Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Did you know that last year 550,000 books were published? Add in blogs, Twitter, email, and Facebook, and the sheer volume of reading options becomes overwhelming. Figuring out what non-fiction to read is hard work. Even once you’ve narrowed your focus to a subject, deciding on an author or book takes precious time and effort.
Making the job still more difficult is the fact that each non-fiction book has two qualities: quality of content and quality of writing, and they’re often confused.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Societies and their individuals tend to place value judgments on things that are value neutral, at times carelessly ascribing positive value to something without virtue and negative value to that which is not faulty.
Last night, while we spent some needed time together, my wife shared how she struggled with the idea of how “simple” she was. We started talking about simplicity versus complexity and the value of each in its place. It struck me how clearly Brandi placed a strong intrinsic negative value on simplicity.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Though my wife and I live in Atlanta, the custom-made blog site you’re reading was actually created by a team of expert WordPress programmers in the Ukraine. I’ve never met them or even spoken to them on the phone, yet they put this micro-site together. And they built it for a fraction of what it would have cost to have the work done by my web programming contacts here in the States.
Outsourcing is nothing new and virtually every business regardless of its size has processes that should be outsourced for greater cost effectiveness. Even individuals can free up time by outsourcing personal tasks, regardless of whether you’re a CEO or wageworker.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Much of our success and happiness in life depends upon our ability to understand and relate well with others. To that end, I wanted to share the most valuable tool I’ve found to assist in the quest. I use it daily, and I hope that it will be as helpful for you as it has been for me.
