Getting out of a rut
I've been reading Getting from College to Career, the classic career guidebook by Lindsey Pollak (a longtime friend of this blog -- click on that …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
The New Tupperware
A few years ago, I went to a Tupperware party in a friend’s apartment. It was a somewhat surreal experience. The official Tupperware representative was …Read More
Habit first. Then buy.
There is an old worn paper bag sitting in my office right now with a curious object inside: a half-finished cross-stitched Christmas stocking. The pattern …Read More
The Chain (Restaurant) Gang
On Saturday night, my family and I did something fairly new for us: we ate at a chain restaurant. We’d spent the afternoon at Longwood …Read More
Round-up: Introverts in business
Is it really Friday again? This week I had a piece over at Fortune called "Can introverts succeed in business?" Using as a news hook …Read More
Fragmentation
Effective time-management means taking big goals, breaking them down into doable chunks, and then getting those tasks on the schedule. But what defines a "doable chunk"? I …Read More
Groundhog Day
In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Phil, an unpleasant meteorologist, is condemned to relive the same day over and over again. The film asks the …Read More
Dollar signs and dreams
“It’s not dollar signs that are standing in the way of what you want in life”That wonderful quote, courtesy of Adelaide Lancaster, has been staring …Read More
After debt freedom
When I started researching All the Money in the World, one of the first things I noticed about the shelves of personal finance books out …Read More
Friday Round-Up: The Little Mistake That Kills Your Productivity
Over at CBS MoneyWatch this week, I've been returning to some classic productivity advice (with one wild card thrown in). The most read post? "The little …Read More