I cleaned up the site and added stuff!
I cleaned up a bunch of stuff around the site today! I put all the relevant information about me on the About Jon page above, instead of spamming it all over every page. You’re here for the content, not to listen to me ramble on about my stupid ass. :) I created a Contact Jon [...]
Introducing… smArtist Reading!
I added a link up at the top of the page to a current list of my favorite books, and a quick description of why I love it and why I recommend it. I’ve had A LOT of people ask me over time what my favorite books are, and I figured that it was time [...]
Good Little Habits #2: Everything in increments = Automatic Ass Kicking!
One of my core beliefs is that if you do something enough, you can make it a habit. Usually people think of bad habits like eating bad food, or smoking, or picking your nose. But there are also good habits like going to the gym, getting up early and washing behind your ears. The more [...]
Good Little Habits #1: Turn Impulsive Spending into Impulsive Responsibility
Recently I started curbing my impulse buying by stopping just short of purchasing it, look at how much I would have spent, then go spend twice that amount paying down my credit card or depositing it into a high-interest-bearing savings account. It’s been quite helpful. If I can turn that into a consistent habit, I [...]
Productivity tip #3: Remove distracting stuff from your field of view.
One of the things I’ve found to be the biggest hindrance of concentration and productivity at work is distracting stuff in my field of view. It could be a lot of things… action figures, art books, notebooks, meeting notes, any gewgaw or knick-knack the mind can conjure. But every single item in direct or peripheral [...]
Embrace the irrational! Abandon logic!
Something useful I’ve learned in the last few months is that you should learn to be strategically irrational. This has benefited me in two particularly helpful ways and I’ve incorporated these into absolutes in my life: 1) You should never have a reason to be happy. 2) You should never have a reason to be [...]