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  Whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert doesn’t matter. The only way for anyone to gain a feeling of success in life is to help others somehow. You can achieve your life’s purpose but still feel unsuccessful. That is because if you helped no one along the way, nobody would notice. To be successful, […]

  There is a force in the world that stops people from being successful. Steven Pressfield calls it The Resistance. Some call it Procrastination. We all have important things to do. Some of the things are obligations and responsibilities. Others are the steps we need to take to fulfill our purpose in life. Outside of […]

While knowing your purpose in life is a good start, it is not the most important thing to have. The most important trait to have as a human being is a positive outlook on life. It is not enough to live. Zoo animals do that all the time. You need to live and enjoy doing […]

The single most important thing to have for success is a good “attitude towards life.” How do you think? Are you a positive or negative person? Your thoughts have a massive impact on your life. A person always thinking positive thoughts will see the silver lining in every misfortune. That person will always feel grateful […]

Internet forums are one of the oldest ways to publish content on the web. They are like blogs in many respects. If you like interacting with other internet users, you might enjoy joining a forum more than you enjoy blogging. These online gathering places let you publish your thoughts to an existing audience. The advantage […]

It’s the greatest cliche in the entire self-improvement industry. Follow your dreams. But it is a cliche because it is advice that has been true for many generations. Sometimes we disregard cliche advice because it feels outdated somehow. We think there must be an updated version somewhere that works twice as well. But no. Don’t […]

I have several essays from my college years sitting around gathering dust. Instead of trashing them, I am editing them and putting them online. The following is one such essay. I wrote this one for my personal homepage around 1997 (updated version shown here). *** Let’s start with the basics. This short tutorial on web […]

I have 1,033 books on my Amazon.com wishlist. I add new books to my list almost daily. I don’t have the speed-reading skills of a superhero. How can I ever get through over a thousand books? The answer is curation. If you can’t read every book, read only the best of the bunch. Curation isn’t […]

I have to balance taking care of three little kids with trying to earn a full-time income.  I only have time to watch a handful of movies a year, so I have to be picky.  I’ve decided to use the IMDB top 250 movies of all time to help me choose which movies I should […]

I have several essays from my college years sitting around gathering dust. Instead of trashing them, I am editing them and putting them online. The following is one such essay. I wrote this one for a Human-Computer Interaction class around the year 2000. ***   Ever since people began using computers for private use, they […]