In yesterday’s article, we were able to explore the structure of a spending pyramid a la Robert Pagliarini. Based on Dan Pink’s lecture on motivation (which I embedded in another article), there are three human motivating factors. Autonomy – The urge to direct our ...
Category Archives: Personal Development
Get the Ball Rolling: How Physics taught me to get things done
What is the hardest part of embarking on any new project? Usually it’s fear of the unknown. However, when this fear has been overcome, the next hardest thing is actually starting the project. Some people stay in the planning stage forever. Strangely enough, the key is to just begin the project and slowly gain ...
Joe Wilson, Kanye West and the 1st Habit of Highly Effective People
I know what you might be thinking. Why am I bringing this up when the dead horse of Outbursts Anonymous (Joe Wilson's "You Lie" and Kanye Wests "I'll let you finish but . . . ") has been beaten to many times this week? Well, their snap reactions made me think ...
Why Always Trumps How To
Yesterday I read this article at Seth Godin’s Blog. Seth Godin is the author of numerous business and management books. Never really knew much about the guy until I started hearing about his 6 month Alternative MBA program. Anyway, in his post he draws out the hierarchy of success: ...
Life lived as a Business Model
I’ve heard the phrase "Treat your life as a business" many times and it got me thinking of how this could be possible. How does the way businesses are started and operated translate to life itself? Establish a Niche One of the first things businesses do is establish their niche. Sometimes this could be ...
First of the Month: Whatever happened to those New Year Resolutions?
It's the first of September today and as with the beginning of a new day, new month or a new year we are often inclined to set new goals/resolutions. I think it’s like having a clean slate, so like kids in a candy store we ...
Embody your goals
I find myself continually chasing my dad’s achievements. I look at all he has done and it drives me to be him and one day one-up his accomplishments. He has single-handedly made it possible for me to get educated here in the states and is doing the same for my sisters. He has sown the ...
One Small Step to your goal = One Giant Massage for your Morale
Why is it so hard to stay motivated? I think sometimes it’s because we don’t give ourselves enough time to savor the small victories. For instance, at the beginning of the school term you have decided you want to get an A in your math class. So the first mid-term arrives and you have gotten ...
Stay ready so you don't have to get ready
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLN2k0b3g70&feature=related] Enough Said
The Flame
While on Twitter the other day and I came across a tweet that read "How Benjamin Franklin turned America into a land of with invention" with the following link. If you follow the link, it takes you to a page showing most of Benjamin Franklin's achievements from inventing the lightening rod, to owning a printing ...
