procrastination

Week 48 Roundup: Getting Proactive, The Trouble With Bright Kids, and More

balls in motion

I was once destroyed at a nine-ball tournament by a skinny redneck kid. From this destruction, I learned a valuable lesson in being proactive.

Week 46 Roundup: Monticello, Procrastination, and Commuting

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Monticello

Where I write that Jefferson was a geek, commuting sucks, and excessive practicing is a form of procrastination.

What’s Stopping You From Creating Something Amazing?

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Clock on a red-orange wall

Fair warning: this post is full of rhetorical questions that will probably piss you off. Read more…

One Trick for Increasing Your Happiness

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jukebox

One trick for increasing your happiness is this: Take action, even if you don’t see immediate results. Click here to read more

Creating Conditions for Creativity

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Cool post-it note collage

People create for a thousand highly individualized reasons. They desire self-expression, an emotional release, or maybe some monetary reward. But beyond the desire to create something, what are the necessary conditions for creativity? How can we consciously create and foster those conditions? Click here to read more…

The Myth of Laser Focus

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During the month of September, I wanted to test the hypothesis that I would have greater focus and productivity if I only focused on one thing. Well, the results are in, and they’re not pretty. Click here to read more…

Developing the Completion Habit

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Image shows a car in a field

Generating ideas is great, but an idea never fully developed is like owning a car without wheels; it ain’t going anywhere, it’s just taking up space, and it’ll probably piss you off every time you think of it. I’ve written quite a bit about generating ideas for creative projects. The more ideas you have to [...]

Get Unstuck with an Evil Deadline

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Use evil deadlines to get unstuck

Evil deadlines take the choice out of finishing a project. Set a deadline three days out and finish the project…or zombies will eat your brains. Read more…

How to Manage Procrastination

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Napoloen holding his ulcer.

Why do people procrastinate? How can we manage procrastination? Read on to find out…