What do the most successful people do at work?
My next ebook, on What the Most Successful People Do at Work, will be out next Tuesday (see Amazon and BN.com to pre-order; it will …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Single moms: Make time for adult companionship (guest post)
(Laura's note: I'm on the road this week, so I'm running some guest posts on my favorite time and money themes. Today's post comes from …Read More
A saver learns to spend (guest post)
(Laura's note: I'm on the road this week and will be bringing you a few guest posts on my favorite time and money themes. Today's …Read More
How to have a great weekend
If yesterday was Thursday thoughts, today is Friday thoughts. They're shorter. HuffPost's OWN (the Oprah channel) picked up a piece I wrote on What the Most …Read More
Thursday thoughts
Over at Twitter yesterday, I posted this thought: "If you don't want to do anything on your to-do list, maybe you need a different to-do …Read More
J.C. Penney and the cult of false frugality
Ron Johnson is now out as the CEO of J.C. Penney. He was hired to grand fanfare 17 months ago, with a reputation as a …Read More
TV’s 50 percent tax
People watch vast quantities of television. According to the 2012 American Time Use Survey, the average American spends 2.75 hours per day watching television as …Read More
A boy and his princess movies
Disney Princesses are the marketing phenomenon everyone loves to hate. By bundling the heroines of several movies into a set, Disney can tap into the …Read More
Rethinking happy hour
Spring has been pretty dreary in my neck of the woods so far. I think the temperature got down to freezing last night, and the …Read More
Little things I like
I don't feel like writing an essay tonight. So instead, here's a random assortment of things that are making me happy right now. My local library. …Read More