Tag: work ethic
Sunday Snippet: Ellie Kemper
Posted by Michael Kwan | May 5, 2019 | Quotes to Live By | 0
A Serious Matter (or What We Can Learn from Ken Jeong)
Posted by Michael Kwan | Nov 21, 2018 | Life Lessons | 0
Sunday Snippet: Bronnie Ware
by Michael Kwan | Apr 22, 2018 | Quotes to Live By | 0
This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their...
Read MoreHow My Parents Indirectly Guided Me Here
by Michael Kwan | Apr 11, 2018 | Business Talk | 0
When I was a kid, my parents never really told me and my brother that we could pursue whatever...
Read MoreSunday Snippet: Will Smith
by Michael Kwan | Feb 18, 2018 | Quotes to Live By | 0
You want to do the minimum amount of work to afford the maximum amount of time doing the thing...
Read MoreAre Distractions Making Me More or Less Productive?
by Michael Kwan | Apr 19, 2017 | Work from Home | 0
Yeah, that’s a pretty good representation of my workspace, except I’ve got a little...
Read MoreSunday Snippet: Mark Cuban on Passion
by Michael Kwan | Apr 16, 2017 | Quotes to Live By | 0
Let me make this as clear as possible. When you work hard at something, you become good at it....
Read MoreSunday Snippet: Greg McKeown on Essentialism
by Michael Kwan | Mar 19, 2017 | Quotes to Live By | 0
In the many hours Geoff spent resting he came to see an interesting paradox in his addiction to...
Read MoreWhy FOMO Facilitates the Freelance Lifestyle
by Michael Kwan | Jan 27, 2017 | Business Talk | 0
When most people talk about FOMO, or the fear of missing out, it’s usually in more of a...
Read MoreOn Arbitrary Rules and the Slippery Slope
by Michael Kwan | Dec 14, 2016 | Business Talk | 2
I was chatting with my wife the other day, as husbands are apt to do from time to time, and the...
Read MoreOn the Perception of Productivity
by Michael Kwan | Nov 16, 2016 | Work from Home | 0
As I was working “the third shift” earlier this week, a thought occurred to me. I was...
Read MoreOn the Life of a Prolific Blogger
by Michael Kwan | Jun 2, 2015 | Freelance Life | 0
A major concept that all new freelancers, independent contractors and small business owners need...
Read MoreExperimenting with the Pomodoro Technique
by Michael Kwan | Mar 5, 2015 | Freelance Life, Perspectives | 4
As a freelance writer working from home, I face (at least) a couple of key challenges on a daily...
Read MoreSunday Snippet: Lisa Kudrow
by Michael Kwan | Feb 15, 2015 | Perspectives, Quotes to Live By | 1
“You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field...
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Hi, I'm Michael. By day, I'm a writer and editor. By night, I'm still a writer and editor. I'm also an engaged work-at-home dad, a voracious foodie, an avid traveler, and a thinker who thinks he might be thinking too much. Beyond the Rhetoric is a reflection of my eclectic life, fueled by caffeine and Wi-Fi.
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