Archive for the ‘Self-Improvement’ Category

Book Review: Now, Discover Your Strengths

Friday, January 1st, 2010

If you are looking to learn a little more about yourself, I highly recommend the book Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. The authors are researchers for the Gallup Organization (the folks that are famous for polling the general public), and their company has ...

Shopoholics Anonymous!

Friday, October 16th, 2009

I'm starting to think everyone in America could have belonged to SA (shopaholics anonymous) not too long ago. We over-borrowed, under-saved, and did what we could to squeak out a higher standard of living that we could afford. I don't think you can fit everyone into a single mold though. If ...

Forget The News And Instead Do Something Useful With Your Time

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

It's hard to stay away from watching the news, worrying about the economy, etc. After all, if you're reading this blog you're probably browsing a hundred other blogs and articles that tend to report and discuss the latest news items. Although I browse a few other blogs form time to ...

Muscle Memory

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

I swim with a master's swim team, and my coach is always taking about "muscle memory." The main idea behind "muscle memory" is that you need to practice the things that will improve your performance. With swimming this refers to a number of things that will improve a swimmers' performance, ...