“A man should never neglect his family for busines…
“A man should never neglect his family for business.” –Walt Disney
“A man should never neglect his family for business.” –Walt Disney
Recently I completed a project that was on my list forever. To be honest I didn’t want to do it. I had a drain in my bathtub that needed to be replaced. The plug didn’t work but it was mostly aesthetic. The problem was I looked at it EVERY DAY and though “I really should […]
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First question: Do you have a fire extinguisher in your home? Second question: Do you know where it is? Third question: Do you know how to use it? (or have you ever even thought about having to use it?) My friend Greg Mockett recently developed decrative fire extinguisers that can sit on your counter. Why you […]
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So do you ever have one of those moments when a light bulb goes off over your head. You get so excited about an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about it?! This is what happened to me with Coin. Then the problems started. Delays, terrible PR… I kept thinking I got in early… […]
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I spent a few hours the other night playing with IFTTT on my Android phone. The reason was they recently released an Android App. What is IFTTT? Since I don’t know that I’ve ever talked about IFTTT on here, it stands for If this then that. For instance, you could use the Date/Time “trigger” to […]
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This morning I received an email about an upcoming update to TaskClone. You can see the whole list of features here on their blog post but there are a couple of things that will probably change for me once it comes down the pipe. No more Inbox filtering As it stands right now, all of my […]
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Watch the video Mom Goggles from @skitguys: buff.ly/QTmy4R
Isn’t it funny how over time different people and things interest you in a different way? For a long time I read Zen Habits each time a new post came out. Then I found that Leo and I were at different stages of life. He moved more into a minimalist phase and I was still […]
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Part 1 can be found here. [Spoiler Alert: if you haven’t seen the movie this post is filled with spoilers so proceed with caution.] Lessons from good vs. bad experiences In life we make lots of decisions. In my last post I focused on bad decisions from the movie Frozen that lead to hurt and pain and […]
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Rotten fish problem: The first day, all the fish at the fish stall are fresh. Some sell, some don’t. On the second… buff.ly/OC8lrU
The Rotten fish problem: The first day, all the fish at the fish stall are fresh. Some sell, some don’t. On the second day… [MORE…]
Yesterday, the movie Frozen came out on DVD. We had been to the theater twice to watch it and I kid you not, my 5 year old woke up and said “Good morning Dad… (groggy eyed and stretching while a huge smile spreads across her face) Frozen comes out today and we need to go […]
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Thomas Edison on Opportunity – buff.ly/1gxx0nT
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I found a new app… Surprise right! Well for those of you who know me personally, it won’t be. In this case, it isn’t an app for a mobile device (well not really) but a webapp that integrates with Evernote. Now, as a disclaimer, I’ve not actually used this for realtime work yet (just testing) […]
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Inbox Zero!: So today I got a cool surprise. I usually keep my email clean but… hesscj.com/?p=523
So today I got a cool surprise. I usually keep my email clean. Just a handful of items in there. Today though I finally responded to a few emails that were just sitting there, and then… See that? No Email… NONE. That doesn’t happen that often and so I thought I’d share some things that […]
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We should devote our life to study and learn all that we can. buff.ly/1ga5ufL
Stress is one of the biggest causes of health problems in many peoples’ lives: it can cause heart disease, depression, anxiety attacks, sleep problems, auto-immune diseases, weight problems and more. But we’re busy — how do we drop the stress levels down while still getting our jobs done, taking care of ourselves and our families? […]
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