True Wealth is Control Over Your Own Time

Tag: 20000 Days and Counting

  • Become Your Own Problem

    Become Your Own Problem
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    Reading Time: 5 minutesBefore I leave the subject of the book 20,000 Days and Counting, there’s one more point that hit me square between the eyes. The author, Robert D Smith, contends, in Chapter 10, that a simple change in perspective about problems in your life works magic.   Smith tells the story in this… Read more

  • Eat Dessert First

    Eat Dessert First
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    Reading Time: 5 minutesLast week I wrote about a book called 20,000 and Counting that affected me profoundly and gave me a good kick in the pants.  Since writing the post, I read the book twice more.  I want the concepts he talked about in it to become as natural to me as breathing. I’ve… Read more

  •  A Kick in the Pants

     A Kick in the Pants
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    Reading Time: 4 minutesEvery once in a while, I feel myself slipping oh, so gently, into a minor funk.  It usually happens when I sit around more than I should doing Quadrant 4 activities on the Covey 7 Habits Time Management Matrix.  Quadrant 4 activities, for those of you who don’t know, are those that… Read more