There was a rat in our house last summer. We didn’t see him, but the droppings under the sink and the half-eaten fruit on the kitchen counter told us he was there. Our best guess was that he had come in from under the stove, through holes made in the floor for gas lines to […]
Productivity
How To Walk Across America (Without Leaving Home)
Several years ago, I walked across America. I started on the pier in Santa Monica, California and ended up at an oceanside bed-and-breakfast in Provincetown, Massachusetts – a distance of 3,108 miles. I took 7.5 million steps and burned 310,800 calories – the equivalent of 89 pounds. And I did it within a few miles […]
The #1 Reason We Don’t Achieve Our Goals
Several weeks ago, we started talking about focusing on one thing we’d like to change in our lives this next year (instead of multiple resolutions). I asked, “Are you in?” Based on comments and emails, many of you said “yes.” On New Year’s Day, we focused more precisely on that question: “What one thing could […]