About five years ago I was interviewing Paul Hartunian, and during our talk, he referred again and again to the “secret ingredient” that made some people successful, while others just never quite got their stuff together. His secret ingredient? Focus. The ability to tune out everything that doesn’t need your attention right now so you [...]
So here I am, working on a blog post about focus, and I get this feeling: “Hey dude, you’re not practicing what you’re preaching here, are you?” And I had to admit that, not only was I not being straight with myself, I had way, way, WAY too many projects all stacked up halfway between [...]
A few years back, I ran an article on gratitude, and challenged readers to find ten things each day to be thankful for. Many readers sent wonderful responses, telling how, overnight, their lives had become much happier and more fulfilling. But I still remember Gladys (not her real name). Gladys wrote me back an email [...]
