Procrastination, a definition

3 criteria for a behavior to be classified as procrastination: counterproductive, needless, and delaying. Pro = forward Crastinus = of tomorrow By the way…  blogging a definition of procrastination is clearly an act of procrastination.  This week has been highly unproductive for me. I hope you have a great weekend. Maybe a past post on … Read more

There is no Freedom without Self Discipline

Freedom is dangerous without self discipline. Few people will get anything important done in life without a boss, a parent, a teacher.  It is the removal of freedom that allows creation. Completion requires constraints: deadlines, scope, format… We chaff at the chains, but they serve us. My boss is an idiot, but without her insistance … Read more

4 Steps to Improve your Sleep

At IESE this week, Steven MacGregor ran 3 sessions on “Sustaining Executive Performance”.  Keeping healthy is one aspect of successful executives.  The human being functions best under conditions of stress followed by recovery.  Too much stress leads to breakdown.  Too much recovery leads to atrophy.  The best form of recovery is sleep.  How can you … Read more

Deliberate Ignorance

There are two types of ignorance: Deliberate Ignorance and Understandable Ignorance. Understandable Ignorance A non-financial expert is not expected to know how to calculate discounted cash flow valuations for publicly listed firms.  A European is not expected to know how baseball scoring works.  A non-programmer is not expected to understand the syntax of C++ or php … Read more