Wow. Thirty Days passed faster than I thought they would. Yesterday was my thirtieth day of shipping. I can relax. And you won’t overwhelmed with too much content. It’s funny. When the year began, I hoped to write a post a week. In fact, I wanted to write 58 posts in my 58th year. But…
I was thinking about the book Tiny Habits and using it to help me with a bad habit of mine. Night snacking. I don’t always snack at night. But I snack enough that I should try to curb it. My snack of choice is tortilla chips and salsa. BJ Fogg recommends that you look closely…
I have a problem. I’m a self-help junkie. I love reading self development books. The problem is that I read them but I don’t take action on what I learn. I’m not great with the follow through. Darren Hardy said, “Learn less, do more.” Most of the time, we know enough. We know enough to…
I was going through my notes from Seth Godin’s Marketing seminar and found a link to a blog post of his from 2009. It’s called “Guy #3”. The post has a link to a video from the Sasquatch music festival and shows a spontaneous dance mob forming. Seth’s point is that until Guy #3 joined…
When I was a kid and people asked me what I wanted to be when I was grown up, I would say: Famous. It was my stock answer and it usually got a laugh. I didn’t specify what I would be famous for. I figured it would have something to do with acting or writing.…
I went for a cemetery walk today in Grove Cemetery in Dundas. Stan Nowak gave a great tour telling us about some of the residents and the stories of their lives. It was also a great reminder that none of us gets out of here alive. I’m still reading The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman. The…
One the positive things to come out of the pandemic for me is that some friends and I have had a weekly Zoom meeting. The Corona Check-In. There are seven of us invited. Some show up more often than others. But everyone keeps coming. Most of us have been friends since high school or earlier.…
Throw back Thursdays. I like the idea of them. Remembering something from your personal history. A memory or a photo. It’s good to look back every now and then. I’m a firm believer in the adage “He who forgets the past is bound to repeat it.” The problem is when people get caught up in…
I was talking about reciprocity the other day. And I bought a book last year because of reciprocity. The book is Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg. Fogg teaches behaviour modification. Or habit formation. He breaks down the creation of habit into a “recipe.” You associate a behaviour that you want to do with a behaviour…
Freedom of Choice is what you got. Freedom from Choice is what you want. Devo I love Vietnamese food. But when I go to a Vietnamese restaurant without an inkling of what I want to eat, I can get paralyzed by the options. There’s too much to choose from. The menu has pages of variations…
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