Tag: Productivity

My natural instinct to procrastinate is about as strong as natural inclinations get. Back in school, major papers were often done on a tiny laptop the period before they were due. I’d then tell the teacher my printer didn’t work, and take my floppy disk to the library and print it out. It’s tempting to…

The other day I thought about getting a job in the most abstract sense. I thought: what would it be like if I just turned one hundred eighty degrees and got a job. The idea is literally repulsive to me, but I make myself think these things once in a while, just to check in;…

Stepping back from Sett has left a lot of room for me to reflect. What went wrong? Of those things that went wrong, which were avoidable, or will at least be avoidable in the future? Two big things always surface, the first of which I’ll talk about today. When Sett started out, I spent most…

I used to think that it was a really bad idea to be a cog in the system. I thought this for two reasons. First, I was personally averse to being a cog in any system, and of course any preference I have is the right one to have. Second, there were a ton of…

We’ve started a new tradition on our cruise called BLunch, which stands for Business Lunch. One member of our gang presents some background on their business, followed by the biggest challenge they’re facing, and then receives feedback from everyone else. We all take it seriously, and the group is comprised mostly of entrepreneurs, so the…

It’s been nearly a year since we bought an island near Halifax. We went in being completely clueless, our only salvation knowing that we were completely clueless and would have to learn a lot. And boy, have we. I’ve spent more time on the island than in my RV over the past couple months, and…

Workwise, I had a bad Saturday. It was my first day back in the RV, away from family, and I had psyched myself up. The plan was to work the entire day and knock out a big Sett task, plus the little cruft that had been building up on my schedule. Very little of that…

A situation I run into frequently, including right now, is being around people who would prefer that I not work all the time. They understand what I’m doing and are supportive of it, but they will make short term decisions to avoid me working. In other words, I’m visiting my family and if I were…

As you might expect, I’m a huge Android fan. I think that what you can do with an Android phone is spectacular, especially a rooted one. There are still some big apps that make it to iOS first, but there are also a huge number of apps that only make it to Android because iOS…

Variance is a natural part of life, and it’s not a battle that can ever be won. Some days you’ll perform amazingly, and others you’ll be a lot worse. We’d all like to have as many amazing days as possible, but focusing on those days too much can end up doing more harm than good.…