“There are apps — most of them free — you can download to make your life easier, more balanced, more productive, and most importantly, more in control of your time.”
We Underestimated the Impact of Reality TV on the World
“Aren’t the people spewing preposterous political talking points they’ve been paid to disperse just like those kids on The Real World who knew why they’d been cast and played their roles with gusto?”
Five Facebook Ad Mistakes to Avoid
“In Facebook’s algorithm, the more engagement that you get, the more comments, the more likes, the more people are interested in what you have, the cheaper it’s gonna be to show that to everyone in their feed.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off of the goal.” — Vince Lombardi
10 Quick Tips For Bloggers
People enjoyed my 10 Quick Tips for Creators, so I put together another batch of simple advice — this time for bloggers (or really anybody who posts written content online).
How to Design Your Life
“You can’t analyze the future. You can’t run the numbers on the future. You have to go actually create it.”
Stop Trying to Have a Perfect Day
“Imagining a perfect day and actually striving for it has much of the same effect. It implies that the problem is your lack of control, the absence of order in your affairs, rather than your ability to function in multiple shifting states and environments.”
How to Improve Your Memory
“Enjoy 10–15 minutes of quiet contemplation, and you’ll find that your memory of the facts you have just learnt is far better than if you had attempted to use that moment more productively.”
Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln
“Leaders trying to accomplish a worthy mission have to cultivate the ability to identify the one, two, or three essential issues facing them at a given moment. It is never five or ten.”
Forget Influencers, Be Inspirational
“You can’t buy influence. You can’t borrow someone’s influence. For an influencer to really connect with somebody, there has to be KLT — know, like and trust.”