopilot over making a ton of little decisions in the morning. When I settled in to a specific routine and began to change it less and less, I started skipping over the latest MyMorningRoutine.com interviews in my inbox, and finally unsubscribed. I felt like I [...]
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Book Giveaway: The Magic of Thinking Big
Though it had been recommended to me many times throughout the years, a book with a woo-woo title and even “Magic” in it, did not sound like the book I wanted to trust. I finally caved in, and read “The Magic of Thinking Big”. And boy was it worth it! If you’re like me, you’re thinking “yeah right, everybody knows you need to think big” [...]
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Prioritology
A primer on how to act on priority. There aren’t many different priorities, since priority is binary. Something either is (high) priority or not a priority. As soon as that’s understood, acting on prioritized tasks becomes easy: HIGH → Let’s do it. ASAP. Medium → Next time. If there’s time. Low → 🗑 And as hard as it feels, take those low [...]
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