Pro Travelers Checklist

Ah traveling, we all love it - right? Maybe we enjoy a different change of pace for once, or maybe it’s frequently for business. Either way, this is one instance where typically the destination is better than the journey...

Life Lessons from the Trenches

Finding Beauty in the Everyday: How One Second Everyday Taught Me to Live More Mindfully

Discover the transformative power of capturing a second a day with the 1 Second Everyday app. This journey into mindful living reveals how small, daily moments can weave a rich tapestry of memories, changing how we perceive and appreciate our lives.

Breaking Free from 'Shiny New Toy Syndrome' in the Quest for Productivity

Hey there, fellow productivity seekers! Have you ever fallen victim to the 'Shiny New Toy Syndrome' in your quest for increased productivity? Discover the key to breaking free from this cycle and achieving lasting results. Stay tuned for more insights! #productivity #worksmarter

The Psychology of Time

Time perspective is a concept that developed from the work of Carl Jung, who described it as our relationship to time. The idea is that we each have a different way of perceiving and understanding time.

Why Self-Improvement is a Means to no End

We all seek personal growth, but when should we stop to ask ourselves when we're ever good enough?

How To Unlock the Power of Learning to Listen

We can’t fix the emotions of ourselves or others, we can only be present and embrace them. Here’s a guide on how to do just that.

Mastering Your Emotions

Managing your emotions does not necessarily mean you can't express yourself anymore. But mastering them will mean you end up controlling them and not the other way around. It will help you to communicate better and reduce anxiety and stress.

Can EEG Headband Devices like Muse Help us Become Better Meditators and More Mindful?

With new gadgets constantly flooding the market, promising to tell you everything from your heart rate to how many calories you’ve burned, it’s about time that...

How To Conduct An Annual Life Review

The end of one year and the beginning of the next is a time when most people are hopeful about what they can accomplish in the new year. Resolutions to be happier, make more money, and get in shape are made all over the world every year...

The Value of a Life Calendar

How often do you think about your life? That’s the question, legendary writer, Tim Urban proposed on a blog post, titled “Your Life in Weeks" back in 2014.He showed variations of a calendar not...

The Importance of a Maintenance Day and Why You Need One

Some days are more productive than others; maybe we’re in a better mood or everything just seems to fall into place. Sometimes it’s also because the systems that help to run our lives run properly. What happens though when we don’t maintain those systems?

Why Productivity Tools are Useless Without This…

You might’ve heard this story before. The engine of a giant ship has stopped working. The owners of the ship bring in multiple experts but nobody could figure out how to fix the engine...

The Most Effective Task and Email Workflow, Ever.

1It’s incredible how far I’ve come from where I was a few years ago. I was struggling to get anything done, and I obsessed over finding the right systems (i.e. I was addicted to productivity porn)...

My Kitty Taught Me How to Be More Stoic and This Is How

We all have had our various experiences with animals. Whether we’re happy to see them, or get angry at them for destroying something.In many ways, our relationship with our pets can mirror our relationships with people too...

The Comprehensive Guide to Sleep Hacking

We sleep for 26 years in total, so the ultimate productivity hack is undeniably improving our quality of sleep. Imagine if all your life, you thought breathing was best accomplished by inhaling through a straw. Improve your waking life by invalidating...

Productivity Apps, Work-Life Balance, and the Importance of Daily Habits

I recently did an interview and thought I’d share my response here on my blog. I go over some of my own personal habits and how I balance my work and personal life so I maintain strong work ethics without burning out....

The Difference Between Learning & Doing

Breaking Free from 'Shiny New Toy Syndrome' in the Quest for Productivity

Hey there, fellow productivity seekers! Have you ever fallen victim to the 'Shiny New Toy Syndrome' in your quest for increased productivity? Discover the key to breaking free from this cycle and achieving lasting results. Stay tuned for more insights! #productivity #worksmarter

3 Best ChatGPT Alternatives

If you're a fan of AI-based chatbots, you've probably heard of ChatGPT - a popular one developed by OpenAI. It uses the GPT-3 language model to understand and respond to user prompts, and its capabilities are impressive. But...

