Well, I can truthfully report that Al Secunda’s 15 Second Principle works for me - in the form of using it to finally release the audio interview I did with him some weeks ago now.
Ever the latent perfectionist, I soon noticed the urge to do anything but publish the d^%n thing!
Such as:
editing it with Audacity […]
Friday, February 15, 2008
The right hand side of my mouth is still numb as I write this post.
Yes, that’s right. I’ve been at the dentist.
After adopting an “out of sight, out of mind” approach for nearly 3 years, I finally plucked up the courage to go for a checkup.
Six visits later, 3 cavities have been drilled and filled!
At […]
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Here’s the followup to yesterday’s post on Al Secunda and his 15-Second Principle.
I created an 8 minute YouTube Video to highlight the relevance of Al’s approach to slipping past the procrastination giant. (The answers to yesterday’s quiz are also shown underneath the video here.)
1- For many people their biggest DREAMS remain FROZEN FANTASIES.
2- Al’s purpose […]
Yesterday’s post referenced my all time favorite book on slipping past the (sometimes well intentioned) procrastination giant. It’s subtitled: “Short, Simple Steps To Achieving Long-Term Goals” and is available on Amazon.com
I’ve read and lent Al Secunda’s book out so many times that the pages are coming apart! And he’s such a great storyteller that you […]
Thursday, January 31, 2008
My career coaching and mentoring work is guided by what I wrote about in just five rules.
But isn’t it ironic that Rule #1, “Take Action”, is the one which often causes people to hesitate! Maybe because they’ve been conditioned over many years by the advice of such popular wisdom as:
“Fools rush in where angels fail […]
Saturday, January 19, 2008
The $10 email subscribers special for the IT Career Engineer Special CD report has finished.
The product price is now $25 for the next 48 hours for all blog readers - so if you’ve found this post by accident or are subscribed via a Feedreader, you are what I call a (very welcome) blog […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Isn’t it funny how certain phrases from friends you have known can stay with you over the years and even take on a life of their own, long after their speakers have left this earth. The title of this post is one such phrase and I want to tell you why it means so much […]