Tuesday, December 23, 2008
I have a friend named Sam, and she is working herself to the bone. She works for an Acme Corp in the financial sector, and through a cascading series of managerial failures, she is now saddled with a crushing workload meant for four people, on a project for which she’s had no training. She’s smart [...]
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Update on my life. I’ve been doing many things I had on my back burner for the past 3 weeks, and it’s been really great. I’ve set up the Linux e-mail and document station in my office that I’ve been meaning to build. I’ve cleaned out my 100-year-old detached garage that was literally full, floor [...]
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
This post is the first of at least two about Goal Mapping. It’s a technique that I invented, but it’s painfully obvious, so I doubt I’m the first. I’ll explain the simple (but still wildly useful) version of the goal map in this one, then the next article will cover the more advanced mappings you [...]
Monday, September 22, 2008
Rich guys focus a lot on exit strategies. As they plan their next venture or deal, they decide how to achieve whatever goal they’ve set for this endeavor — that’s all an exit strategy is.
For example, Jimmy wants to open a restaurant, and his plan is to run it until retirement, by which time he [...]
