Slingshot Yourself Through Life, One Quarter at a Time
Using focused intention, like pulling back a slingshot, to shoot yourself along with less effort, more effectiveness.
Optimize Your Personal Energy Instead of Your Time
Time isn't worth much without energy, so I'm using basic engineering to add pumps, patch leaks, and optimize my personal energy.
Watch Yourself, Win: The Best Self-Improvement System
A simple system for steady, enjoyable, and objective improvement—at volleyball spiking and the rest of life, too.
The Next Best Thing You Can Do Is Broaden Your View of Time
Taking a broad view of your time is the second best thing you can do for your life. Here's why, how, and the only thing better.
A Truly Productive Life Shouldn’t Feel Like Work
Don't waste energy figuring out how to live a productive life. Ask yourself how to tune into your innate values, passions, and talents.
Make Time for Not Urgent But Important Work With “Pre-Fun”
Lack of urgency led to me doing fewer fun and important things, but now I have a new “pre-fun” system that’s working.
10 “Time Bombs” to Challenge You to Spend Your Time Better
10 rapid-fire challenges that push you to spend your time better.
Life Whacks: The Ways We Make Life Unnecessarily Difficult
Life whacks are the opposite of life hacks: they make life harder than it needs to be. What are yours? And can you eliminate them?
The 5 Dos and Don’ts of To-Do List Management
Many people flounder with their to-do list management because they don't follow these dos and don'ts.
My Plan to Pump Up My Life (and Yours) in 2023
The seven steps I took to come up with my 2023 life plan, why I named it "Arnold," and the system you can use to make a similar plan.
The 7-Step Self-Improvement Plan That Works (If You Do)
How to create a self-improvement plan that gradually, steadily, and sustainably improves all areas of your life.
Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, Make a “Life Workout” Plan
Fun Fact #1: As far as I can remember, I’ve never failed to keep a New Year’s resolution. Fun Fact #2: As ...