Archive for May 2005
Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking
A Cup of Tea With the Grim Reaper
Personal Development for Smart People
Since I’ve mentioned that I’m working on a book, I might as well post something about it here so I don’t have to keep answering emails about it. 🙂 My tentative working title is Personal Development for Smart People. It’s a book about personal development which covers personal productivity, courage, drive, motivation, purpose, skill-building, focus,…
Personal Quotas
Just as salespeople might have monthly sales quotas to meet, you can apply the concept of quotas to your personal productivity as well. I use this technique often and have found it highly effective for certain types of projects. Here’s how it works: For each project you want to tackle tomorrow, set a minimum output…
Day 18
Meditate to Live Longer
Colorblindness
I’ve been red-green colorblind since birth, and someone told me about a site with some neat photos that reveals how people like me perceive colors. If you visit that link and scroll down a little, you’ll see two pictures of a fruit vendor. The first picture is normal. The second picture is how red-green colorblind…