How to Defeat Procrastination with Emotional Regulation

What is emotional regulation? Check it out.

The Most Effective Learning Strategy

I’ve been thinking about how people learn lately, wondering if it’s true that we all learn differently. I’ve always identified as a visual learner, and almost everyone I know can state if they are visual, auditory, reading or kinesthetic learners...

Top 15 Daily Rituals to Increase Your Productivity

What if I told you that a simple morning routine improved my productivity by 300%? Of course, everyone is different, but there is powerful research out there showing that daily rituals can lead to improvements in a number of areas of life. While you...

Is Complice.co the Best Productivity Tool of All Time?

Ground-breaking Productivity App for the worst of the worst Procrastinators. Where other productivity apps seek to only remind you of the overwhelming list of things to do, Complice.co utilizes the latest research in Psychology...

How And Why You Should Be Optimistic

"The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do and are their own fault. The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard knocks of...

Discovering the 80/20 Rule in Business, the Hard Way

Those familiar with my story know that I started my first business when I was 15, providing web hosting for websites. Back then, hosting was pretty easy and cheap to get into. In fact, the most difficult part of starting the business was convincing my...

Music and Productivity: A Comprehensive Guide to Using Music to Improve Creativity, Productivity, and Mood.

What music is and where it came from has proven to be quiet an enigma. Some experts estimate that it has been around in one form or another for over 50,000 years. But where did it come from, and why did humans start stringing sounds together in patterns?

This Simple Technique Will Stop Procrastination In Its Tracks

Do you find yourself staring into space when you should be working? Fidgeting with a pen when you should be focusing? Stressing at the last minute because time has just flown by? Most of us can relate to these scenarios. After all, procrastination is...

Know when Not to Work: What Darwin & Churchill can Teach you about Productivity

Charles Darwin was one of the most controversial figures of our time, but he was also known to be a person who was absolutely obsessed with being productive. In fact, when sailing around the world on the HMS Beagle, he wrote a letter to his sister...

Most Productivity Advice is Wrong. Here are the Top 5 Things You Need to Know Instead

I’ve been a self-proclaimed workaholic since I started my first business when I was just barely 15. It’s been a gift and a curse to be subsumed in my work since a young age. It has granted me the will to persevere when others would have quit...

How to copy your Kindle Notes & Highlights in Evernote

After I had decided to pick up a Kindle, at some point I realized it would be much more valuable if I was able to copy and store the important passages I highlighted somewhere that was more easily accessible. I then discovered it's actually not that...

The Importance of a Maintenance Day and Why You Need One

Some days are more productive than others; maybe we’re in a better mood or everything just seems to fall into place. Sometimes it’s also because the systems that help to run our lives run properly. What happens though when we don’t maintain those systems?

Why Productivity Tools are Useless Without This…

You might’ve heard this story before. The engine of a giant ship has stopped working. The owners of the ship bring in multiple experts but nobody could figure out how to fix the engine...

8 Slack Tools that will Increase Your Employees Happiness and Productivity

Slack has quickly grown to become a central part of office culture in workplaces around the world. Some of the best things about Slack has been the huge community of apps and plugins which all aim to solve a particular need or problem commonly...

What is Outsourcing?

If you’re a business owner and you’re not outsourcing something, then you’re doing something wrong. Being able to effectively delegate and outsource correctly can be key to having a successful business in today’s super competitive market...

How Automating Business Processes Saved Me From Being a Burnt Out Entrepreneur and Increased My Productivity

In my experience, one of the biggest issues I’ve personally had to deal with in being an entrepreneur is the constant tug-and-pull between the business and the supposed personal life I’d like to live...

