‘Favorite Work’

[For “FBO: ‘Content Is King!’ What Does that Mean?,” click here.]
This series is called “FBO” or “For Bloggers Only.” If you’re not a blogger and never want to be, skip this and all other posts that start with “FBO.”
Hmm. On second thought, don’t skip this one because the “how […]

In my very first year at UCLA Law School, just as we were starting our second semester, the on campus interviews began. Suddenly, students who had previously shown up to classes in nothing but tee shirts and jeans were now strutting around in brand new suits and dress shoes.
The problem was not all of […]

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Take this self-test to find out. The more honest you are, the more useful the results will be.
We all wish we could answer these questions a certain way, but that’s not very helpful to decide if we’re ready to become entrepreneurs […]

“You’re going to be pushed very hard,” the new trainees are warned from the start. “If you do not get uncomfortable, we have failed you.”
That’s what already top-performing executives hear on their first day of a 3-day training seminar in Orlando, Florida, called The Corporate Athlete.
The program is the brainchild of Dr. Jim […]

Title: Eat that Frog!
Author: Brian Tracy
First Publication: 2001
One-Sentence Summary: 21 tips on how to stop procrastinating.
Procrastination and time management are serious problems—today more than ever—because of the avalanche of information and unbelievable speed at which it flies across our desks, computer screens, and latest unbelievable communication gadgets.
Brian Tracy is a millionaire, […]

Boredom gives birth to creativity.
I don’t mean the kind of boredom you feel when you are forced to pretend to be interested in something that’s painfully boring. I mean the kind that slowly seeps into your mind, body, and soul only when you’re more or less alone—with at least a few hours […]

There will never be enough hours in the day, days in the week, or, even, years in our lives to get all the things we would like to get done, done.
Accepting this fact is the first big step in getting a handle on procrastination, and the implications of it are huge! For one thing, […]

THE PARETO PRINCIPLE
The Pareto Principle is a famous performance rule that most successful people follow. It says that you get 80% of your results from only 20% of your activities. The trick, of course, is figuring out which 20% will get you the results you want.
If you can say the 20 statements below, then you […]

By now, you know that success in life comes from pursuing your burning desire with all your heart, mind, and body. (If you don’t know this, read my summary of Think and Grow Rich.)
Self help advice is great in books and on the computer screen. But, it’s even better when it’s demonstrated in […]

If there’s one thing that we will never be able to see from someone else’s point of view—unless we already happen to share it—is what strikes us as terribly funny and what doesn’t.
Studies have shown that a sense of humor is not universal. Don’t get me wrong. All people find some […]