Being the adult in the room covers just about everything you’ll need to know when managing a community. I started a Facebook group on currency collecting called Cool Serial in August 2017, which has since grown to over 20,000 members. Facebook algorithms began asking me around 1,000 members if I wanted to add a moderator. … Read more
It’s difficult to read self-help or productivity articles for very long without learning about the wonders of journaling. I’ve read this advice at least a hundred times by now. Whatever the flavor of journaling happens to be, they recommend making it habit and rolling it into a daily routine. Looking back on the past year, … Read more
This article The Art & Beauty in Being Where You Are by Eve Arnold shares a perspective I hadn’t heard before, and frankly had never thought of. Most of what I’ve read with regard to understanding where you are and accepting it is with an air of resignation: “You didn’t get to a BMI of … Read more
Don’t let those great emails and reports go to waste. Turning your best communications into templates is like trading in a hammer for a nail gun.. You’ll work more efficiently, and more important you’ll be building systems to do the repetitive stuff that allows you to spend more time with the high-value activities. Places you’ll … Read more
How to get around the midnight deadline so you can be your productive self I’m a night owl. I pretty much come alive after dinner. We’re mostly the kind of family that when we head to bed, we know that “see you tomorrow” actually means “see you later today.” I’ve tried any number of times … Read more