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2013 “Resolutions”

I can look at my 2012 resolutions in 2 ways. 1) Failure or 2) a road map that presented its share of twists and turns, which ultimately led to overall improvement (in thinking, creativity, effectiveness, focus). I’ll take #2. See what I did there? 😉 In all introspective and non-denial honesty, I learned a lot… Continue reading 2013 “Resolutions”

My First Public Speech

I still haven’t abandoned my new year’s resolutions. But they did take a little turn, which I’ll get into in another post. One resolution was to join, attend, and participate in Toastmasters. Toastmasters is a national organization with local clubs that meet regularly to provide a place for people to improve their public speaking in a supportive… Continue reading My First Public Speech

First Successful 30 Day Challenge

My first successful 30 day challenge is almost through. I deem it a success. This one was simple enough. Stay away from time wasters. My main two were Twitter and Google Plus. There were also some message boards that I avoided too. I confirmed the suspicion that I get nothing valuable from them. All they… Continue reading First Successful 30 Day Challenge

30 Day Challenge Update – Time Wasters

I’m a week into giving up Twitter, Google+, and some other social media and message boards. So far so good. So far, I confirmed my suspicion that none of the above were providing me with anything valuable. I get my information from other sources (e.g. blogs through Google Reader), which are probably more reliable anyway.… Continue reading 30 Day Challenge Update – Time Wasters

New 30 Day Challenge – Time Wasters

I haven’t forgotten about 30 day challenges. My first one ended up to be a failure in the sense it only lasted 4 days. But it emphasized something that’s been bubbling up inside my head. The task then was to write a stream on consciousness writing for 30 minutes every night. It turned out to be too… Continue reading New 30 Day Challenge – Time Wasters

First 30 day challenge ends in a tap out

Well that one didn’t last long at all. I started my first 30 day challenge last week. And it only lasted 4 days. I wanted to do a stream of consciousness writing every night for 30 days. I may go back to the drawing board though and try to salvage it for another try (another month).… Continue reading First 30 day challenge ends in a tap out

30 Day Challenges

I got this idea from Matt Cutts of Google. Committing to something different for 30 days each month (or every other month or whatever). I was thinking about doing this for quite a while. During Lent this year, I gave up junk food, which I narrowed down to the 4 c’s (cake, candy, chips, cookies).… Continue reading 30 Day Challenges

Book Review: 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

I finished up 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman a few weeks ago. I actually listened to it on Audible. I’ll get into it more in another post, but listening to books rather than reading neither saves time or effort. The book was so so. I guess… Continue reading Book Review: 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

2012 Resolutions

For the first time ever in my life, I thought I’d give new year’s resolutions a try. I’ve been compiling a list for a few weeks leading up to today. I think I came up with great goals for personal development. One thing stood out–the list seemed daunting and unstructured. I’m a big believer of adopting small changes… Continue reading 2012 Resolutions

Stream-of-consciousness writing

I’m going to give this a try. I’ve been contemplating for a while to do exercises to sharpen up my writing and communications skills. The idea of a blog is good, but there is always debating of what topics to write about, then finding the time. I read up on stream of conscious writing. I’m… Continue reading Stream-of-consciousness writing