Information is addictive. RSS feeds are a great tool for getting the latest news and information quickly. But like all tools, they can become a hazard if you let your feed reader bloat, draining your time and dividing your attention. I only subscribe to sixteen feeds and I never let it get beyond twenty. Keeping […]
How to Read 70+ Books in a Year
Over the past two years I’ve read over 120 books. If you add up partial books I read for specific segments, that number would be well over 140. But only four years ago I would have read 10-12 books per year. Although reading at least seventy books a year sounds difficult, it doesn’t require a […]
100 Good Ideas
I write a lot of ideas on this blog. I’ve written over 300 articles and dozens more for other sites. Two e-books and a software program, there are even more ideas I’ve tried to give some depth to. This list doesn’t just represent links to posts, but it gives a broad stroke of my entire […]
Maximize Brainpower: Program a Function Library for Your Mind
Your brain is like a computer. Most computer languages use functions or methods to simplify common problems. Rewriting the same code every time you want to process how a button is clicked or a data is written would take forever. Functions simplify the code by having a template process that is flexible enough to handle […]
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