Many of us put off taking pleasure in our everyday lives to some time in the future. We’ll work super duper hard … and maybe by next vacation, maybe when the kids move out, maybe when I retire, we can do those pleasurable things that we love. But not before all of the work is done, good […]
People define success in a lot of different ways. Some think it’s a certain amount of money. Others define it as a way of living, a level of freedom. The truth is, you can define success a hundred different ways — the only thing that matters is whether or not you’ve met the expectation you have for yourself. […]
How often have you started a new habit that you already quit after several days? If you’re like me in the past, the answer is something like, “all the time.” Forming a new habit is hard. I don’t have to tell you that. We all know how difficult it is to live a prosperous and […]
I am going out of town with my family tomorrow. I have a lot to get done before we step on the plane. I woke up with my mind spinning on repeat: work, write, errands, kids, meals, cleaning, dog. All the things I want or need to do today. Over and over. I knew I […]
Historically, smaller scrappier armies heavily outnumbered by larger foes would use their speed and agility to excel at a military strategy called Guerrilla warfare — a hit-and-run approach to war used to pick apart gargantuan (but slower-moving) armies. Think of the small nerd in grade school getting bullied by a group of teenage boys that […]
It doesn’t matter where you currently are in your financial situation — whether just starting out or already making lots of money. Most people, no matter what their income, are treading water. As a person’s income rises, so does their spending. Few people understand how to continually increase their income, lifestyle, and joy at the […]
The people getting more done than you don’t have 25 hours in their day, or 13 months in their year. They’ve learned to use time differently, more efficiently, and to much better effect. Here are just a few of the habits many insanely productive people use. They start the day right It seems counter intuitive […]
In the early days of Netflix, we were an underdog, to say the least. Our competition was every single place that rented DVDs — from gas stations all the way up to big video stores. But clearly our number one competitor was Blockbuster (followed by Hollywood Video, in a distant second). As we set out […]