I Need Your Help . . . (Really Quick)

Hey . . .

If you’ve read my “Death of the Info Slut” article (and according to my blog stats a lot of you have) then you know I’m doing some major changes to the way I structure my day and live my life.

My good friend Kim says that I’m “Living with a startling amount of intention.”

Currently I’m working on a new “Mantra” . . . something I can mumble to myself or speak clearly in my mind anytime I feel overwhelmed, like I need to rush or otherwise stressed. (I hate that feeling.)

Here are the options. Tell me which one you like best and why:

1. “There are plenty of hours in the day.”

Pretty straightforward. Nice counterpoint to the standard “there aren’t enough hours in the day” bit.

2. “There are more than enough hours in the day.”

My gut tells me this might be the better option. It’s a more literal reaction to the “Not enough” line and somehow feels more “abundant” and “calm” than the “plenty” line.

3. There are too manyhours in the day.
Heh. Probably not. But it sounds pretty amazing to have that problem.

4-6. Basically the same as 1-3 but append “(To do what’s important)” on the end.

So “There are plenty of hours in the day (to do what’s important.),” “There are more than enough hours in the day (to do what’s important)” and (strangely) “There are too many hours in the day (to do what’s important.)”

There’s a certain strange brilliance to that last one, but I don’t think it’s what I’m going for.

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Death Of The Info-Slut (”I Quit: Part 2″)

I'm too lazy to edit this. But just pretend it says "Info Slut."

I'm too lazy to edit this. But just pretend it says "Info Slut."

This is part 2 in my “I Quit” series of blog posts. You can see the first post here. In today’s post I go into my RIDICULOUS addiction to information and how I’ve started putting systems into place to deal with it.

My name is Chris Haddad and I’m an info addict . . .

Actually, that’s wrong. I’m not an info “addict.” I’m an info SLUT . . .

Ask my friends, (ex) girlfriends, family members, enemies and even some of my clients and they’ll tell you that I’ll give my attention away to ANYTHING . . .

Latest news about Brad and Angelina and how they’re relationship is being SHATTERED by Brad’s secret affair with his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston?

I’m in.

80 page Wikpedia entries on the development, translation and ratings of the classic 1980’s cartoon series “The Smurfs?”

Oh, please, more.

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How To Take A Compliment (Harder Than You Think)

A Compliment Is Like A Cupcake, It Should Never Be Turned Down.

A Compliment Is Like A Cupcake, It Should Never Be Turned Down.

Can you take a compliment?

I mean, can you really?

Odds are you can’t.

In fact, if you’re like most people you take a compliment the same way you take a punch . . .

. .  .with a sick little grimace on your face and a sudden, uncomfortable clenching of the bowels.

I see this all the time with my friends (and I used to see it in myself until I learned the “secret” I’m going to teach you today.)

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