"Visualize success." It's a phrase that's used so often in motivational guides it has become trite. Even worse, it's frequently misapplied. The self-improvement category of books, articles, and blogs is rife with insistence that if you simply visualize success you will be successful. It's become a form of magical thinking mumbo-jumbo that, somehow ( Read more... )

There's a bit of advice I came across a name for a few months ago that crystallized something I'd been sorta doing for years. It's called The Three Minute Rule. If you're struggling with how to get started on a big challenge, identify a small task you can do in 3 minutes or less and just do it. When you're done you'll enjoy a sense of ( Read more... )

Incline Village, NV - Tue, 6 Aug 2019, 6:30pm

Today's a work day for both of us in Lake Tahoe. One of the benefits of being able to work from home is that "home" doesn't actually have to be home. It can be anywhere. So we planned in advance to carve out one day from our week off to work. That's all good... except that for me, at least, working ( Read more... )