by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 21, 2011 | Lifestyle Design
What is the difference between where you are today and the amazing life you dream of? Sometimes the difference is only a matter of degrees or strokes or seconds or tiny increments. At 211° water is pretty darn hot. But at 212° is can power a steam engine. It's your...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 18, 2011 | Lifestyle Design
Lifestyle design is the brainchild of Timothy Ferriss of The 4-Hour Workweek. He's a superuser of the Pareto principle and Parkinson's Law. He uses geoarbitrage to allow multiple mini-retirements throughout life, instead of the 9:00 to 5:00 until you nearly croak then...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 6, 2011 | for Mind, Lifestyle Design
I have a dear friend who is afraid of everything. Afraid of failure. Afraid of looking stupid, Afraid of being wrong. If I hadn't known her most of her life, she wouldn't be my friend, because she's so afraid of rejection. She is intelligent, beautiful, talented,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 1, 2011 | Lifestyle Design
One month ago today, I predicted your future. I psychically divined where you would be at the end of 2011. My first prediction was: You will break all of your resolutions by the end of January. Today is February 1. Was I right? Have you maintained your resolve for...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 25, 2011 | Lifestyle Design
Guy Kawasaki is a heretic. He doesn't believe in the sacred cow of the productivity movement, the all-important mission statement. I think he's onto something. In the late 1980s, right after I read the brand new, soon-to-be bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 23, 2011 | for Spirit, Lifestyle Design
Three days ago, Sam was playing basketball in the gym at our church, one congregation against another. The other team forfeited so a pick-up game ensued. The scheduled referee, probably in his late 50s, jumped up to fill out the losing team. A while later, as he was...
