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The 4-Hour Work Week

I've been reading this book for the past week and I have been extremely hesitant to write a review and recommend it.  I believe this book will change the way people work because it's already changed the way I work.  The book hit #4 on Amazon last week and I suspect it will be a […]

How to Leave a Voicemail (a la Merlin Mann)

I ran across this short tutorial on 43 Folders a couple nights ago.  It wouldn't hurt if we all followed the ways of Senor Merlin…

Inbox Zero (shameless plug for Merlin Mann)

If you don't have this problem now, you probably will soon once you hit the working world: email.  How do you manage it?  Everyone wants a clean mailbox…
Merlin Mann over at 43 Folders writes a great set of articles on what he calls "Inbox Zero."  I've started using the Inbox Zero principles since last […]

get your s**t done

i absolutely love this quote by Herb Kelleher, Chairman and former CEO of Southwest Airlines…
"We have a 'strategic' plan. It's called doing things."
i also love how i work for a company that doesn't succumb to endless meetings and bureaucracy. once we find something worth going after we do it […]

thoughts on breaking bread.

i write this from atlanta bread company (here in cool springs, tn). it surprises me this restaurant has become a franchise; as atlanta is not necessarily known for its bread. seattle has its coffee. idaho its potatoes. florida its oranges. but atlanta its bread? a
nyway, over the past […]