There is at least one habit all successful people have in common. They are all avid learners. They are not necessarily traditionally educated, and they don’t necessarily read books to learn, but they all make learning a priority. The easiest way to learn is to develop a habit of reading. Read every day. Read […]
Ideas: Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Cars
What happened to a family in New Jersey after a blizzard was heartbreaking. A couple and their two children, ages 1 and 3, were trying to stay warm. The mom and the children stayed in the car with the engine running while the dad cleared snow outside. Nobody realized that the tailpipe was clogged with […]
How to Rescue Accidentally Deleted Pictures from Your Camera
This post was originally published on January 2, 2008, but is still useful and relevant today: We had a little get-together on New Year’s Eve to celebrate the coming of 2008. Naturally, we wanted to take some pictures, so we brought out the new Canon Powershot SD850 IS we got for Christmas and snapped a […]
This Is How You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
The reason why most New Year’s resolutions fail is that the task is too big. Most people make big resolutions. They don’t make small ones that might seem too easy or insignificant. I want to lose 100 pounds this year. I want to run a marathon this year. I want to make an extra […]
No Time to Exercise? Try This.
The top excuse people have for not exercising is that they don’t have enough time. I call bullshit. Everyone has the same 24 hours. The vast majority of people have the free will to decide how they spend those 24 hours. Now there is ample research concluding that you only need a minimum of 4 minutes […]
Read in the Now
I have too many books. I don’t have time to read them all. When I do read a book, I often don’t have a chance to use what I learned from it. Now I’m taking a new approach to reading. I’m reading in the now. Whenever I read, I’m always on the lookout for […]
Profit from the Network Effect
In business, there is a concept called Network Effect (also known as Metcalfe’s Law). The best way to explain it is by example. If you have a telephone and you’re the only person in the world with one, it’s useless. The network is nonexistent, and you have no one to call. If your best friend […]
Let’s Give Our Kids a Different Kind of Suffering
Pain always exists in any life. A goal of every human being throughout history has been to live life with as little pain as possible. But everyone has failed. Even those influential leaders in our society—kings and queens, religious leaders and healers, respected scholars and celebrities—experienced just as much pain as the rest of us. […]
Roasted Beets with Fresh Mint and Chèvre
I read a guest post by Darya Pino Rose on Tim Ferriss’ blog about convincing your loved ones to lose weight. As an example, Darya wrote about both her and her father never liking beets but growing to love them after trying beets prepared in a particular way. The particular way was listed as a […]
Starcraft: Become World Class
Just like in real life, world-class Starcraft players have certain habits that are instrumental to their success. I played a few ladder games with world class players, and of course, got destroyed. This article is a combined trilogy of three articles I wrote about what I learned from losing. Back in the late 90’s when […]