thought of the day
Sign up here and you will receive the introduction to my next book: All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending.
Uncategorized
When You're Running Late
One of the downsides of writing a book on time management is that people expect you to be on time for things. Usually I am. I think through how much time I need to do something based on how long it has actually taken in the past, as opposed to how long it took under perfect circumstances. Fact: there will always be traffic on Friday nights at rush hour. Traveling take… read more »
Next Generation Career Summit: Would You Hire Yourself?
Those of you who have read 168 Hours know I borrowed an exercise from career coach Caroline Ceniza-Levine called the “List of 100 Dreams.” This is a completely unedited list of anything you might want to do or have in life. It helps us answer the question of what we want to devote more time to. We often think about what we want off our plates but, assum… read more »
The Spousal Performance Review
I’ve written a few times about the book Spousonomics, which came out earlier this year. As I was poking around on their blog recently, I came across a fascinating entry called “My Performance Review.” Paula Szuchman wrote that her husband was about to give her a review on her performance as a wife over the previous year.
Wouldn’t yo… read more »
How Big an Emergency Fund Do You Need?
I waded through a wide variety of personal finance literature before writing All The Money In The World. One universal bit of advice was that a prudent household needed an emergency fund. With good reason. Your monthly income may cover your monthly expenses, but what if something goes wrong? Really wrong, like you lose your job or you have to take unpaid disab… read more »
Making the Most of Your Weekends
In 168 Hours, I write that people who build full lives — at work and at home — think through how they want to spend their leisure time. It is very tempting not to plan one’s free time, both those after work hours and weekend hours that appear on a regular basis, and some people viscerally resist the idea of scheduling what is supposed to be down t… read more »