The Most Effective Task and Email Workflow, Ever.

1It’s incredible how far I’ve come from where I was a few years ago. I was struggling to get anything done, and I obsessed over finding the right systems (i.e. I was addicted to productivity porn)...

Leading Virtual Teams Like Jack Welch: How to Train, Motivate, and Develop From Afar

For the last several years, outsourcing has been a hot topic across the startup and solopreneur communities. The idea of optimizing your time while minimizing costs is one that has very obvious benefits...

How to Become Superhuman by Data Hacking Your Productivity like Tim Ferris

Every day we learn and experiment. Sometimes it’s done by reading or taking a class, other times it occurs through life experiences or conversations with others. We then take what we learn and implement into our everyday lives.

What Captain Hindsight Can Teach You About Living a More Productive Life

It’s a hot summer day and firefighters are battling the flaming inferno - hoping to save those trapped at the top of the nearly consumed apartment building. Things aren’t looking good - and hope is quickly fading. But then, when the outcome appears its...

Top 10 Chrome Extension to Install Right Now

If you’re looking to become more productive in time for the holidays, then boy I’ve got some chrome extensions for you...

Organization Hacks to Keep Your Mind Fresh and Inbox at Zero

Benjamin Franklin, master of productivity, coined this chiasmus. It can can apply to any facet of your life, but of course I find it particularly relevant in how I’ve organized my life. Preparing for success means developing a routine for success...

Developing a Routine for Success

Benjamin Franklin was a busy man. Besides founding a country, he served as a diplomat, owned several businesses, and developed nearly a dozen inventions - including bifocals, swimming fins, and his own odometer. And despite this busy schedule...

The Wellbeing of Meditation

Imagine starting your day with a fresh mind – no burden from the day before, no worries about what’s to come. Imagine ending it the same way. Believe it or not, some of the most powerful CEOs in America do just that. Instead of falling asleep to the...

Pro Travelers Checklist

Ah traveling, we all love it - right? Maybe we enjoy a different change of pace for once, or maybe it’s frequently for business. Either way, this is one instance where typically the destination is better than the journey...

Why It’s Okay to be Distracted

It’s okay to be distracted, just don’t let the distraction…distract you. Give me a moment and I’ll show you why distractions happen and how to manage them.It seems like we’re always on the hunt for some new way...

Why Productivity Extensions Don’t Make You More Productive

In todays culture, we’re obsessed with productivity. Whether it’s getting more done or simply being more focused. It’s all about output. The less distracted we can be in a world that is constantly vying for our attention, the better...

How Simple Daily Routines Transformed my Productivity by 300%

Everyday we wakeup, whether it be to the sound of the alarm clock or the sunlight hitting our faces. Each day we drag ourselves to work, or maybe we’re content with it. Either way, each day is a new challenge and for many of us it doesn’t get easier...

Productivity Apps, Work-Life Balance, and the Importance of Daily Habits

I recently did an interview and thought I’d share my response here on my blog. I go over some of my own personal habits and how I balance my work and personal life so I maintain strong work ethics without burning out....

The Productivity Monster

What does it mean to be productive? How can we be more productive in a day? This seems like an epic, lifelong struggle many of us deal with on a daily basis. Whether you’re trying to not do that report at the last minute or feeling like you’re always...

The Secret to True Productivity

Being productive is about getting important things done consistently. It is the progress we make day in and day out that propels us towards our goals. Finding time is hard, especially in the morning and it is so easy to make overload ourselves with...

Why You Need to Quit the Internet

This probably describes you: you stare at a monitor from 9 to 5 on the weekdays, then you go home and stare at a monitor some more until bedtime. This type of scenario describes many. Above all, this type of scenario describes myself....

The Psychology of Procrastination, and 12 Ways to Kick the Habit

Procrastination is truly one of the most costly issues that affect society today. An estimated 20% of American Adults admin to being a chronic procrastinator. Some procrastinate for hours each day, barely making a dent in real work activities...

