As we saw in part 1, and part 2, we often we get stalled because we have "microfears." These steer us away from the Important Things we want. It's our thinking that does it. We imagine what might go wrong, feel a bit of fear, and then suddenly notice we have a...
When things get stalled, as we saw in the article that answered the question What is a Microfear?, fear is often why. Not big fears; small ones. We're afraid of failing at something we want to learn. We're afraid of starting an ambitious project that might...
There's a lot that doesn't get done, despite our best laid plans. There's that novel we've dreamed about writing. The weekly billing, which always seems to be late. The networking and prospecting we need to keep our business running. Early in my career, I learned...
This blog post was sponsored by Adobe Document Cloud. I know in my gut that business travel is what drives the paper industry’s profitability. Every step you take ends up producing a receipt, business card, or some important note scribbled on a napkin, in...
There are two ways to live your life: you can drive it, or be driven. Today, I’m not talking about driving your life in a grand, spiritual sense, but in a micro-sense. You can never replace time. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. You can never get it back....
iOS 9 marks the first iOS release where my thought has been a pretty consistent "Well, I guess Apple's jumped the shark." Most of the reviews I've read of iOS 9 have apparently been written by sycophantic Apple fanboys who don't actually use their phones to do...
This article, originally printed in Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge gives several different techniques for helping get email under control. The article was one of the most-read articles at HBS, has been translated into more than 7 languages, and reprinted in Entrepreneur.com, and several magazines.
The justification used for the incredible invasions of privacy on the part of the internet marketers of the world is that they want to serve us "targeted" ads. Targeted ads are ads that relate to what we're doing at the moment. Theoretically, if I'm having a...
I love the idea of a meritocracy! It's a glorious myth that makes a wonderful story. But if you look at how resources, wealth, prestige, etc. get distributed, it's very hard to make a case for meritocracy. It's no surprise we believe in meritocracy. We spend our...
Keeping The Big Picture Will Lead to Better Life Choices They're considering eliminating over 100 bus routes in Boston to save money. You see, the public transit is considered a separate profit center. That means it has to pay for itself through the money it raises....