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• 2026-07-14
  Debt Bomb, or How to Avoid the Wait Tax My grandpa used to say 'Do it, Do it right, Do it right now'. If you don't do it right...
• 2026-06-23
  How to Identify the Bottlenecks and Fix the Problem: From WordPress to GitHub Check out the new site! You don't care that I moved my whole blog from WordPress to GitHub, but you...
• 2026-05-31
  Ford's 2020's Hitters today don't aim for the gap but for the fences. Guest article by my son Isaac.
• 2026-05-26
  Context Switching into Oblivion: How to Manage Multitasking in the Agentic Era Managing several projects at once, especially with AI Agents, can feel like a superpower. Until you get overloaded at noon...
• 2026-05-18
  What is and How to Use Exposure Therapy The first step is to identify your fears. To conquer those fears, you need to use exposure therapy. It takes...
• 2026-05-12
  How the Desert Helped Me Solve a Technical Problem I spent a week with my family on the Colorado Plateau, fielding baseball questions from my son. If only I...
• 2026-05-03
  How I Used AI to Make Technology Disappear (and Saved My Son from "Screen Withdrawal") By leveraging Large Language Models to automate a daily "Screamsheet" of sports scores and news, the author successfully replaced addictive...
• 2026-04-29
  Blocked Writers Still Must Write I've had writers' block for a few days. Time to write about ANYTHING! In this case, the Christian schism of...
• 2026-04-22
  This One Ability is a Superpower, and You Already Have It The human voice is back, Baby! Your voice is the key to both using AI's full power, and superceding its...
• 2026-04-13
  How to Build a Real Network Stop building products nobody needs. Start hunting for problems instead. You'll end up with both a product and a market....
• 2026-03-23
  Use AI To Get The Fire Blazing How I use AI to be just a little more awesome. Here's why you should jump on the AI train,...
• 2026-03-14
  And The Least Worst Accounting Software Is... You need an app to keep track of all your banking information. So which to choose?
• 2026-02-27
  Reviving a Dead Blog: My New Strategy Distracted Fortune is being resurrected from the dead.
• 2025-09-17
  Burn the Ships: How to Force Yourself to Risk Success In 1519, Hernán Cortés faced a crisis. His men, fresh off the boat in Iberoamerica, were terrified of the powerful...
• 2025-09-02
  Beyond Logic: How to Listen to your Little Voice Once upon a time, I fancied myself a weather man. I had my own weekly segment called “The LPAC Weather...
• 2025-04-02
  Why Planning Less May Be a Better Plan Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and buy the products, I’ll get a cut of...
• 2025-03-17
  Slaughter the Friction before Friction kills the Action So you’re going to take action that will make you awesome, like making cold calls to mining experts to fish...
• 2025-01-02
  Don't Panic! How to Handle a Disappointing Product Sample Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and buy the products, I’ll get a cut of...
• 2024-12-03
  Why You Wait Until the Last Minute, and How to Get Back to Work Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and buy the products, I’ll get a cut of...
• 2024-11-28
  Let Us Revive the True Spirit of Thanksgiving A Happy Thanksgiving Message
• 2024-11-25
  From Selling Drugs to Selling Mugs Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and buy the products, I’ll get a cut of...
• 2024-11-18
  Beast, Rider, and Marshall: How to Get Control of Yourself Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and buy the products, I’ll get a cut of...
• 2024-11-02
  Put Another Link on the Chain! Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and buy the products, I’ll get a cut of...
• 2024-10-04
  Focus on Your Fears: A Strategy for Action Once upon a time - OK, fine. All the time, I’m faced with fears, and risk being a coward. I’m...
• 2024-08-17
  Million Dollar Weekend: The world inside, and the world outside Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and buy the products, I’ll get a cut of...
• 2024-08-07
  Unlock Your Subconscious: The Power of Morning Pages Your most powerful tool is your creative mind. It’s what separates us from the animals, and contains the power to...
• 2024-07-20
  Lost in Likes? Seize Your Own Attention! Recently, my kid’s school held a little book club meeting for the parents. The topic was Jonathan Haidt’s new book,...
• 2024-07-12
  Growth Mindset versus Influencer: Defeat the Beast to Succeed A couple years ago, some Instagram influencer explained to me the difference between the Growth mindset and the Scarcity mindset....
• 2024-06-22
  Cold Calls: Your Secret Weapon for Growth Once upon a time, I worked with an organization that had to raise funds. The two biggest parts of the...
• 2024-06-18
  Neglect Medications at Your Own Peril! Once upon a time, I was with my wife and two boys at another kid’s birthday party. The party was...