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Assess yourself: Should you launch a startup? 22 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
I fired Melissa. We were bickering all the time. And she was saying I’m impossible to work for and I was saying she’s impossible to manage. The problem is I’m a mad raving lunatic about making sure t...
How to measure your own progress 17 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
I have big goals for myself, but I try to measure my progress day by day instead of looking at the big picture. The big picture is overwhelming. For example, for the last three years, I’ve known I wan...
What I’m reading. Really. 12 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
Willem de Kooning I get asked so often to publish a list of what I’m reading. People tell me to make a discussion board. Make a Facebook group. Have an online book club. I don’t do that because I wor...
How to tell a tidy story of an untidy life 8 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
We flew first class to Seattle so we could get the cello on board without a fight for overhead space. So imagine the come down when my son walked into the dorm room at cello camp. “Oh,” he said. “A do...
How to make a good first impression 6 Aug 2013 | 03:44 am
My brother was getting his Ph.D in chemistry last week, and my mom and dad and my two brothers and I went to the dissertation defense. I would like to tell you what my brother talked about but I have ...
Your spouse is always a partner in your business. Here’s how to make it work. 23 Jul 2013 | 11:27 pm
I stay up way too late at night running numbers for my new company. It’s incredible—me doing spreadsheets of financial projections—because I have dyscalculia, which means I was in special ed math and ...
5 Things I was wrong about 16 Jul 2013 | 01:04 am
These will be small, okay? Because on the big stuff, like divorce is for losers, I am right. But here is some stuff I was wrong on: 1. Get plastic surgery. I said that people should get it because go...
Seminar: Reach your goals by blogging 11 Jul 2013 | 09:36 pm
This seminar will show you how to use a blog to meet your goals. We’ll have five days of live video sessions with chat from July 28 – August 1 at 9 pm-10 pm est each evening. The cost is $150 now but ...
Bad decisions I am making 8 Jul 2013 | 08:26 pm
Everyone can do better at meeting goals by listing what we think we’re doing wrong. It’s because the pessimists of the world are more realistic. They accomplish more in life. Not that optimists want t...
Take more risks to make life more fulfilling 1 Jul 2013 | 08:00 pm
I’m driving to the Madison airport to pick up Ian, my new partner in my new secret startup. I’m wearing the sunglasses that Melissa’s boyfriend said make her look too rich and too Type-A. The glasses ...
