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Category Archives: Lifestyle Design
The Easy way or the Hard way
“The Easy way or the Hard way?” is a parenting strategy. It works well. It seems like a choice, but it’s not really. This week one of Mia’s mom’s friends tried to use it on me. Funny. I think, she … Continue reading
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Morning Smoothie
If you are anything like me.. too lazy to make breakfast, but really need a good breakfast, try this: Add to a blender: Milk One banana Two Scoops of Whey protein powder A teaspoon of Sirulina powder A bit of … Continue reading
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The Way I Work
Just for fun.. actually, this is a bit of an experiment. I’d like to write another one of these in about 6 months and see if I’ve improved (not sure on which metrics yet). You may recognise some of this … Continue reading
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How did you become successful?
Mia and I went to the Book Lounge on Roeland street today. They read children’s stories at 11:00ish and serve cupcakes.. which look alarmingly similar to the cupcakes at A is for Apple.. maybe alarming because I recognised the cupcakes … Continue reading
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Lateral Leap Work Ethic
I had a chat with Andrew Rens after the first OSA meeting last week. I’m not sure how we got on this topic. I think he was comparing the California work ethic to a 9-5 clock-watching work ethic. Andrew spent … Continue reading
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PA Pet Hate
Really annoys me sometimes how people buffer themselves from the world using a PA (personal assistant). If you are busy.. delegate. Don’t keep yourself in the loop though a proxy. The worst is when PA’s get things wrong.. often you … Continue reading
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Pilot Lifestyle
A friend introduced me to the idea of the pilot lifestyle. His dad is a pilot. He figures the reason his mom and dad’s marriage survived all these years is because his dad is often flying off to some exotic … Continue reading
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