12 Secret Mac Apps that Will Make You a Productivity Guru

Are you looking to enhance your workflow? I reviewed a handle of applications below to give you an incite on what they do and how they can benefit you. These apps are the epitome of productivity on the Mac and can seriously save you time over...

Finding Beauty in the Everyday: How One Second Everyday Taught Me to Live More Mindfully

Discover the transformative power of capturing a second a day with the 1 Second Everyday app. This journey into mindful living reveals how small, daily moments can weave a rich tapestry of memories, changing how we perceive and appreciate our lives.

Become a Philosopher of Knowledge with the CommonPlace Book

How good is your memory? What is a Commonplace book? How often do you feel like you have a word, phrase or saying on the tip of your tongue, but can’t quite seem to recall it? Truth-be-told...

How Automating Business Processes Saved Me From Being a Burnt Out Entrepreneur and Increased My Productivity

In my experience, one of the biggest issues I’ve personally had to deal with in being an entrepreneur is the constant tug-and-pull between the business and the supposed personal life I’d like to live...

My Kitty Taught Me How to Be More Stoic and This Is How

We all have had our various experiences with animals. Whether we’re happy to see them, or get angry at them for destroying something.In many ways, our relationship with our pets can mirror our relationships with people too...

What a Plane Crash and a Near Disaster Can Teach You About Your Future Success

On May 31, 2009, Air France Flight 447 took off from Rio De Janeiro, en route to Paris. It was a clear summer evening as the plane lifted off the runway, preparing for the long flight across the Atlantic...

What Captain Hindsight Can Teach You About Living a More Productive Life

It’s a hot summer day and firefighters are battling the flaming inferno - hoping to save those trapped at the top of the nearly consumed apartment building. Things aren’t looking good - and hope is quickly fading. But then, when the outcome appears its...

I Pitched to the CEO of a Billion Dollar Company and This is What Happened…

The guy doesn’t talk to the girl because the girl is out of his league; the art enthusiast doesn’t apply for the curator job because she doesn’t have the right college degree; the overweight computer engineer doesn’t do sit-ups because a six pack is too...

Why Productivity Extensions Don’t Make You More Productive

In todays culture, we’re obsessed with productivity. Whether it’s getting more done or simply being more focused. It’s all about output. The less distracted we can be in a world that is constantly vying for our attention, the better...

The Psychology of Procrastination, and 12 Ways to Kick the Habit

Procrastination is truly one of the most costly issues that affect society today. An estimated 20% of American Adults admin to being a chronic procrastinator. Some procrastinate for hours each day, barely making a dent in real work activities...

The Top Benefits & Reasons to Have a Virtual Assistant

Technology has made running a business much easier than it was 30 years ago. Long gone are the days of telegrams and bespectacled secretaries in typing pools. Today, we have email and virtual assistants. Entrepreneurs and small businesses...

Top 9 Things to Outsource to a Virtual Assistant

Starting up your own business may seem simple at first. But, issues arise when realizing the workload that comes with taking everything on alone. Entrepreneurs have felt this burden for years and it’s one of the main causes of burnout for small...

14 Best Practices for Managing your Virtual Assistants

As somebody who had already been an entrepreneur for many years, I used outsourcing for one aspect of my business (customer support) but had never thought to reason that I was always so stressed out because I had set my business up in a way...

The power of “No” – Developing Your Minimalist Thinking Process

Maybe you agree to see an average movie only to get invited later to go snowboarding that same day. Or perhaps you commit to working exclusively with one client over the next four weeks – only to be forced to turn down a better offer you receive a...

Outsourcing 101: Hiring Your First Virtual Assistant

As I’ve mentioned before, you want to spend the majority of your time on the $100/hr and $1000/hr activities. If you spend 90% of your day on the $10/hr activities, not only are you placing a very low cap on your income - but you’re probably not...

