If you have a Monday through Friday job then you already know how restricted your time is during the week. Your mornings are spent getting out the door so you can be at work at your desk by 8 am. Your evenings are spent as a caretaker to your family. Your nights are spent grabbing a couple of minutes of personal time while you get off your feet because you have spent your day giving of yourself to others. But when do you find time to work on that BAHG (Big Arse Hair Goal) that lives as a spark in your belly?
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April 20, 2013 2 Comments
I’m always looking for extra hours. This is how I found them.
April 16, 2013 9 Comments
Five Things High Achievers Do That You Need To Start Doing
I’d like to extend a hearty welcome to StopDoingNothing for my first-time readers. If you are a return reader then please accept my gratitude for coming back and choosing to learn more. I take every reader and their growth very seriously. I know that this is an odd way to start a blog post. But you need to know that your visit to our website is appreciated. Let’s get started.
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April 9, 2013 Leave a Comment
Nobody is more interested in your happiness than you. Start living intentionally.
Take a moment and think about how your day unfolds every day. What actions are you taking from the moment you wake up until you lay your head on your pillow at night. If it is anything like most people your day probably goes on autopilot and looks something like this:
- Get up to alarm. Dread throwing off the covers
- Clean up, eat, help get the family out the door, get out the door yourself
- Work through a series of tasks and appointments pushed at you by your job
- Watch the clock and get happy when the end of the day has arrived
- Head home. Decompress. Eat. Fit in some personal time
- Sleep
April 4, 2013 7 Comments
A Simple Time Management Hack You Can Implement Right Now
We talk a lot about time management in this crazy world of ours. “There is a never enough time to get done what we want to get done”. Our calendars are stacked with appointments from 6am until 6pm, and sometimes they are double-stacked. If your day goes as planned you will be only mildy behind compared to where you started the day – way behind.
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April 2, 2013 1 Comment
Meditation: It’s not just for the gurus
Set aside time today for quiet reflection. Take a pad of paper, a writing instrument, and find a quiet place in your residence . Sit with your eyes closed and focus on your thoughts. What is making you happy, what makes you deeply unhappy , and where do you want to be in a year.
When you think about the unhappy places in your life, look for solutions. You will have to change your attitude, or change the situation. But don’t accept the unhappiness. Nobody deserves sorrow.
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March 13, 2013 Leave a Comment
It’s about time!
Isn’t it about time for you to take the steps to change your life? Who cares what happened yesterday or last year. What is stopping you today?
February 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
A simple smile is all it takes
A simple smile is all it takes
February 21, 2013 Leave a Comment
To Do More, You Have to Care Less
I want you to repeat a new phrase with me “I choose not to care”. I use that phrase whenever there is a discussion that I am involved with and the outcome is good either way with me. I’ll let somebody else care. As long as somebody cares about each issue, the issue will get covered.
We have a limited amount of time, a limited amount of energy, and a limited amount of emotions. Chooses your battles wisely. Fight for the important reasons, not the cosmetic or ego-based ones.
Say “I choose not to care” more.
What do you think? I’d like your comments below.
January 13, 2012 4 Comments
Why can’t I stop doing nothing ?
It’s another day. You are laying in bed looking at the ceiling wondering why you are in the same place that you were in yesterday. Not physically (same bed, same apartment). But you are in the same relationship you were in yesterday. You are in the same financial situation. You are in the same job, earning the same amount of money working with the same people. It was the beginning of a new week/year and you vowed to make a change. But here you are. Lying in bed. And nothing has changed. And you are beating your head against the wall wondering “Why can’t I stop doing nothing”
I’ve been there brothers and sisters. And I believe the answer that most people would give is:
It is easy
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To do what you are used to doing takes very little effort. You are on auto-pilot. When you are on auto-pilot you are running around in a daze. Life is a series of waves that you have set yourself up in. And if you keep doing nothing the waves will keep pushing you around. Now you can put your arms out and change direction any time you want. But that requires effort and work.
Don’t be that guy/gal
. Stop Doing Nothing. Pick the things to do that are hard (reading instead of watching TV). Get up and move your body. Nobody ever had great success by sitting around. Change the people that you surround yourself with. Stop ingesting things into your body that provide no nutritional value.
Please start taking an active attitude about your life. You will get further faster. I promise.
April 3, 2010 2 Comments
10 B4 10: 10 great articles to read over coffee this morning
Happy Saturday April 3rd. I am in the process of catching up on my Google reader feeds and I thought it would be better to share some of the great content here than trying to tweet each one out. 140 characters is never enough to say what needs to be said. So get a full cup of coffee and enjoy the following great articles to read I thought were well above par this morning.
Business Success Secret: Deliver on What You Promise
Why Stupid People Succeed
Derek Sivers: How to start a movement – Love a quote from this “The first follower is what transforms a nut into a leader”
What NOT to do in conflict
The Value of Time
Why you should sin more often
How I became Google Free in a day
Over-sharing: problems with social networking and privacy
Yes. Another Backup Lecture. – About backing up your data on your computer. Very important.
How to Be a Positive Person, in Under 300 Words
Enjoy and I raise my cup of caffeine to you this fine Saturday morning!
“Closer Than Yesterday” Canvas 
“Be Passionate” Framed Artwork