Work Less and Do More

“Work hard and you’ll be successful.” “You just need to put in a little hard work.” “Whew! I worked so hard today.”
We say things like this all the time without thinking about it. Recently, my bedframe broke and I needed the mattress moved. Despite my newly developed manly-man muscles (thank you, Trainer Tyler), decades of [...]

[Read more →]

Here’s a video by Barry Schwartz, the author of “The Paradox of Choice.” Having more choices seems to be a recipe for doing less and being less happy (exactly the opposite of what we all want). I want to work this material into the book somehow, but am not quite sure how to do it.

Where [...]

[Read more →]

There’s a motivational question people ask: What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? It’s a good question for getting over the hurdle of fear of failure.
For me, it can kick me into action. Once I’m in action, though, my immediate instinct is to do what makes the most sense to reach [...]

[Read more →]

@chrisbrogan was asking how to focus on life goals. Is this an issue you have, too? How come? What gets in the way?
It seems to me two important aspects to focusing your life on your goals are:

Know what your goals are.
Say ‘No’ to time uses that aren’t aligned with those goals.

What are your obstacles? How [...]

[Read more →]

In a rather extensive twitter thread, we’ve been discussing how “failure” serves us. The consensus seems to be: failure is a good thing if we learn from it. So if it’s a good thing, why do we fear it? (Since after all, we can always elect to learn from it.)

@candees: we’re afraid of others’ perceptions [...]

[Read more →]