10 Strategies to Prepare your Company for Outsourcing

This is really the most important part that many entrepreneurs procrastinate over. You’re already doing a lot, why not outsource this, that and before you know it – you’re outsourcing your entire operation.

The Value of a Life Calendar

How often do you think about your life? That’s the question, legendary writer, Tim Urban proposed on a blog post, titled “Your Life in Weeks" back in 2014.He showed variations of a calendar not...

My Kitty Taught Me How to Be More Stoic and This Is How

We all have had our various experiences with animals. Whether we’re happy to see them, or get angry at them for destroying something.In many ways, our relationship with our pets can mirror our relationships with people too...

What a Plane Crash and a Near Disaster Can Teach You About Your Future Success

On May 31, 2009, Air France Flight 447 took off from Rio De Janeiro, en route to Paris. It was a clear summer evening as the plane lifted off the runway, preparing for the long flight across the Atlantic...

Why It’s Okay to be Distracted

It’s okay to be distracted, just don’t let the distraction…distract you. Give me a moment and I’ll show you why distractions happen and how to manage them.It seems like we’re always on the hunt for some new way...

Why Productivity Extensions Don’t Make You More Productive

In todays culture, we’re obsessed with productivity. Whether it’s getting more done or simply being more focused. It’s all about output. The less distracted we can be in a world that is constantly vying for our attention, the better...

The Hidden Benefits of Treadmill Desks for those with ADHD, Anxiety or Autism

There are plenty of good reasons to consider using a treadmill desk in your workspace. Here are a few you might not know about...

How To Unlock the Power of Learning to Listen

We can’t fix the emotions of ourselves or others, we can only be present and embrace them. Here’s a guide on how to do just that.

Reverse Meditation

Unlike regular meditation where you are asked to focus on just one thing, this kind of meditation allows all five of your senses being fed continuous stimuli.

How to Become Superhuman by Data Hacking Your Productivity like Tim Ferris

Every day we learn and experiment. Sometimes it’s done by reading or taking a class, other times it occurs through life experiences or conversations with others. We then take what we learn and implement into our everyday lives.

The Wellbeing of Meditation

Imagine starting your day with a fresh mind – no burden from the day before, no worries about what’s to come. Imagine ending it the same way. Believe it or not, some of the most powerful CEOs in America do just that. Instead of falling asleep to the...

Productivity Apps, Work-Life Balance, and the Importance of Daily Habits

I recently did an interview and thought I’d share my response here on my blog. I go over some of my own personal habits and how I balance my work and personal life so I maintain strong work ethics without burning out....

How To Unlock the Power of Learning to Listen

We can’t fix the emotions of ourselves or others, we can only be present and embrace them. Here’s a guide on how to do just that.

The Importance of a Morning Routine

For some people, a routine is boring and will zap the life out of them. But a routine is something more than just a repetitive task. Routines will set you up for success.

How to Overcome Procrastination in 2 Minutes or Less

I used to have this horrible habit of leaving emails that I didn’t want to respond to in my inbox. Every day I’d open the emails I could quickly handle while leaving the rest of them unanswered.

How the Eisenhower Matrix can fix your Procrastination issues

In today’s era, we wake up to more emails, calls, and chat conversations than ever before. When we’re at work we have an obligation to appear busy by making sure we respond to all these incoming requests, but it can often leave us with a feeling of...

The Importance of a Maintenance Day and Why You Need One

Some days are more productive than others; maybe we’re in a better mood or everything just seems to fall into place. Sometimes it’s also because the systems that help to run our lives run properly. What happens though when we don’t maintain those systems?

Why Productivity Tools are Useless Without This…

You might’ve heard this story before. The engine of a giant ship has stopped working. The owners of the ship bring in multiple experts but nobody could figure out how to fix the engine...

