I'm writing a passage in my book about the power of having a large network. The more supporters you have, the more your network can support you without being a burden on any one member of your community. Do you have any examples of how your network has helped you? As...
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What causes you stress?
I'm working on the book's "de-stressing" chapter. I'm not happy with the current draft and want to reorganize it. I'm brainstorming about different causes of stress and how that might drive the chapter. What are your major causes of stress? Mine are deadlines, broken...
To Cut or Not To Cut
The reality of my current book draft is that I need to cut a lot. Thanks to my not understanding the difference between pages in Word and printed pages, my last manuscript was about twice the length the book needs to be. The organizing principle for the book is my tag...
How do you define multitasking?
I'm working on my book chapter about multi-tasking. There are studies out there that show multitasking severely degrades performance. From what I can tell, however, they're talking about trying to do two things at exactly the same time. For example, talking on the...
Don’t use price to choose a computer!
As you know if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, I own both a Mac and a PC. I've been a PC user since MS-DOS-only machines. Two years ago I switched to a Mac after having to do three complete disk wipes + reinstalls on my Windows machines (two desktops and a...
Paulson, Obama, Roberts, Cheney: Influence happens, even if you fool yourself into believing it doesn’t.
I'm reading an article on how Henry Paulson had talks with Goldman Sachs when he was designing the financial bailout. Of course he claims there was no favoritism or influence. Politicians also claim they're not too influenced by lobbyists. And a few years ago, Cokie...
I wore jeans. Civilization ended. It was AWESOME!
I wore jeans, fluorescent shoes (see my Facebook page http://bit.ly/gidg for a picture), and a T-shirt to the HBS Club of Boston presentation on "Emerging Billion-Dollar Trends." Nothing happened. People I knew talked to me. The presenter hugged me. The guy sitting...
Would you wear jeans + T-shirt to business event? Why or why not?
I am going to a business presentation tonight and am coming straight from my writing haven to the event. I wear jeans, a T-shirt, and sneakers in the Haven. I've noticed that the thought of going to the business presentation dressed like that is scary to me. Scary....
Too much content?
My agent just read my current book draft. She says I have way, way, way too much content. *Urp!* I need to trim down the quantity and make it flow much more smoothly. Hey, I went to one of those schools that was like "taking a drink from a firehose." If you don't have...
What are your beliefs about time management?
I'm collecting beliefs about time management and making daily progress. Could you share your beliefs with me? These are simply the "conventional wisdom" that you now take for granted. These beliefs may or may not be true, the key element is that we no longer question...