How to Make a Decision

If you are any­thing like me, and those that I have worked with, then you know that a lot of time can be spent on try­ing to make a deci­sion. Eth­i­cal deci­sions and team/committee deci­sions can be the slow­est and hard­est that we have to make. Try­ing to decide what fea­ture should or should not be included, or try­ing to decide if some­one if guilty or inno­cent are tough – they lead to pro­cras­ti­na­tion and stress. Deci­sions don’t have to be stress... Read More

Take a Real Vacation

I recently returned from one of the most relax­ing vaca­tions that I have ever taken. Since start­ing my com­pany I have had the chance to take a few vaca­tions, but I always brought along my Mac­book Pro and made sure that I would have ade­quate cell phone cov­er­age. All this meant that I was usu­ally work­ing at some point dur­ing my vacations. This last vaca­tion how­ever was my Hon­ey­moon, and as such I made a promise to myself that I would leave the com­puter... Read More

Productivity, Knowledge and Skill

This past week – on more than one occa­sion – peo­ple have told me that they are amazed at how much the youth can get done in a week in com­par­i­son to them. I usu­ally laugh it off, not really giv­ing it much thought until today. Sit­ting here con­tem­plat­ing why older peo­ple feel this way about youth­ful indi­vid­u­als I had a real­iza­tion that it has to do with knowl­edge and skill sets. I am not about to make the arro­gant procla­ma­tion that... Read More

∞ the Lost Practice of Resting One Day Each Week

Joshua Becker for Zen Habits: Rabbi Eli­jah of Vilna once said, “What we cre­ate becomes mean­ing­ful to us only once we stop cre­at­ing it and start to think about why we did so.” The impli­ca­tion is clear. We could live lives that pro­duce count­less wid­gets, but we won’t start liv­ing until we stop pro­duc­ing and start enjoy­ing. Cap­ture again the lost prac­tice of rest­ing one day each week and start truly living. via Zen Habits.  Read More

∞ No One Knows What the F*** They’re Doing (Or “The 3 Types of Knowledge”)

Steve Schwartz: Have you ever received praise, or even an award, for being great at some­thing despite hav­ing no clue what you’re doing? Do you feel like a fraud, won­der­ing what sort of voodoo you’ve unwit­tingly con­jured up to make peo­ple think you know what you’re doing, when the real­ity is quite the contrary? So true. via No One Knows What the F*** They’re Doing (or “The 3 Types of Knowl­edge”).  Read More

In an hour or so I am headed off for the Hol­i­day week­end, not return­ing to work until Tues­day. I am reminded of some advice I read a while back and I will do my best to para­phrase it for you: We all need sleep, sleep leads to cre­ativ­ity, inspi­ra­tion, moti­va­tion and ulti­mately productivity. Many peo­ple have the mind­set that if you work less that 40 hours you are not pro­duc­tive, and/or not good at your job. I have the mind­set that if you work... Read More