Let’s start today’s LIFEies with this crazy stat: 48% of ALL American households headed by someone over 55 years of age have NO retirement savings whatsoever. Now, let’s look at the average retirement savings by age:I strongly believe, we can do better. How? –Lower your lifestyle and delay gratification We lived in the house I owned before …
Today I want to share a quick primer on note taking. I take notes in every single meeting I attend. I used to exclusively write them down on paper, but now I take notes on my phone all the time. I’ve shared some great points and a few LIFEies from my 40 years of taking …
Let’s start with a great quote: “If you are only willing to do what’s easy, life will be hard. If you are willing to do what’s hard, life will be easy.” T. Harv Eker I have been thinking about this quote for some time and how I want to incorporate it into my life. There are lots of …
I have found there is never a set-and-forget cheat for motivation. Quotes that motivated me yesterday may not do it today. Certainly last year’s inspiration does not inspire much today. So today, I wanted to share 150 quotes to inspire you. Pick some, bookmark this LIFEies, and come back to it over time. Change it …
We all know that time is our most precious resource: It’s the one thing money cannot buy. And with smartphones in every pocket these days, we’ve never been better able to track how we use every minute of our time. However, we don’t always want information about the way we spend our time, and when we get …
One of my favorite people to follow on Twitter is Naval and something he shared has really stuck with me: find peace and then happiness is an outcome of peace. He thinks peace is the most important thing in his life. So of course, I went looking for how to find peace. . Below is an …
This week’s LIFEies topic is about the people you spend a lot of your day with — your work team. Since the pandemic started (and even before) I’ve asked myself some questions about building my team. How can we work with our team on a weekly basis to grow our culture, make our team stronger, and simply make …
Today’s LIFEies is a simple one. I’ll start with the 2 minute rule from David Allen: If it takes two minutes to start a habit, then do it now. The author of the short article below, Muhammad Usama Ashraf takes that saying one step further: It should take less than 2 minutes to start a …
Our LIFEies today is about microbiota. “What now?” Don’t worry, we’ll start off with a few simple definitions: —Microbiota – the microorganisms of a particular site, habitat or creature. The human microbiota, for example, consists of all the collective microorganisms, bacteria, etc. that live within our bodies. —Dysbiosis – the reduction in microbial diversity. —Microbiome hypothesis – This postulates …
Over the next two weeks we will look at making decisions. This week, I have a great article from Farnam Street on this topic. Next week, you will get to see a simple Decision Matrix and two questions that help drive decisions. For now, let’s talk about what we need to make decisions: –Are we being rational? They …
