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Why You Don’t Need More Time, but Need to Do More With Your Time
Playing Tetris With My Time I have a habit (one that I think is a pretty healthy one) of sitting down periodically and taking stock of how I'm using my time during the week. My goal when I do this is to squeeze as much work time into my schedule as possible without...
The Value of Zooming Out and Essential Conditions for Dreaming Out Loud
Stay-cation! A few weekends ago, Rachel and I sent the boys away to the grandparents for a few days, something we try to do quarterly, so we could spend some time hanging out just the two of us. We call it our "stay-cation" because our house is actually a fun place to...
Managing Extra Work Time With Your Family
During the past few weeks I've experienced both the pull from family away from my work, and from my work away from my family. I try really hard to keep family time and work time very separate, but these past few weeks have been somewhat of an exception. I found myself...
The Permanence of Present Circumstances
The Daily Struggle Today is a struggle. I get up early most days because if I don't get a jump on the day I end up losing more time and productivity because of all of the noise in my world. Most of this noise comes from my wonderful children, playing, laughing and...
The Surprising Role of Belief In Accomplishing Your Goals
How Important is Belief? I've often heard and even spoken a lot about how important belief is for accomplishing goals. For this reason I have practiced self-belief, visualization, writing down and carrying my goals with me, etc. But, as helpful as those things can be,...
Coheed And Cambria
7 Steps for Setting A New Course
A time comes for all when a new course must be set in our creative and business pursuits. It could be a new passion, a better job opportunity or it could even be that where you are now is no longer livable. The way that you go about setting yourself and the people in...
The Myth of Multitasking and How To Pay-Off “Project Debt”
The To-do list It's a new week and there is that to-do list staring me down again. I've done a fantastic job of breaking it down into categories and further down into tasks so that I actually have some action items. I've put times and deadlines and I've even numbered...
Getting Off of the Feast or Famine Carousel
The Feast or Famine Cycle Feast or famine is a cycle with which I am all too familiar. The oscillation between having plenty of resources and digging through couch cushions for spare change is a common experience for many freelancers and entrepreneurs. I told myself...
My Super Hero Brand and My Secret Identity
Writing About Ben... Here We Go One of the most difficult pieces of content I have tried to produce on my web site is my personal bio. My wife is a writer, has worked for years in journalism and has spent years shaping her creative writing craft, and even she has a...
10 Practices for Staying Productive While Pursuing Your Dream
I Broke My Toys On Purpose I was one of those kids who liked to take things apart to see how they worked. Over the years I destroyed a number of perfectly functioning toys. Eventually, I started paying attention to what I was doing and could sometimes reconstruct the...
Getting Over the Reality Beat-Down and Reclaiming Our Big Dreams
A Houseboat with Amenities When I was a kid, we took a trip out to Lake Powell to spend the weekend with my uncle and some of his friends on his houseboat. It was a blast. There was camping, swimming, speed-boating, jet-skiing, and rafting. I had such a great time...