Self Improvement
I hate paper, so I’m going paperless
Friday, April 11th, 2008Today I left work early to get all my tax stuff together. I’m the kind of guy who has to dig through closets and sort through piles of paper strewn on the floor to find everything needed. Taxes drive me crazy enough; I shouldn’t be making it harder on myself.
Yes, my physical world lacks organization. […]
A Personal Productivity Scaffold
Monday, July 23rd, 2007 Recently I began reading the Steve Pavlina blog after a friend recommended it.
Today I came across an article on how to create a personal productivity scaffold. What a great idea! After reading the article, I have implemented one myself as a way of keeping up with my accounting books which are always lagging behind. […]
Working Out
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Now that I am fortunate enough to be working somewhere between part time and full time, I’m going to start working out seriously again. Almost two years ago, I managed to do pretty well. I went from a 6′0″, 150lbs weakling, to a respectable 170lbs rather athletic looking individual.
About six months ago, however, my workout […]
Stay Sharp
Friday, March 9th, 2007Robert Heinlein is the originator of one of my favorite quotes: “Progress is made by lazy men looking for an easier way to do things.”
With that in mind, I pass along this story…
Once upon a time, two men were chopping wood. The first man worked all day, took no breaks, and stopped for lunch only […]
Wikiversity
Friday, January 19th, 2007Everyone should check out Wikiversity. Wikiversity is a wiki dedicated to providing free learning materials for all age groups. Currently they have learning projects for everything from agriculture to zoology.
Today I browsed around the School of Business and happened upon an Introduction to Statistics that I found very interesting. I also browsed around in Financial […]