I still remember the first day someone handed me the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I was instantly curious. Although I was only 19 years old, I wanted to live a life that mattered. I wanted a life that was effective. Although some of the concepts and verbiage was difficult to fully grasp ...
I absolutely love Evernote and it is probably my second most used program after my web browser itself. At the same time I hate it and try my best to stay away from Evernote as much as possible; it’s simply too convenient and amazing. So how is Evernote ruining you? It’s too good at its job, ...
I love productivity tools. I'll be the first to admit that I have a shiny objects disease. I have to watch it carefully because I am always looking for how to things faster, better, and more efficient. We live in a wonderful time as we have many productivity tools to help us to be more productive. ...
Do you want to add more time to your week? In this episode, Jonathan and Andy Traub discuss how to become an early riser and the massive benefits you will receive from rising early. This is a discipline that I began over two years ago. At the time, I had no choice. I was working a ...
Can I be honest with you for a moment? I have fallen and restarted many times in my life. Too many times to be completely honest. One of the main reasons I started this blog was out of the frustration I was facing everyday with the bad habits that seemed to dominate my life. In fact, ...
Stand up desks have become quite the rage these days. There are even treadmill desk to promote exercise while you are working. It just seems to dangerous for me personally. :) However, I love my stand up desk. I constructed my first stand up desk about two years ago. Over time it has migrated into a ...
Is it really possible to work less and yet get more done? A few years ago I noticed a big problem in my life. I was working from home and trying to start an online business through blogging. It was hard. Things were not progressing as fast as I wanted them to. My answer was ...
Why do we struggle so much in reaching our goals? Why are new habits so difficult to start? Why are bad habits so difficult to get rid of? There is a simple reason why you will never really change. I'll share that one reason with you in just a bit. First, let's explore why actually accomplishing ...
Today, I want to share with you a principle that I believe is critically important. You must be proactive about finding times in your day when you are completely focused. I like to call them "focus sessions." I will be explaining how to set this up in a future post, but today I want to ...
As I write this post there is a new Evernote Task Manager that is awaiting approval in the Apple App Store. For a long time now Evernote lovers have been begging for some type of To Do Manager for Evernote. While there are many hacks for a to do manager inside Evernote, all of them have ...
