Everybody says you should have goals. They say, “If you don’t have goals, you’ll never accomplish anything.” They quote slogans like, “Reach for nothing and you’ll hit it every time,” or “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else.” They’re right. We set goals in different areas of our life: […]
Productivity
What Will You Do When Your House Burns Down?
We live fairly close to a major street, so we hear fire engines, ambulances and other sirens pretty often. We’ve gotten used to them, so we generally don’t even hear them. Unless they stop. That means something is happening close by, because the siren stopped close by. So we go out on our patio to […]
It’s Almost Time To Give Up Your New Year’s Resolutions
A couple of weeks into the new year, here are two important statistics: It takes 21 days to form a habit. Most people give up their New Year’s resolutions on January 17th. If you’re planning to quit, you only have two more days left. If you can hang in there through next Monday, it might […]