By which my friend Eleutherios assures me is the Kabbalistic (and poetic) equivalent of Steve Pavlina’s three principles of personal growth; truth (wisdom), love (beauty) and power (strength). This post has been a long time in coming, and in it I’ll explain why in order for me to move towards truth, love and power, I’ve [...]
3 Simple Ways to Get the Right Things Done in 2008
1. Choose One Word for 2008. Christine Kane has a better way for you to start your year: choose a word. Just one word. That’s it. And this word will be your guiding focus for the next 12 months. Last year, I chose the word courage. Looking back, I think I’ve done pretty well. I [...]
How to Boost Your Confidence at Work
You’re probably already aware that confidence plays an enormous role in business success. When you exude confidence, you naturally attract others. People listen to you, follow you, and even buy products from you. Displaying confidence assures people that you know what you’re doing. Even people with the highest levels of self-esteem feel unsure of themselves [...]
Working Less to Get More Done on Life Coaches Blog
I spent yesterday thinking of the answers to Tim Ferris‘ questions from his book The 4-Hour Workweek: Which 20% of my efforts are producing 80% of my results that I need to focus more on? And which 80% of my efforts producing 20% of my results can I eliminate from my life? The 80/20 Principle, [...]
What is a Decluttered Schedule?
I’ve been wondering lately about what decluttering really means. One of my favorite designers John Maeda, author of The Laws of Simplicity, says in his (ironically rambling) TED talk that the simplest definition of simplicity is that ‘simplicity is about living life with more enjoyment and less pain’. That rings very true. So how do [...]
I Was Stressed Every Time I Sat In Front of My Computer Until…
I was stressed. Somehow I kept feeling like there was something bugging me…what? Then it hit me – and I had been staring at it all day long for weeks. It was my desktop clutter. This is a screenshot of my desktop at work. I thought it’d be a great idea to have my task [...]
De-Cluttering Your Digital Life
Last week I did something incredibly stupid: I attempted to make changes to my computer’s partitions without first backing up my data. Something went wrong and it wiped out nearly 20GB of data. Ouch. Luckily for me, I had backed up most of my major files a few weeks beforehand and also made copies on [...]