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Reading Time: < 1 minWhen you disagree with someone, there are two ways it generally can go: you can make it a relationship conflict or a task conflict. I encourage you to always work toward the latter. A relationship conflict is when you are fighting with each other. You make it personal, and it often drifts away from the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minMany people that exercise consistently have a simple trick that they employ — they make it easy for their future selves to start exercising. For example, if you want to run tomorrow morning, the “right now” you is probably more excited than the “5am” you will be in the morning. If you can help yourself […]

Reading Time: < 1 minThe county is tearing up our streets again, and I’m not sure why. It seems to be some kind of conduit they’re laying down, but I’m not sure what for. It’s a mess. A few years ago they made a huge mess laying down new water pipes down the street. They (intentionally) destroyed the bottom […]

Reading Time: < 1 minWhen people are looking to buy products for their business, they often ignore things that have the “gaming” tag on them. They want solid business tools, not toys for gamers. I think they’re often wrong. Recently, my wife needed a new computer chair that had better back support, so we got her this gaming chair. […]

Reading Time: 2 minWith football season once again in full swing, out come the people that are sure that the refs are biased against their team. It doesn’t matter what team they pull for — the refs are seemingly against every team, which doesn’t really make sense. Certainly refs are imperfect at every level; ideally a bit closer […]

Reading Time: < 1 minWhile I was reading Daniel Pink’s book “When“, he presented an interesting idea — if a basketball team is losing by one point at halftime, they have a better chance of winning than if they were ahead by one point instead. If it’s more than one point, the numbers start to shift rather quickly. A […]

Reading Time: 3 minPeople often wish to “go back to a better time”, or reminisce about their childhood when “the world was a safer place”. It may have felt that way, but it’s almost entirely untrue. That’s not to say that things can’t be better — the world today is still a mess, but it’s the safest and […]

Reading Time: < 1 minI’ve talked a few times on here about how powerful the word “no” can be. “No” can be helpful in sales, but most times you say no in your life, it’s because you’re wanting something bigger and need to have a “yes” somewhere behind it that you can point to. In a TED talk some […]

Reading Time: < 1 minI’m noticing a disturbing trend online that only seems to be getting worse. Perhaps it’s always been this bad, but it really feels like it’s growing. The trend is people using words to dehumanize others that they don’t agree with. The reason for this was explained nicely in Peter Bevelin’s book “Seeking Wisdom“: “We tend […]

Reading Time: < 1 minI tend to think I’m a rather even-keeled guy. I rarely raise my voice, and generally don’t let my emotions get too high or too low. Measuring the “worst” in someone is often a good benchmark of what to expect from them. It’s also why I very much dislike the phrase “if you can’t handle […]