Discovery of the Day

Six Steps to Developing Healthy Relationships at Dr. Paul White’s Blog.

Happiness is a good book…

…or is it? “Stumbling on Happiness” by Daniel Gilbert is a book about a long pondered puzzle-what happiness is, and how best to pursue it. Humans have many illusions about happiness, and the author sets out to explain the reasons for the regular mistakes we make in the pursuit of it. In the forward, he [...]

Discovery of the Day

Success Begins Today has just what I’ve been looking for: The Dieteer has printable cards to track calories and exercise in a portable format.

tv or not tv

I’ve been quiet for awhile as I’ve been dealing with television issues in one form or another. It all began when I finally decided to add local television stations to my satellite. I had postponed this for quite awhile, saving that extra 5 bucks a month. Well Hmmm. The only problem was it didn’t work. [...]

Development Plan

Performance Management
Maybe you are in a position that requires supervision of others, and want to encourage skills development. Or maybe you want to develop personally. Maybe both. Whatever your situation, for that to happen it’s important to have a simple plan in place.
Some basic skills are essential for all employees to know. For these, learning [...]

Best Free Reference Web Sites

Find tried and true great sources of information at Best Free Reference Web Sites from Reference and Users Association of ALA. Among other things, this compilation led me to score.org, with how to define goals and get organized quick guide as part of their Start the New Year Right Kit.

Renovate Your Life With Craig

During the tagging frenzy, I learned from Tabs at Levnow Self-Help Tools about a blog by an Australian bloke with an amazing writing style: Craig Harper. I was immediately captivated, despite his focus on physical fitness, which is not my usual topic of choice! Take a look and you’ll find much that can apply to [...]

Discovery of the Day

Most Popular Articles of 2006 at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge.

Projects

Some projects have what I think of as dependencies. (I believe David Allen would call these waiting for!) For example, my garage project depends on good weather, and has therefore shifted to the back burner. Sometimes we may not be able to proceed until someone else has accomplished something, or we get a reply to [...]

Gift Tag

I didn’t really think it would happen. But Legal Andrew tagged me for the “5 things you didn’t know about me” meme. Sorry, I’m a little bit slow…This is really difficult, as I’ve got to have the dullest life imaginable! OK, here goes:
1. My first job was washing dishes at a beautiful camp in the [...]