When a party first begins it’s relatively quiet. Not everyone has arrived yet and people are still unwinding from the work day. As more people arrive and begin to loosen up it gradually grows louder. People who were in comfortable conversations now have to scream for acknowledgment. The noise level of the room continues to … [Read more…]
In science fiction there’s a popular time traveling phenomena called the butterfly effect. The idea behind it is time travelers needing to be extremely cautious as the killing of even a single butterfly in the past can have dramatic consequences on the present. Killing a butterfly may prevent it from pollinating a plant, which may … [Read more…]
When you’ve got a gun pointed to your head it’s not so difficult to do the little things. 30 minute workout? No problem sir. 500 word blog post? Got it. Unfortunately, we don’t usually have a gun pointed at our head. Too often we lack the urgency that’s so crucial in getting things done. … [Read more…]
I don’t like rich people because they’re stuck up. I hate popular people because they’re d-bags. Really? Well you know what? I don’t like your attitude. We could get into the ethics of making such generalizations, but that’s a whole nother discussion. The real question is why are you negatively labeling successful people? There are … [Read more…]
is to want it more than anything else. Like Eric Thomas says, “When You Want To Succeed as Bad As You Want To Breathe, Then You’ll Be Successful.” The difference between someone who’s massively successful vs someone who gets average results lies in their hunger. Success is a much higher priority to successful people than … [Read more…]
I don’t watch a lot of baseball anymore, but if you’ve been reading my blog for a while you’d know that I think there’s some great metaphors in the sport. When I was younger I remember always hearing the announcers talk about simply putting the ball in play instead of swinging for the fences and … [Read more…]
My computer’s been dragging the last few weeks. I’ve seen the spinning load wheel more than I’d care to admit and it’s been quite the annoyance having everything operate so slowly. I’m on a 2009 Macbook, so it’s starting to get on its last legs, but if it was just the age of my computer … [Read more…]
Instead of complaining about unfavorable circumstances use them to push you to heights you wouldn’t have otherwise been able to achieve. Many successful people were once depressed or addicts in the past. At some point, however, they hit rock bottom and were able to use that pain as leverage to push themselves to where … [Read more…]
I was cutting the grass at my grandma’s house yesterday. She’s too old to do it these days so I cut and she pays me for it. It’s a win-win situation. Normally these grass cutting visits end up being relatively uneventful, but I had an interesting observation yesterday. I was pushing the lawnmower towards the … [Read more…]
The two words bloggers are most afraid of. Writer’s block. There’s nothing worse than staring blankly into an empty word document. I’ve gone through several periods of writer’s block, but over the last few months I’ve developed a good process for getting through it. I’ve found that while there’s several causes of writer’s block, they’re … [Read more…]