Tag: work ethic
Sunday Snippet: Bronnie Ware
This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their...
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How My Parents Indirectly Guided Me Here
When I was a kid, my parents never really told me and my brother that we could pursue whatever...
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Sunday Snippet: Will Smith
You want to do the minimum amount of work to afford the maximum amount of time doing the thing...
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Are Distractions Making Me More or Less Productive?
Yeah, that’s a pretty good representation of my workspace, except I’ve got a little...
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Sunday Snippet: Mark Cuban on Passion
Let me make this as clear as possible. When you work hard at something, you become good at it....
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Sunday Snippet: Greg McKeown on Essentialism
In the many hours Geoff spent resting he came to see an interesting paradox in his addiction to...
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Why FOMO Facilitates the Freelance Lifestyle
When most people talk about FOMO, or the fear of missing out, it’s usually in more of a...
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On Arbitrary Rules and the Slippery Slope
I was chatting with my wife the other day, as husbands are apt to do from time to time, and the...
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On the Perception of Productivity
As I was working “the third shift” earlier this week, a thought occurred to me. I was...
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On the Life of a Prolific Blogger
A major concept that all new freelancers, independent contractors and small business owners need...
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Experimenting with the Pomodoro Technique
As a freelance writer working from home, I face (at least) a couple of key challenges on a daily...
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Sunday Snippet: Lisa Kudrow
“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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