May 2008

How to Avoid Being an Idiot and Show Your Lady You Love Her on a Big Day

Last Wednesday was, hands down, the best day I have ever had in Nebraska. It was my five year anniversary with my lovely wife, Angela, and boy, was it nice. Especially considering how much of an idiot I was. See, I’m horrible at Big Days, and I’m fortunate enough to have several of them to [...]

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The Ship of Theseus and Personal Identity

Fridays (or, in the case of the last few weeks, weekends) are Food For Thought Days. On these days, I drop the normal “here’s a solution” standard and instead write a “here’s an interesting question” post. My goal in these posts is hence not to provide answers, but to introduce good questions. I have had [...]

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Link Travelogue (Vol. 3)

Spring is in the air, and it seems as if the blogosphere has been a bit more quiet than normal. While the quantity of writing is down, the quality seems to be better. Enjoy the roundup! Why Your Loved Ones Want You To Fail – IttyBiz Why do your loved ones want you to fail? [...]

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The Weekly Productivity Planner: Plan Your Work for the Week By When You’re the Most Productive!

I’m going on a limb here (again) and releasing the  in its draft form. (Update on June 19: This planner has been redesigned. The link below will download the correct version, but I recommend you read the new post that highlights the changes to Productivity Planner series.) Part of the reason I’ve been delaying the [...]

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Dirty Hands and Personal Development

Even though I was unable to post this or last Friday’s meditation, it’s still a goal of mine to write something that steps away from the standard topics on Productive Flourishing and instead just gives something to think about. For this week, it’s not a meditation, but instead an applied philosophical problem. Before you run [...]

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