Archive
Articles from February 2010
13 articles at addresses from February 2010. The topics are the originals; the writing is new.
- Just for Today ChallengeAfter 31 Days: How to Review Your Challenge and Keep What WorksFinished the Just for Today Challenge? A step-by-step review to pick the two or three changes worth keeping and turn them into habits that last.
- Decisions & Goals5 Quiet Success Factors Nobody Talks AboutFive unglamorous habits behind most lasting success: consistency, finishing, asking for help, managing energy and choosing what to ignore. With practical ways to build each.
- Decisions & GoalsHow to Make Better Decisions That Move You Forward in LifeA practical decision-making method for life choices: widen your options, test assumptions, get distance and prepare to be wrong. Based on well-known decision research.
- Purpose & MeaningWhy It's Never Too Late for Your DreamsWhy age is less of a barrier to new dreams than it feels, real examples of late starters, and a practical way to begin something new at any stage of life.
- Money & WorkAre Books Worth the Money? How to Read More for LessWhether buying books is worth it, how to get more value from what you read, and practical ways to read widely for free through libraries, apps and swaps.
- Decisions & GoalsWhat to Do When the Grass Isn't GreenerWhen a new job, city or relationship turns out no better than the old one: why it happens, how to tell disappointment from a real mistake, and what to do next.
- Purpose & MeaningAre You Being Your True, Authentic Self?What authenticity really means, why it's linked to wellbeing, how to tell when you're performing rather than living, and small ways to live more in line with your values.
- Money & WorkInvest in Your Most Important Asset: YourselfPractical ways to invest in yourself, in skills, health, relationships and rest, how to choose where to put your time and money, and how to avoid expensive self-improvement traps.
- Book NotesCrush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk: Book OverviewAn overview of Gary Vaynerchuk's 2009 book Crush It!: its argument for building a personal brand online around your passion, what still holds up and what has dated.
- Book NotesLinchpin by Seth Godin: Book OverviewAn overview of Seth Godin's 2010 book Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?, its argument about emotional labour, art and 'the resistance', and who will find it useful.
- Book Notes100 Ways to Improve Your Life: What List-Style Self-Help Gets RightA look at list-style self-help ebooks like Dragos Roua's 100 Ways to Improve Your Life: why short tips work, where they fall short and how to use them well.
- Book NotesThe Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin: Book OverviewAn overview of Gretchen Rubin's 2009 book The Happiness Project: her year of monthly resolutions, the ideas that make it work and how to design your own version.
- Book NotesSwitch by Chip and Dan Heath: Book OverviewAn overview of Switch (2010) by Chip and Dan Heath: the rider, the elephant and the path, three ideas for changing behaviour when change is hard, and how to use them.