Feb
13
Looking for a way to stop distractions while you are writing?
I’ve created a plug-in for Evernote that you can use to zero in on your work and send all those distractions to the background. When you run Evernote in full screen mode, this plugin will block out all background distractions such as [...]
Feb
12
Warning: I received several unexpected responses to my post about the motivating qualities of verbal abuse and insults. So I elicited the help of an old friend from the Marine corps to expand upon the theme. It contains adult language and may result in a few hard feelings. Due to his obvious [...]
Feb
10
Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues is a great movie. It’s got a little bit of everything, action, romance, humor, tragedy.
Biloxi Blues also has one of the best motivational quotes I’ve ever heard. When I first heard it, I thought…Wow! He’s absolutely right. I wonder if other viewers are as taken with it as I am. [...]
Feb
07
What motivates you?
Is it gentle nudging? Or do you need to be slapped around?
Personally, I prefer someone try to appeal to my intellect. But hey, we are all different… I am sure some of you prefer a more aggressive stance.
How do I know?
The Rich Jerk e-book sales for one.
But according to the article Self-help books [...]
Feb
05
Never, never, never give up -Winston Churchill
We give a lot of lip service to the phrase “never give up.” But what sometimes happens? We give up. We quit because it’s too hard. We quit because it takes too long or results don’t come quick enough.
What I’ve found with persistence is [...]
Feb
03
Back when home PCs were still new, I remember a group of friends sitting around a table laughing about how PCs were just “overpriced checkbook balancers”. Most casual users, before the Internet became mainstream, loaded Quicken and balanced their checkbooks. But that was all they did.
Now, we have broad varieties in software [...]
Feb
02
January was a very successful month in the Achieve-IT! blog’s history. We added 500+ new daily readers (welcome everyone!) and you’ve passed on some great feedback for posts and tips for February - thank you!
Here are a few of the more popular posts from January in case you missed them:
The Virtues of Targeting: 5 [...]
