If you’re ever trying to balance being productive with hanging out with your kids, it’s time to reevaluate how you’ve framed ‘productivity’. Being a good parent is one of the most meaningfully […]
Life
A Frog a Day Keeps Your Anchors Aweigh
It’s amazing how some of the smallest of tasks can take on a life of their own. Of course, the truth of it is that they don’t take on a life of […]
One of Those Days (Episode 1)
I had one of those mornings yesterday in which I needed to hire a productivity coach. I got up late, which is always a signal that it’s going to be a rough […]
Turn the Instant Off
My first video post. YAY! I’ve been wanting to do one of these for a long time, but they’ve never been good enough. The lighting was wrong. The sound was bad. I […]
A Weekend Unplugged
When was the last time you had a weekend without computers, cell phones, TVs, and all the other devices that alter the way we experience time? After I wrote Multithreading and The […]
Behind the Scenes: The “Drive” Edition
Fair warning: I say “I” a lot in this post, given that it’s a behind the scenes post. If you’re not into that sort of thing, feel free to move on. My […]
The Cost of Freedom As We Know It
It’s purely coincidental that this post follows a post about freedom businesses, but this one is not about personal freedom, but rather collective freedom. But what stays the same is that the […]
Is It Worth Doing?
Think about the list of things done and undone on your ToDo list for the last few weeks. How many of those things, done and undone, were really worth doing? If you […]
Why Are You Trying to Save Time?
A lot of people try to become more productive because they think they’ll gain time by saving time. Unfortunately, it’s rare that “gaining time” provides the benefit people think it does. What […]
Leave Some Value On The Table
Most religious and ethical traditions have a prescription to make the world around you a better place. Whether it’s access to divine rewards or the awareness that you’ve done what a reasonable, […]
Review: Reclaim Your Dreams
What would your life look like if you were living your dreams rather than putting them off or thinking that they were unattainable or foolish? Why aren’t you making those dreams happen? […]
Multithreading & The Complexity of Modern Experience
Experience isn’t what it used to be. In Episode 5 of The Beyond Productivity series, we discussed how technology is changing our experience. In that conversation, I used the word multithreading rather […]
The E-Factor: The 10 Traits of Successful Creative Entrepreneurs
In the changes in creative work and entrepreneurship, we discussed how the landscape is creating such that creative people now have a new way to do what they love AND put food […]
The Rebirth of Entrepreneurialism
There’s a movement happening around you that you may not see. Every day, people are leaving their jobs, not because they got laid off but because they’re tired of working under the […]
Rogue Idea Guy on the Loose
On December 10, 2008, I finally let go of the railing and jumped. I turned in my letter of resignation for the job I’ve had since August. On the face of it, […]
How to Overcome the Fear of Uncertainty
As we loaded the grenades into his under-armored Humvee, he snapped. He was talking to us one second and violently throwing up his lunch the next. Apparently, loading live explosives into the […]
Plastic Soup, Deformed Turtles, and Getting Over Ourselves
I saw the picture below yesterday and my heart sank. I found it here, and while the article was powerful in relation to what’s going on with the large plastic dumps on either […]
What If?
What if… We cared as much about other people as we do about our pets? We spent the time we spend researching celebrities and athletes figuring out what makes our kids tick? […]