Archive 2014 There is no Seinfeld Calendar Jan 07 2014 A Successful January Jan 01 2014 2013 December in Review Dec 31 2013 Don’t love your job Dec 18 2013 Three biggest questions Dec 10 2013 December Challenge Dec 02 2013 Chores in the 21st Century Nov 24 2013 What’s a quality life? Nov 17 2013 Just one question Nov 03 2013 October Challenge Nov 01 2013 The Nagging Gap Oct 28 2013 Applying The Checklist Manifesto Oct 12 2013 Book notes: Art of Loving Oct 03 2013 September Failure Oct 02 2013 Power of Napping Sep 18 2013 August Retrospective Aug 31 2013 Building an Experience Aug 30 2013 Work-Life Integration Aug 29 2013 I want to want to Aug 28 2013 The Most Difficult Question Aug 27 2013 An Economic Life Aug 26 2013 Law of Right Aug 25 2013 Pillars of Motivation Aug 24 2013 True Acknowledgement Aug 23 2013 A Choice a Day Aug 22 2013 Maximize Maker Time Aug 21 2013 Supporters vs. Partners Aug 20 2013 Who am I? Aug 19 2013 I want to write your eulogy Aug 18 2013 I Hate Technology Aug 17 2013 My Dream Job Aug 16 2013 Altruism at Work Aug 15 2013 Find your partner Aug 14 2013 Invest every day Aug 13 2013 This is my life Aug 12 2013 If I can do it… Aug 11 2013 Habits for the lazy Aug 10 2013 5 Tips for Mental Space Aug 09 2013 Courage and Encouragement Aug 08 2013 Repeat yourself Aug 07 2013 Laziest guy in the room Aug 06 2013 I’m rubber, not glue Aug 05 2013 Forget being open-minded Aug 04 2013 Being right may be wrong Aug 03 2013 I come prepared Aug 02 2013 Failure and failing again Aug 01 2013 Creating Creativity Jul 19 2013 Introducing Premortems Jul 07 2013 Fear and Confidence Jul 05 2013 Be happy, be creative. Jun 25 2013 Learn vs. Improve Jun 18 2013 Know Thyself, a Mission for Life May 29 2013 Inspiration, Motivation May 23 2013 Competition May 20 2013 Plan less, do more. Mar 26 2013 The problem with fun Mar 18 2013 Symptoms, Solutions and Products Mar 11 2013 Time isn’t fair Mar 07 2013 Exciting developments! Feb 27 2013 Ramit Sethi taught me how to buy a car Jan 07 2013 Habits start small, rewards start smaller. Jan 04 2013 Thoughts on a momentary break in habits. Jan 01 2013 2012 The vacuum of life Dec 05 2012 Revisiting Mental Renewal Dec 02 2012 Morning stillness Nov 29 2012 Optimizing mental rejuvenation Nov 26 2012 Constructive Critique of pv.Body’s failures Nov 23 2012 Reading Queue and Review Nov 20 2012 Seeing people for what they are Nov 17 2012 Tip of the iceberg. Nov 14 2012 An unexpected life hack, removing a clock. Nov 11 2012 I have no stress, and this is my story. Nov 08 2012 Value of tranquility Nov 05 2012 Unfreezing the sled, or, regaining momentum. Nov 02 2012 The power of vocabulary. Oct 30 2012 Rescheduling my future. Oct 27 2012 Go read this book. Right now. Oct 21 2012 Tranquility of the float. Oct 16 2012 Make choices. Oct 12 2012 Dissecting Product Growth Oct 09 2012 Superheroes don’t cry wolf Oct 03 2012 A moment of solitude. Sep 22 2012 Developing software without the Bystander Effect. Sep 12 2012 Win once, or pivot trying. Sep 09 2012 The Second Month. Sep 06 2012 Learning, criticism and being offended. Sep 02 2012 The problem with learning. Aug 28 2012 Thriving on progress, through defects. Aug 22 2012 One month of freedom Aug 18 2012 Presentation matters. Aug 12 2012 Back in the saddle. Aug 09 2012 Dealt a blow. Aug 06 2012 Benefits of organization. Aug 01 2012 Associations of trust. Jul 29 2012 If programmers were carpenters… Jul 26 2012 Just one thing. Jul 23 2012 Daily notes let me sleep at night. Jul 20 2012 Partial success is still success Jul 17 2012 Teaching Beginners Jul 11 2012 Staying positive. Jul 08 2012 Conserving energy means spending it. Jul 04 2012 Opinions on Opinions. Jul 01 2012 On who to hire. Jun 30 2012 Keeping Habits Jun 28 2012 Improvement is a journey. Jun 28 2012 Psychology of Improvement and Progress Jun 27 2012 It all changes now! Jun 25 2012 Why I do what I do. Mar 22 2012 Being positive reaps benefits. Mar 13 2012 Success is who you know. Maybe. Mar 10 2012 Practice Failing. Mar 07 2012 Value in the eye of the beholder. Mar 03 2012 Be a master of your craft. Feb 29 2012 How I plan to be amazing. Feb 25 2012 Words mean things. Feb 22 2012 The carrot and the stick of stereotypes. Feb 19 2012 Benefits of success. Feb 16 2012 2011 Star Wars and a 5 year old. Dec 28 2011 Failing at solved problems, or, identifying bad leaders. Dec 11 2011 Thoughts on Google. Dec 08 2011 Don’t ship it. Please. Dec 04 2011 Starting a new tradition. Nov 25 2011 Temporarily Embarrassed Googles. Nov 20 2011 Being Content Nov 16 2011 The value of happiness and loyalty. Nov 08 2011 Lessons from U6 Herding. Nov 05 2011 Defying Failure, or rather, Failing trying to Defy Failure Nov 03 2011 Learning when to get out of your way. Oct 26 2011 The fascination with the obscure. Oct 25 2011 The balance of customers. Oct 24 2011 Missing Goals Oct 23 2011 Working on something you love. Oct 18 2011 When I grow up… Oct 15 2011 Blogging is hard. Oct 13 2011 The dangers of following along. Sep 05 2011 Why Open Source matters. Sep 04 2011 Being helpful with conflict. Aug 30 2011 Perception is reality. Even after perceptions have changed. Aug 17 2011 Building a reputation and reputation management. Aug 15 2011 Handling Failure, or trying to. Aug 11 2011 Being exceptional. Aug 09 2011 Golfing for the next generation. Aug 08 2011 Perception as a vice Aug 02 2011 How to build an informative web presence. Jul 30 2011 Technical Debt for Executives Jul 28 2011 Continuing to improve is hard. Why? Jul 26 2011 Practice Excellence and make a dead Greek guy proud. Jul 22 2011 You aren’t the hottest girl in the bar. Jul 19 2011 Revisiting Delicious Jul 17 2011 Making Quality Jul 14 2011 Mentoring vs Teaching Jul 13 2011 Protecting Misconceptions Jul 11 2011 My thoughts on improving myself. Jul 07 2011 The Trust Paradox Jul 06 2011 I stole something today and don’t feel remorse. Jul 05 2011 Momentum matters. Software development succeeds by it. Jul 03 2011 Software is made of people. Jul 02 2011 Fantasies are the enemy of progress Jul 01 2011 Book Review: Purple Cow by Seth Godin Jun 27 2011 Resignation is a good word. Jun 24 2011 Hiring Passionate Developers Jun 23 2011 Environmental friction and developers coasting along. Jun 22 2011 The value of committing. Jun 20 2011 This is what we do. Jun 19 2011 Hello. Jun 12 2011