I recently heard someone (Naval Ravikant) hypothesize that the direction our working lives are headed will have nearly all of us working for ourselves at some point in the future. I cannot yet imagine this yet...but if you had to start working towards a life working for yourself tomorrow, what would you decide to do? [...]
It's okay to be busy. And it is definitely okay and preferable to prioritize and not try to do all of the things. But when someone makes a reasonable request, it takes the same amount of time to respond politely and tell them that you cannot get to it for X period of time as [...]
Coming soon to a Word document near you...or on your computer: The Facebook experiment worked so well that Microsoft now plans to put microtasks into Word itself. As you're working, you will be able to identify small bits that need doing—like finding a fact or finishing off a paragraph—and flag them with an @ symbol. [...]
We can often make decisions to set us up for an opportunity we hope to have, with no guarantee that it will come to fruition. There are many opportunities in the world that were once restricted such thay we had to be chosen (to publish a book or direct a movie). Now we don't have [...]
Your mind is your most valuable asset. Are you satisfied with your level of investment? If you were to 10X your level of investment in education, what would you choose to do? Learning is a challenging investment. It can be expensive in money, and especially in time. It doesn't payoff immediately, and when it does [...]
Sharing from my blog at http://www.scerf.com today. At a recent doctor's visit, my doctor spent considerable time covering health topics with me. She informed me that I am obese (as if I wasn't already aware) and that it would be healthier for me to lose weight. She proceeded to tell me things I already know [...]
What do you see if you take a moment to look around your house as a stranger would? Do you like what you see? What do your items mean to you? Do they hold deep meaning and fond memories? Do they have a purpose? Or do you hold onto crap because you don't know how [...]
I am hijacking my own blog (can I do that???) to tell you about the book that I just published. If you read my blog regularly, I allude occasionally to what I'm up to these days. To fill in the gaps, since June I have been filling my time with all sorts of different tasks [...]
Worry: "To torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret." ~ Dictionary.com. If you can take action to fix the problem, worrying may be worthwhile. If it has already happened and you cannot do anything differently, why torment yourself with worry? Learn from it and move on.
There is a theory in the world of start-up tech companies (which I learned here) that for a new product or service to do really well doesn't just require that it be right for a given market, it also requires that people don't actually want it yet. Andy Rachleff refers to the latter concept as [...]
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