Archive for March, 2008
Write Your Own Core Script and Q&A
photo credit: Fruitanimal
Do you know who you are? Do you know where you’re going? If the answer to those questions is yes, great! But can you explain it effectively to others to show yourself off to your best advantage? If you’re not sure, you need a core script. If [...]
Cut Your Self-Imposed Taxes
photo credit: Phillip
Whether a tightwad or a spendthrift, everybody faces the same reality: we all have to pay tax. And nobody enjoys paying tax. Some complain loudly. Others try to dodge it. Most grumble but are reconciled to this fact of life.
Ever the optimist, I try to think about the [...]
Don’t Go on a Crash News Diet
photo credit: Guacamole Goalie
I’ve read on several of the blogs I read that in the interests of productivity and wellbeing you should go on a ‘news fast’ to cut down on stress, information overload and reclaim some time.
Apparently all the killings and violence will make you sad, angry and stressed out.
But going on a [...]
Five Uses for Minor Celebrities
photo credit: Syd Daoust
I’m not a rabid consumer of indiscriminate media such as TV and radio. I have filters in place that all but eliminate the stuff I’m not interested in, such as the latest TV show featuring ‘celebs’ I’ve never heard of.
But even I can’t escape being dimly aware of their existence. Big [...]
Turning Good Intentions into Results
photo credit: B Tal
You know the problem; so many projects you want to pursue, maybe writing, maybe music, maybe just reading some of those books up there on the shelf, and yet so little progress.
When you’re lying in bed or staring out of the train window you can promise really to make time [...]
Get Competitive to Kick that Habit
photo credit: joeltelling
Have you tried and failed to break a bad habit? Is it that no matter what you try, or how many strategies you find on the internet, you just can’t stop repeating that same pattern of behaviour?
Time to try something new. Let me ask: are you competitive by nature? [...]
