by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 29, 2011 | for Good, for Money, Lifestyle Design
It was only this past week that I found Tim Ferriss has naysayers. There are actually people who believe the 4-hour workweek model is just hype and hyperbole. Even while they validate what they call “the real point”—which is something along the lines of...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 22, 2011 | for Good
Two years ago I blogged about how I don't value “being nice” very much. Like any other behavior, it has a time and a place, but it's neither good nor bad in and of itself. Elevating niceness can be the cause of great harm. So often we don't want to hear...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 16, 2011 | for Good, for Home
Years ago I received a mailing from Habitat for Humanity. I admired their charitable work and so sent a small donation. Bad idea. For the next decade or so, I received about 100 times the cost in mailings as I donated. In other words, they lost money on me. My dad is...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 9, 2011 | for Body, for Good
Don't get me wrong. As far as first lady causes go, I think promoting healthy eating is a grand platform. And just look at Michelle Obama's arms. You know she knows more about fitness than I do. But there are good ideas and then there are good ideas gone wrong. Last...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 1, 2011 | for Good, Lifestyle Design
Who needs to set goals every year? Just get out last year's list, cross out 2010, and replace it with 2011. Easy. I call them “roll-over goals.” They're kind of like the roll-over minutes on some cell phone plans. We set goals, we don't achieve them, and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 1, 2011 | for Good, Lifestyle Design
Attention readers! It's 1:11 on 1/1/11 and I'm feeling psychic. I'm going to predict your future for 2011! Yes, you. Here are five astounding things you will do in the new year: You will break all of your resolutions by the end of January. Your income will equal your...
