Not that I particularly expect anyone to notice, but I haven’t written a new blog post in almost a month. And it feels great. The pressure’s off. I’m not really sure why I ever felt pressure to blog—it’s not a rational thing. But I do know my own psychology enough to realize that I’m driven [...]
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A Well-Kept Secret about Persistence
March 9th, 2013 
dave I’ve been reading a lot of Napoleon Hill lately. I used to gloss over Hill’s work impatiently, thinking to myself, “Yeah, yeah, I already get this stuff.” But here’s what I wasn’t being honest about. I understood Hill’s concepts intellectually, but for the most part, I didn’t practice them. There came a point when I [...]
Freedom from Opinions
February 21st, 2013 dave Sometimes, we take the freedom of speech in unproductive directions. At some point in American history, somebody decided that it was a virtue to have an opinion about everything—and to have a big mouth about that opinion. I’m not sure exactly what benefit this is supposed to have, but I have yet to see anyone [...]
Tags: The Atrophied Muscle of Imagination
February 15th, 2013 dave I’ve often found myself in work situations where I caught myself thinking, “I hope this will last.” Have you ever had a great set of circumstances that were wholly dependent on factors outside of your control? It can look, for example, like having a great boss—until you get re-assigned to another department. Things are great—until [...]
The Big Why—and an Entrepreneur’s Resume
February 1st, 2013 dave I’ve taken a lot of criticism in the last few years for having too much going on at one time. People have often told me that I need to pick one thing and be really good at it. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out what that one thing is. Recently, [...]
On Writing and “Tuning”
January 29th, 2013 dave In the instant sci-fi classic “Dark City,” an advanced civilization of beings demonstrates an ability called “tuning.” The alien race somewhat resembles the Borg, with the same albino-white skin and bald heads—except they don’t have jacks plugged into their skulls and they aren’t fitted with cybernetic gear. They also don’t fly around in a cool-looking [...]
You Already Know How to Do It
January 25th, 2013 dave The “it” in that sentence is different for everyone. Maybe you want a better job. Maybe you are looking to grow your business. Maybe you want to improve your marriage. Whatever “it” is, knowledge is not the problem. I’m not saying that you necessarily have all of the knowledge you will ever need to complete [...]
The Diamond Rule
January 17th, 2013 dave There’s been a lot of talk about the Golden Rule and the Platinum Rule for awhile, but I’ll break them out here in case you haven’t heard the distinction. The Golden Rule: Treat people the way you would want to be treated. The Platinum Rule: Treat people the way they want to be treated. After [...]
Why I’m Not Making New Year’s Resolutions for 2013
December 28th, 2012 dave In 1998, I signed up for my first gym membership. I went to the gym religiously—five days a week (sometimes seven). It lasted less than three months. At first, I just started going a little less frequently, but my gym attendance took a nosedive from there. One day, I just stopped going. I was locked [...]
Coffee is a Recreational Drug
December 14th, 2012 dave “I need coffee to get my brain working.” This type of talk is evidence of what brilliant and powerful people copywriters are. The advertising industry has managed to persuade an entire culture that it can function more effectively with caffeine in its system than without it—even though there is absolutely no factual basis for this [...]
