There is a better way to focus your time on what you value the most - and say no to the rest. It begins with a mere 18 Minutes. Interview by Marla Tabaka. Do you ever get to the end of a busy day only to realize that next to nothing has been taken … [Read more...]
Want to Succeed? Stop Trying So Hard
September 23, 2011 By 6 Comments
"What's eight times eight?" I asked Isabelle, my 9-year-old daughter who was practicing her times tables. Her eyes glazed over. We were on a plane and had about two hours to kill. I figured running through the twos to the twelves would take about … [Read more...]
The Right Way to Come Back From Vacation
September 7, 2011 By 7 Comments
"Daddy, come look at our island! Quick! Before it disappears!" We were in Bluffton, South Carolina playing on a sandbar that emerges only at low tide. The sun was barely up — we had woken early to watch the sandbar disappear as the tide rose — … [Read more...]
Who’s on Your Fridge?
August 31, 2011 By 2 Comments
I was lifting weights at my gym, a community center in New York City, when he caught my attention. His name, I later found out, was Marvin Moster. He stood a few inches over five feet, mostly bald with some white hair on the sides of his head, … [Read more...]
Three Questions that Help Me Live a Fulfilling Life
August 16, 2011 By 4 Comments
I am on a plane with my wife Eleanor as we fly back from our once-a-year-without-children vacation. It was, for us, the perfect week. After years of planning vacations, we've finally figured out how to reliably create a meaningful, fun, fulfilling … [Read more...]
How to Stay Focused on the Important Things
July 29, 2011 By 4 Comments
"I want to pass something by you," I said to my friend Jori* who has lost 80 pounds over the past six months. "Our ability to lose weight is based on our willingness to suffer through discomfort. To be a little hungry and yet to resist the temptation … [Read more...]
The Big Test: How to Handle Performance Pressure
October 27, 2010 By
"Ugh!" I put my hands on my head and looked away from my computer at the ceiling. "I can't do this! It's just not coming out right!" My wife, Eleanor, looked over sympathetically from the desk next to mine; she knew how hard I had been working. I … [Read more...]
