Archive for the ‘Productivity’ Category

Saw this great video about Facebook’s development team today.  Got me thinking…more companies need to think like this.  Focused, uninterrupted work is the greatest gift you have…but how often do we really do it?
Generally speaking, if you are answering your phone, opening snail mail, chatting, emailing, even talking with other people at all…you are NOT [...]

If your goal is to make a passive business, sometimes you have to find creative ways to automate tasks which would otherwise be performed by a human being.
Case in point: someone recently started spamming my tutoring site with messages like these:

This type of scam shows up often on CraigsList.com and it just recently hit my [...]

Hey Folks,
This is going to be my first video blog. I’m trying out a new format. Please let me know which one you like better (written or video) in the comments!

A couple things I noticed on the video that I think could be improved: I’d like to keep it shorter and denser [...]

I like goals, and especially new years resolutions.
I went back and reviewed some of my 2007 new years resolutions. Some I had accomplished (buying my first investment property and making it cash flow) and some are still in progress (sale of a business). But in all honesty, the majority of them I had [...]

I like to think a lot about passive income. That’s the ultimate dream right? To just travel the world, focus on whatever you feel like, and pick up a check each month from your investments or business.
Robert Kiyosaki makes a great point about this in Cash Flow Quadrant (aff), as have many other [...]

A few days ago I told you about the secret I use to get more learning done each week than most people do in a month: audio books.
Well today, I’m going to share the second secret I use to getting more learning done, and this one works well even if you aren’t an “audio learner”. [...]

In Breaking Free, I talk at length about the importance of developing good habits. I do so with good reason, because habits can simultaneously be your greatest strength (if they are good) and your greatest weakness (if they are bad). What’s remarkable is just how dependent we are on habits as human beings.
Generally [...]

Have you ever had a tough decision to make? If you’re anything like me you were probably flip flopping back and forth all day, trying to get some more information, and generally being really STRESSED OUT. Finally, your brain just gives up and creatively came up with a way to distract you, by [...]

Probably one of the best things about working for yourself is the health benefits. Many people are surprised to hear this but it really can have a profound effect on your life and it was really one of those totally unexpected ëbonuses’ that came as a result of quitting my job.
How does quitting your [...]


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