How Automating Business Processes Saved Me From Being a Burnt Out Entrepreneur and Increased My Productivity

In my experience, one of the biggest issues I’ve personally had to deal with in being an entrepreneur is the constant tug-and-pull between the business and the supposed personal life I’d like to live...

Leading Virtual Teams Like Jack Welch: How to Train, Motivate, and Develop From Afar

For the last several years, outsourcing has been a hot topic across the startup and solopreneur communities. The idea of optimizing your time while minimizing costs is one that has very obvious benefits...

How to Become Superhuman by Data Hacking Your Productivity like Tim Ferris

Every day we learn and experiment. Sometimes it’s done by reading or taking a class, other times it occurs through life experiences or conversations with others. We then take what we learn and implement into our everyday lives.

Developing a Routine for Success

Benjamin Franklin was a busy man. Besides founding a country, he served as a diplomat, owned several businesses, and developed nearly a dozen inventions - including bifocals, swimming fins, and his own odometer. And despite this busy schedule...

The Wellbeing of Meditation

Imagine starting your day with a fresh mind – no burden from the day before, no worries about what’s to come. Imagine ending it the same way. Believe it or not, some of the most powerful CEOs in America do just that. Instead of falling asleep to the...

The Comprehensive Guide to Sleep Hacking

We sleep for 26 years in total, so the ultimate productivity hack is undeniably improving our quality of sleep. Imagine if all your life, you thought breathing was best accomplished by inhaling through a straw. Improve your waking life by invalidating...

The Benefits of Not Knowing What you Want to Do in Life

I cannot say for sure how globally widespread the societal stigma attached to being someone who is uncertain of what they want to do in life is. It seems that the commonly agreed upon perception of success in life comes from a lifetime of...

The Power of Belief and How to Become Your Ideal Self

People will slap you with labels your whole life. You can choose to either accept these labels, reinterpret them as you see fit, or you can disregard them altogether. Now I don’t think labels are altogether bad. Labels are just how people organize and...

Why you should stop turning Lemons into Lemonade

It’s not always cause and effect when it comes to our emotions. If you have plans to hang out with friends later tonight, you might be a little excited to do so. Your excitement comes from a direct result of what we think we will feel, and not the actual...

Why Motivation Sucks and How to Succeed Without It

Psychologists have a number of theories on where motivation comes from, whether it’s the Drive Theory, Arousal Theory, or the most popular one of all, the Humanistic Theory.

The Psychology of Procrastination, and 12 Ways to Kick the Habit

Procrastination is truly one of the most costly issues that affect society today. An estimated 20% of American Adults admin to being a chronic procrastinator. Some procrastinate for hours each day, barely making a dent in real work activities...

3 Best ChatGPT Alternatives

If you're a fan of AI-based chatbots, you've probably heard of ChatGPT - a popular one developed by OpenAI. It uses the GPT-3 language model to understand and respond to user prompts, and its capabilities are impressive. But...

The 3 types of co-founders for a successful startup

When starting a new business, having the right co-founder is essential. You will be spending a lot of time with this person, and you need to trust them and understand that their skill set will complement your own. So what kind of co-founder should you look for

You can’t scale a company without knowing how to make a PB&J

Slack Communication Hacks

I've been using slack for a handful of years in a variety of circumstances. Here are a few tricks and methods that I've found to be particularly helpful in augmenting team communication.

My Business Partner Tried to Screw Me and this is What Happened

Have you ever been screwed by somebody before?Of course, you have, we all have. At one point or another, we found ourselves in a precarious situation that was hard to get out of. In many circumstances, we can often react in one of two different ways...

8 Slack Tools that will Increase Your Employees Happiness and Productivity

Slack has quickly grown to become a central part of office culture in workplaces around the world. Some of the best things about Slack has been the huge community of apps and plugins which all aim to solve a particular need or problem commonly...

The Secret Place to Find Top Talent that Nobody Talks About

There’s a ton of places to recruit people on the web today, but back in the early 2000’s, it was rudimentary. While you had job sites like monster.com most people on there wanted a salary I simply couldn’t afford, and so I resorted to a popular forum...

