Gold Stars: Praise as a Powerful Self-discovery Tool
We humans love praise. We don’t like to admit it, and we’re usually uncomfortable receiving it. We’d like to have some transcendental, detached attitude about how we do what we […]
Tag Archives: discipline
Busy is Best
Isn’t it remarkable how we expand into the spaces given us? You move into a bigger house or apartment, intimidated by the extra space, but before you know it, you have […]
Daily Schedule Progress
No, I’ve not yet mapped out a 5 year plan, but I have been trying to follow a detailed daily schedule a la Ben Franklin. I modified his a bit, […]
The Five Year Plan
I feel like the “Five Year Plan” is everywhere–it’s the new thing in personal financial planning (according to some bank’s commercial). It’s the subject of a common job interview question. […]
The Details: Downsizing, Prioritizing and Living With Less
A few points of follow-up to my last post, The American Dream?, lest you think I am a communist, hippie or completely unrealistic about money. I believe in goal setting, hard work […]
the self-styled life 