Every morning, I have an accountability call with a friend to ensure I stay focused and on task. One of the questions I have him ask me is how many times I checked Facebook and Email unnecessarily the day before. It was a great idea, but I found myself consistently […]
“Progress not Perfection” is a popular saying of my friend and colleague Dr. Paul Schwager, the associate dean of the College of Business at East Carolina University. While some people might think this saying is an excuse not to be your best, Dr. Schwager is actually promoting a view of goals that […]
Success in thinking requires knowledge, both depth and breadth. The depth of knowledge can only be defined by your personal interests and needs. However, to get a large breadth of knowledge requires weeding through the millions of published books to find the true gems. This six-part series is designed to […]
For many years, my obsessive drive to be super productive became my norm for living. I worked 40-50 hours a week at a job, then came home and worked another 20-40 hours on side projects. When all of the work was done, I pursued intensive play. Rarely was there a […]
You may have noticed over the past month that the number of posts I wrote for Reason for Success has been smaller than in the past. This was due in part to my struggles with identifying the appropriate work/life balance. Guess what I found out. Thinking in terms of balance was […]
I recently had the honor of interviewing Don Watkins on “Success in Writing.” What does Don know about writing, you might ask? For starters, his first book, Free Market Revolution, became a national bestseller. He is a columnist for Forbes.com and has published a number of op-eds in national newspapers. He’s also […]
Gretzky, the world’s best hockey player ever, knows what separates the good from the great. He worked with many good hockey players, but few earned the title of “Great” hockey players. What set them apart? What did they do differently? “A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A […]
“Ferb, I know what we we’re going to do today” – my favorite line from any kids show. For those of you who are not familiar with the show, Phineas and Ferb is a kid’s TV cartoon about two young boys who fill their summer vacation by finding some new, incredibly […]
In 2007, Tim Ferriss shocked the publishing world with his best-selling book, The 4-Hour Workweek. Who would think that a book selling a lifestyle change would be so popular? In it, Ferriss re-examines what it means to be a “success” and offers a unique and challenging answer. We explore that answer […]
The hardest decision I ever had to make came about in the summer of 2007. At the time, I was a PhD student at Auburn University, working as a graduate assistant teaching 2 courses a year. I was just entering the job market and hunting furiously for a position for […]
