Almost four years ago, my father died. But all the same, I learned an important lesson from him today.I loved my father dearly, and remember him fondly. In my entire childhood, he was the only person I can remember – family, friend, or otherwise –...
I felt like I was living a lie.These past few months, I was supposed to be working on my new book, Thinking Things Done. But somehow, I didn’t seem to actually be getting anything done on the book itself!Sure, I made videos, tons of notes and...
A couple of nights ago, when we thought a hurricane was headed our way, I went out around the house with a flashlight and a broom, knocking down wasp nests from the hurricane shutter frames.And my mind went back to hurricane season a few years ago...
I get a lot of emails from people who are struggling to change their lives in one way or another: losing weight, quitting smoking, getting fit, fighting procrastination, changing careers, and generally trying to live their dreams.And I’ve been...
When I made the to-do list, I had no idea how big a mistake I was making.It was Friday night, the end of a spectacular week in which I made more progress on more projects than I would have dreamed possible for me just a few years ago. I hit all my...
Boy, do I feel stupid. All this time, I’ve been reading books about planning and organizing and just completely not getting it.See, every single book says that to make a good plan, you need to break things down into smaller pieces. But my trouble...
So, after my success with last night’s post, I decided that today I would take the time to try and set down the essential principles of my work on a single page. To do that, I had to leave out any attempt at justifying the principles, providing...
In the last few weeks I’ve been working off and on, trying to jump-start a book project. I’ve brainstormed titles, written outlines, and written literally almost a dozen “chapter ones”.And the more I work on the damn thing, the more I realize that...
For the longest time, I would hesitate before taking action – any action.Or so it seemed.I mean, I didn’t hesitate to turn on the TV or check my email or any other habitual action like that. I didn’t even hesitate that much before semi-routine but...
“I feel kind of angry”, he confessed.“Good! That means you’re improving.”I was doing a one-on-one, helping him to move from shyness to sociability. And in the process, we were changing his feelings about certain kinds of actions.“There is a...
When I was a kid, my first bicycle was a one-speed. Instead of hand brakes, you stopped it by pedalling backwards. Later on, I had some trouble adjusting to a 3-speed bicycle, because I kept trying to stop by pedalling backwards.And I always...
(Warning: this post contains explicit language and controversial thoughts. If you don’t like that sort of thing, don’t read it.)While doing a bit of market research recently, I had occasion to search the ‘net for self-help forums, blogs, and other...
