Category: Mindset
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Are you “picking my brain” for advice or validation?
The greatest thing about the internet is that no matter how crazy your opinion, you’re going to be able to find some site somewhere that appears credible that happens to back you up 100%. And you know what that’s cool? You don’t have to take me to lunch to get the experience. This isn’t a […]
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Time tracking overload: the price of good teeth
A quick followup on time tracking to round out the week – while I track everything I do in a day, my home time is usually chunked into much larger segments – I don’t really want to get into the office earlier in the morning, and evenings are (mostly) for downtime and family, so I’m […]
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Apparently I’m a racehorse now
This quote from a recent Dan Kennedy newsletter has been going through my head for about two weeks now: I was about 16 when I heard a Crown Direct Distributor in Amway named Skip Ross say: “the trainer of a top racehorse developing as a Kentucky Derby contender does not keep him up all hours […]
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Beware of copying only what you see
I was catching up on some videos last week when I got to an excerpt from Alexis Neely’s master class session on pricing from Ramit Sethi’s Earn1K program. You can watch it if you sign up to Ramit’s list from that link, but read the post, it’s got a lot of good stuff there. I’ll […]
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High school had coaches. What do you have now?
After too many years comparing my current abilities in the gym against my high school athletic glory days, I’ve finally figured out why I’m having such a hard time improving to even a fraction of the endurance levels I once had. It’s not because I’m older (there are lots of people older than I am […]
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My belt is holding my pants up – and it’s holding me back
I have a great belt. I like the way it looks (even though it’s getting a bit worn,) it’s comfortable, and it’s easy to put on. I’m on the last hole (i.e. the tightest setting) and I’ve been there for two years now, which always makes me feel good. And, amazingly, I’ve weighed about the […]
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Data hoarders: mentally “quirky” or just a different generation?
I don’t like the TV show Hoarders, mostly because I don’t find it very uplifting and suspect the appeal is to make the viewers feel better about their own messes, because, you know, they’re not so bad. But there’s another reason, and I spot it every time I look at my desktop full of files […]
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Turning off the fact checker for greater health and wealth
A lie is helping me live longer. Maybe. Like I’m sure a lot of you, my visits to the dentist used to go like this: Well, that was me, until about two years ago where I read that people who floss regularly live about seven years longer than those who don’t. The thing is, I’ve […]