Slow and Steady: Using Kaizen for Your Personal Goals

Introducing Kaizen

You have to be crazy to be highly successful.

Being realistic is the most common road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What’s the point? It just puts up a barrier.
 — Will Smith

Is being a little crazy a good thing?

How to Gamify Your Life: An Experiment — Part 4

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
-Leonardo da Vinci

At the start of this gamification experiment, I had a detailed system of time-tracking, progress standardization, a full list of “activated abilities”, and…

The Sharp Pain of Rejection and the Dull Pain of Regret

Dan Ariely and Denmark on Expectations: Hope for the Best but Expect the Worst

“Happiness equals reality minus expectations.”

–Unknown

I’ve finally gotten around to reading Dan Ariely’s incredible book, Predictably…

How to find your breaking point (and grow stronger from it)

Five amazing (and free) apps for overachievers on the go

It’s been a crazy few weeks. I moved to San Francisco three days ago, and all of my stuff is still in transit from NY. All I have is my laptop, my phone, and a suitcase of clothing. In order to get work done, I’ve been hopping…

Point Scores and Wine: Making the Complicated Uncomplicated

Experiencing GSummit 2012 in San Francisco

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