What is Outsourcing?

If you’re a business owner and you’re not outsourcing something, then you’re doing something wrong. Being able to effectively delegate and outsource correctly can be key to having a successful business in today’s super competitive market...

How Automating Business Processes Saved Me From Being a Burnt Out Entrepreneur and Increased My Productivity

In my experience, one of the biggest issues I’ve personally had to deal with in being an entrepreneur is the constant tug-and-pull between the business and the supposed personal life I’d like to live...

How to 3x the Value of Your Next 99design Contest

As a small business owner, I’ve had to bootstrap myself for over a decade. When you don’t have enough money to hire a consulting firm, or an agency or even other people, it’s on you and you alone to do what needs to be done...

The Most Effective Task and Email Workflow, Ever.

1It’s incredible how far I’ve come from where I was a few years ago. I was struggling to get anything done, and I obsessed over finding the right systems (i.e. I was addicted to productivity porn)...

Leading Virtual Teams Like Jack Welch: How to Train, Motivate, and Develop From Afar

For the last several years, outsourcing has been a hot topic across the startup and solopreneur communities. The idea of optimizing your time while minimizing costs is one that has very obvious benefits...

How to Become Superhuman by Data Hacking Your Productivity like Tim Ferris

Every day we learn and experiment. Sometimes it’s done by reading or taking a class, other times it occurs through life experiences or conversations with others. We then take what we learn and implement into our everyday lives.

The power of “No” – Developing Your Minimalist Thinking Process

Maybe you agree to see an average movie only to get invited later to go snowboarding that same day. Or perhaps you commit to working exclusively with one client over the next four weeks – only to be forced to turn down a better offer you receive a...

Outsourcing 101: Hiring Your First Virtual Assistant

As I’ve mentioned before, you want to spend the majority of your time on the $100/hr and $1000/hr activities. If you spend 90% of your day on the $10/hr activities, not only are you placing a very low cap on your income - but you’re probably not...

What Captain Hindsight Can Teach You About Living a More Productive Life

It’s a hot summer day and firefighters are battling the flaming inferno - hoping to save those trapped at the top of the nearly consumed apartment building. Things aren’t looking good - and hope is quickly fading. But then, when the outcome appears its...

I Pitched to the CEO of a Billion Dollar Company and This is What Happened…

The guy doesn’t talk to the girl because the girl is out of his league; the art enthusiast doesn’t apply for the curator job because she doesn’t have the right college degree; the overweight computer engineer doesn’t do sit-ups because a six pack is too...

Top 10 Chrome Extension to Install Right Now

If you’re looking to become more productive in time for the holidays, then boy I’ve got some chrome extensions for you...

Organization Hacks to Keep Your Mind Fresh and Inbox at Zero

Benjamin Franklin, master of productivity, coined this chiasmus. It can can apply to any facet of your life, but of course I find it particularly relevant in how I’ve organized my life. Preparing for success means developing a routine for success...

Why UpWork sucks for Value Creation

If you’re a small-time entrepreneur, then you’ve likely used or are using this platform. The variety of tasks you can hire freelancers to do is endless and it offers some great benefits - like tax liability exemption and payroll handling...

How Not to Piss off your Customers

There is a great project management system (PMS) I liked to use called Redbooth. There are a ton of PMS software out there like Asana, Basecamp, Trello and many more, but something about Redbooth made it great. Growing a team means that...

The difference between Procedures and Concepts

Recently I was having to work with my HR guy on hiring somebody. I was reviewing her profile and she had the following under Communications Associate...

12 Secret Mac Apps that Will Make You a Productivity Guru

Are you looking to enhance your workflow? I reviewed a handle of applications below to give you an incite on what they do and how they can benefit you. These apps are the epitome of productivity on the Mac and can seriously save you time over...