You don’t work as much as you think
Hang around in certain circles long enough, and you hear a lot about 70-hour workweeks. Then, after that complaint, you start hearing about 80-hour workweeks, …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Next year’s performance review
In my speeches on time management, I suggest an exercise to get people thinking about their medium-term goals. Many people get an end-of-year performance review. …Read More
The lesson question
(Cross-posted at Gifted Exchange) At my 5-year-old's annual check-up the other day, the doctor asked if he was taking any art or music classes. I …Read More
Watching the debate…on Twitter
While I'm quite interested in politics (much as with the Olympics -- in a binge every four years or so), I find the debates difficult …Read More
Thinking of Malala
Over the past few days, I've kept clicking on headlines telling the tale of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan. This 14-year-old girl blogged about what the …Read More
Should new fathers get long parental leaves?
In the UK, there’s a proposal afoot to allow either parent to get a parental allowance for most of the first year of a child’s …Read More
The great unwashed
Our washing machine died a bit ago. A replacement is on order. Unfortunately, the replacement is not available for immediate installation. Our clothes make a …Read More
Weekends, workdays, and writing a series
I'm reading the Magic Treehouse books to my 5-year-old. If you've never picked them up, they're pretty good for kids who are beginning to be …Read More
My happiness toolkit
Many of you are readers of the Happiness Project blog (or books). Gretchen talks about creating a happiness toolkit: activities/strategies that you know boost your …Read More
Anecdotes aren’t data
I love anecdotes. I sprinkle them liberally in my writing. I know, as a voracious reader, that stories make ideas come to life. How can …Read More