Up All Night? How to Recover from Entrepreneur Insomnia
Do you toss and turn all night? Do you feel groggy upon awakening? Does your energy crash in the middle of the day? You might be like a large percentage of Americans who do not get enough sound sleep. And you might be like a growing group of business owners who are burning the midnight [...]
The Fast Track To Being A Winner Is By Becoming A Public Figure
It was 1989 Europe - a five year old was playing war in the courtyard of his building with the neighborhood kids - and time was rough under the Socialist regime. There were no hard rules, no guidelines, and only the oppressors had plastic weapons. One thing was clear though, everyone wanted to be a [...]
Realizing Success Through Empowerment
So many times when things go badly in our lives we find ourselves wondering how we ended up in such a bad situation, or who is to blame. These are self-defeating mindsets that limit our ability to recover, or to succeed.
Instead of developing a defeatist attitude when something goes awry, try to adjust to a [...]
Is it Smart to Trade Time for Money?
Towers Perrin, a large human resource consulting firm, just published survey results revealing that most workers have strong negative emotions towards their work. I belonged to this group until several years ago when I decided to transcend my fear and transform my career from a wage earning software engineer to an entrepreneur.
This alchemy of professions [...]
Simple Manifesto: Break Free from the Tyranny of the Clock
For tens of thousands of years, human beings didn’t have clocks. They lived, amazingly, by the sun and the moon and seasons and the needs and rhythms of their bodies.
The clock is a very very recent invention, and even more recent is our modern society’s slavish adherence to the dictatorship of the clock.
Only very recently [...]
All We Need is Love? Wrong! Here are 6 Ways to Improve your Relationship
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we’ve all heard it before. The Beatles sang about it, thousands have written about it, countless young hopefuls have pondered it….
‘All you need is love’.
(Or, so they say).
With today’s divorce rate climbing faster than you can swallow a slice of wedding cake, it seems that we need a lot more than just [...]
The Moment of Truth
The following is an extract from one of my fave movies - A Few Good Men (or as it’s known here in Australia - Three Grouse Blokes):
Jessep (Jack): “You want answers?”
Kaffee (Tom): “I think I’m entitled to them.”
Jessep: “You want answers?”
Kaffee: “I want the truth!”
Jessep: “You can’t handle the truth! Son, we live in a [...]
Combining Self Improvement Techniques for Greater Success
The quest to lead a more gratifying and satisfying life offers opportunities for self-improvement in many different aspects of our lives. Advice and training for personal growth are available at every turn, covering a vast array of skills and techniques.
Sometimes the wealth of information can be overwhelming. In our quest to simplify our lives we [...]
7 Simple Ways To Burst Out of Bed Each Morning
Way before the sun peeks over the horizon, a few chosen people awaken from their slumber and dive head first into their day. These chosen few accomplish a ton before the rest of us would ever consider rising from our nice warm beds.
Who are these juggernauts that have command over the morning hours?
In theory, your [...]
12 Essential Rules to Live More Like a Zen Monk
I’m not a Zen monk, nor will I ever become one. However, I find great inspiration in the way they try to live their lives: the simplicity of their lives, the concentration and mindfulness of every activity, the calm and peace they find in their days.
You probably don’t want to become a Zen monk either, [...]
