Telling the Truth — Full Truth Does Not Reveal Itself in a Flash Those seeking to tell the truth first need to know it well enough to state […]
Writing for the Internet of Tomorrow
Rule #1 for Writing for the Internet of Tomorrow — Unique Content Is Not Enough. It’s a sea of information out there. You must have unique content. I […]
Taking Risks Isn’t What It Used to Be
They say: “Whisky will kill you.” But I don’t think it will. –Dylan, “Hattie Moore. Taking Risks by Leaving Home There was nothing wrong with the neighborhood I […]
Staying Young at Heart
Staying young at heart requires taking on new challenges. Staying young at heart requires taking on new challenges, ones that test you as much as the challenges you […]
Staying Married Just to Be Different
Suggestion #1 on Staying Married — Have Kids. Some people cannot have kids. Some who can have them worry that they might place strain on the marriage rather […]
Sex Is Overrated (Or So My Wife Often Observes)
Sex is overrated because of the efforts of people trying to sell us stuff. Sex is overrated and that’s a money issue because thinking sex is more important […]
Smart Vacations Recharge Your Batteries
Don’t view a vacation as time off from your pursuit of the self-directed life, but as a time to recharge your batteries and thereby make quicker progress. Pointer […]
Live the Good Life and Avoid the Goons that Haunt It
Live the Good Life and Avoid Goon #1 — Jealousy If we lived in a perfect world, people would look up to those living the good life and […]
Learning from Mistakes — I Never Should Have Bought That Leo Sayer Album
If you stick at it long enough, you eventually get lucky. You get what you wanted. The other side of the story is, if you enjoy success long […]
Warning: I Talk to Goons
BigMoneyJim posted a comment to the blog a few weeks ago (this article was posted in April 2008) acknowledging that he is a regular at Greaney’s Goon Board […]