Seeing rapid growth is exciting and encourages you to want more. Sometimes you cannot have more now and must wait. Although waiting for the next opportunity is boring, it can be the surest way to success.

I Want Excitement (I Want It Now)

I want to see progress now. Flow (immersive enjoyment) requires immediate feedback from your actions, so you can easily tell if what you are doing is right. I want to put in effort and immediately see the payoff. To my dismay, life doesn’t always work like that. Many times I must wait.

A friend once read a book called The Mythical Man-Month. The book states that many companies falsely believe that they can complete a project faster by simply adding more people. If a project takes 10 months… Continue reading

David Seah released a new form for a balanced life under a creative commons license and called for people to modify it. Working towards balance is nice, but I’d rather work towards awesomeness.

The 10,000 Hour Rule

I’ve previously mentioned Malcolm Gladwell for his first book, The Tipping Point. I’ve since been reading one his other books, Outliers, which discusses the circumstances that surround extraordinary individuals. One condition that is… Continue reading

“The Tipping Point” is a term coined by Malcolm Gladwell that generally refers to an event where things really start to take on a life of its own. What if the tipping point isn’t an event, but a person? What if you were the tipping point?

Pitfalls of Only Thinking About Yourself

It seems that the common thought about the tipping point is the point where things start going well for you. Keep on working hard and one day you’ll pass the tipping point. Then you can just relax and collect your paychecks. The difficulty with this view is no one knows before hand when the tipping point will occur. It may be tomorrow or it is possible that it never comes. How long do you endure before you believe it to… Continue reading