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 […]
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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 […]
Beyond Productivity: Living From the Inside Out (Episode 3)
(This podcast is also available from iTunes under Productive Flourishing.) Authenticity, Productivity, and the Four Hour Work Week In Episode 3, Dustin, Andre, Jonathan, and I discuss authenticity, identity, money, and the […]
Productive Play: The Middle Ground Between Work and Play
I take it that a few people thought the point of my last post was to suggest that people should quit their jobs. Perhaps it’s the point in which I come out […]
15 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Working Another Day
Are you in the right line of work? Should you be doing something else? Ask yourself the following questions: Do you get to do your work, or do you have to do […]
The 4 Steps of the Creative Process
“I’m not creative.” “I wish I could be more creative, but I don’t have it in me.” “Why are some people creative and others aren’t?” If I had a nickel for every […]
Reader Question Answered: Being Productive vs. Writing About Productivity
A couple of weeks ago, I was having lunch with Kelly from the Honeycomb and we were talking about productivity, planners, and life, in general. She later emailed me with a question […]
Are You at Home or Are You Merely Physically Present?
If you work from your home or would like to work from home and have a family (your partner counts as family if you don’t have kids!), stop skimming, sit up, and […]
21 Ways to Quickly Short-Circuit a Funk
The situation: you find yourself in a funk. I’m not talking about the Pepé Le Pew kind of funk – that just requires the generous application of soap and water. The kind […]
Follow-up: Lifehack: Personal Productivity in the 21st Century
I commented (again) on Dustin’s article Personal Productivity in the 21st Century over at Lifehack. His question was regarding whether there is another model for personal productivity systems besides “cranking widgets.” I […]
Lifehack: Personal Productivity in the 21st Century
Dustin posted an article about Personal Productivity in the 21st Century over at Lifehack. I was going to comment on it on the blog, but my commentary got a bit long, so […]
How to Identify and Remove Productivity Leeches
Table of Contents for This Series How to Identify and Remove Real and Emotional Leeches How to Identify and Remove Productivity Leeches How to Identify and Remove Financial Leeches This is part […]
7 Things We Fight That Make Life Harder
Yesterday, Angela and I went ice skating. Being poor and from the South, I never learned to ice skate as a kid, and this was something like the third time I’ve been. […]