It’s the first week of a January 2017. I’d like to raise a glass of my homebrew to the new year. When I crack open the bottle and pour it gently, perfectly into a glass half the size of the bottle, it’ll be brilliantly clear. So clear you can see the other side of the …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Where are You in Your Calendar?
Your email inbox is one thing. Other than turning the spam filter to 11, having an unguessable address, and or sending everything to dev/null – if you have an email address – it’s going to receive email. Your email inbox is, painfully, for others. You’re calendar is something completely different. Nothing goes on your calendar …
The Before 2020 List
A few years back, when the weather wasn’t conducive for playing kubb outside, I started a mindful meditation practice. It quickly provided me much the same mind calming benefit indoors as kubb does outdoors. After steadily building a daily practice for about a year, my schedule shifted, my priorities shifted. Today my practice is much …
Mostly It’s Preparing for Success
Estimate 2x the 1st Time
Over the weekend, I replaced a broken bulb in my van’s tail lights. The van told me which one was broken. A quick YouTube search told me how to fix it, and a quick Google search told me the part number. Easy. So, I headed to my neighborhood auto parts store and picked up a …
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Measuring Growth in Your ‘Return on Lifestyle’ Business
In almost all cases, growing a business means one of the following: – ever-increasing revenues – ever-increasing share price – ever-increasing customer count – ever-increasing headcount These are the metrics reported in the business section. These are the numbers that get everyone – the leadership team, the shareholders, early investors, the office space owners, the …
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Your Calendar is Your Humanity
Before I understood how to use a calendar, I had blank, 3*5 index cards. I’d carry a fat stack of them, bound with a bulldog clip, in my messenger bag. I’d use them for everything; idea capture, task capture, ad hoc business cards, inspirational quotes, everything. One discreet notion per index card, detailed specifics on …
Why You’re Chronically Late
Where does the time go?
Time is the worst renewable resource. Absolutely the worst. Unlike coal or crude oil, time doesn’t even give you the option of not using it. Your time will be used whether or not you use it for anything deliberate, purposeful, or meaningful. Time continually evaporates. Completely ambivalent to you and your needs. While you can’t …