Goals for 2012
I told you’d I’d be back with specific goals for this year! And you doubted me! And with good reason, since here it is, nearly the end of January, and I’m just now getting them done. That’s my secret–if you procrastinate long enough you only have to keep your resolutions for eleven months instead of [...]
The science of self-discipline
It’s still January, and many people have already made, or are about to make New Years Resolutions (I’m in the ‘about-to-make’ group). So it’s helpful to find this article by John Tierney from the New York Times on how to improve your odds of keeping your resolutions. He goes to the science behind it all. [...]
New Years Goals: Carpet time
Last year I did some guest posting on my brother’s productivity blog, including listing my goals for 2011: Goal 1: Exercise 4 times per week Goal 2: Write 4 posts per week Goal 3: Make $10,000 from a personal business idea Goal 4: Write 150 pages of a novel Goal 5: Develop the behavior of [...]
When to pull the plug on projects
At one point or another every business will try something new; a new product, a new service, a new process, a new marketing idea. If you don’t I suspect you’re not really growing as a business. And you’ve got your doors locked so no salesmen can come in. And you’re not listening to your customers, [...]