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Ask IE Inbox: Shall I cancel my gym membership?
From an IE Reader: “With MED, is it even worth my wife and I keeping our family gym membership? What do you do?” Great question and one that I wrestle with from time to time. My gym membership was only $20 per month to a very nice LA Fitness less than a mile away — Read More
Never Forget What Matters Most
New Year’s Resolutions At the start of each New Year, we all have intentions to commit to an initiative that makes us “better” – in some way, shape or form – public knowledge or not. It’s also no secret that we often fail — at times, miserably — only to start the next “New Year” Read More
IE Favorite Things: First Edition
Ask and you shall receive I’ve received a number of reader requests to post a few of my “favorite things” that help me do whatever it is that I do. Periodically, I’ll continue to share some products, services, gadgets and life hacks that I trust will make a positive impact on your life. With that Read More
Top 10 Things I Think You Should Know
There is no shortage of lists stating the “Top 5″ this and the “Top 10″ that. This is not a bad thing … in fact, this is something I welcome. A concise, easy to reference list that is quickly retained and simple to put into practice. (well, the good lists are, anyways) I certainly have Read More
Is speeding worth the money, danger, stress, waste and risk?
Anyone infatuated with productivity has a keen sense of how they spend their time. I’ve spent the last few weeks thinking about time itself: How much time I have, how long it took me to accomplish a task, how much time I saved doing this, how long it will actually take me to do that. Read More
Luxury + Productivity = Happy
For the first time in my life, I can honestly say that I am incredibly happy at work. Not just happy, but incredibly happy. In fact, this is the happiest I have ever been. Here’s why… As I’ve learned over the last few years, you should find what makes you happy, understand it fully and Read More
Develop Productivity Rituals
I just finished watching the Harvard Business Review Blog Network video on how to Develop Productivity Rituals, by Tony Schwartz (CEO of The Energy Project). From all the “productivity” blogs, articles, posts, tweets, etc. I have seen, rarely do any of them actually call for repeating and sharing with others. This is one of those Read More
Remarkable Results at 99designs
I do not believe I am much different from most… When it comes to viewing a website (new to me or not) — if there is an unappealing or unprofessional logo, I subconsciously assume the logo is representational of the site’s content. I refuse to allow the IE logo to set any unfavorable misinterpretations of Read More
Minimum Effective Dose (MED)
Minimum Effective Dose (MED) is basically exposing an object to an activity, concept or substance, to the precise point where a reaction is initiated to reflect the desired effects of the exposure. A quick example for the next day you are at the gym: Perform 1 set of 7 bench press repetitions, slowly (typically 5 Read More