My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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“Plans Are Worthless, But Planning Is Everything.”

“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower * Join the discussion on the Facebook Page. Lots of interesting conversation there.


Conduct a “Pre-Mortem.”

When I was at the SXSW Interactive conference last week, I had the chance to meet Guy Kawasaki. I’m a big fan of his work, and I’d interviewed him, but I’d never met him in person. Guy has worn many hats – entrepreneur, investment banker, venture capitalist, and general visionary. He’s written eight books and founded an extremely useful website, …


Quiz: What’s Your Personality Type — for Play?

Every Wednesday is Tip Day — or Quiz Day. This Wednesday: Quiz: What’s your personality — for play? As I’ve worked on my happiness project, the importance of play has becoming increasingly apparent to me. For a happy life, it’s not enough to have an absence of bad feelings — we also need sources of good feelings. For many adults, …