Book writing in the age of blogs
Books are an old-fashioned medium, much like albums. In the iTunes era, the album model has increasingly struggled, and these days each single needs to …Read More
Yearly Archives: 2012
Why retire?
The markets have been rallying since October, slowly building a cushion around shaken nest eggs. That sounds like good news for baby boomers approaching retirement …Read More
Round-up: Picasso and 98 things
It's been a big week here, and we have a lot of new readers. I hope you'll stick around! Every Friday I do a round-up …Read More
The equivalent of making your bed
I’ve mentioned The Happiness Project several times on this blog over the past two years (I enjoyed the book quite a bit -- and I …Read More
Welcome to the 1 percent
(Laura's note: my column ran in yesterday's USA TODAY under the headline "Does Income Inequality Matter?" online and "Does Income Gap Matter?" in print.) Income inequality …Read More
Are you as busy as you think?
Another quick post today: I'm over at the Wall Street Journal, asking "Are You As Busy As You Think?" The take-away: "Being 'busy' and 'starved …Read More
Paleopalooza!
Over the weekend, we got to meet Dr. Scott, the paleontologist.Those of you with preschoolers may know just how big a deal this is. “Dr. …Read More
Amazon orders are shipping; Mini round-up
We've got a lot of new readers on the blog today, thanks to Cali's wonderful post over at Fast Company (also featured in the newsletter; …Read More
Can money buy you balance?
I’m not a big fan of the phase “work-life balance.” It implies that the two concepts (work and life) take up equal space, which is …Read More
Round-up: What selling Girl Scout cookies teaches you about business
This week's round-up is coming a little late due to some hotel wireless access issues. The official on sale date for All the Money in …Read More