Disrupting the Rabblement

Approximate reading time: 8 minutes (while eating an apple). A friend recently asked me for advice on time-management, she having noticed that I seem to get quite a lot done in a typical week without killing myself. In this post I’ll share a few time-management tips and tricks that work for me. Many of these [...]

Last Monday I delivered my sixth Toastmasters speech, entitled A Dozen Ways I Can Be a Better Public Speaker. The goal was to force myself to do a lot of the things I’d been hesitant to do as a public speaker, such as moving away from the lectern and expressing a controversial opinion. Here’s a [...]

Aiming for perfection is an easy trap to fall into when you try to make a positive change in your life. Perfection is an impossible goal, and you’re almost certainly setting yourself up for failure if you set out to achieve it. A much better plan is to aim for improvement. Small, constant improvements, day [...]

One of my favorite sayings is “Not with that attitude.” Example of use: Random friend: “I could never afford a house like that.” Me: “Yeah, not with that attitude.” It’s amazing the limiting beliefs we impose on ourselves. Such beliefs become self-fulfilling prophecies. An example would be a girl who becomes convinced that all men [...]

I get inspiration from all kinds of people, but the three I list here are personal favorites. I’ve learned a lot from them in recent years. Let me know who inspires you and why in the comments. Deepak Chopra “If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in [...]