Comments on: Why Slaying This Monster Will Help You Get Ahead

By: Awareness Home Funding

Awareness Home Funding — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:18:30 +0000

Amazing how practical advice can work in other areas of life too. I will not eat those cookies, I will work out tonight, I will turn off the olympic at 10:30 and not 2. Thanks!

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:34:00 +0000

[...] Don’t fall prey to the Monster of Generality. [...]

By: jtopp

jtopp — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:32:55 +0000

No doubt! That is a very freaky picture… =)

By: jtopp

jtopp — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:32:19 +0000

Thanks for the comment Jack. I hope that book is valuable. Having actionable items is key to getting those things done.

By: jtopp

jtopp — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:31:26 +0000

Thanks Miranda. It’s easy to get off track and allow our “shoulds” to take over. You’re right, it is vital to have a defined plan to help keep us on the right path and accomplish our goals.

By: Paul@FiscalGeek

Paul@FiscalGeek — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:56:26 +0000

Man I’m going to have nitemare’s about your clown picture. Very eloquently put.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:54:26 +0000

Great advice – I have the same monster working away at my anxiety. I always have this nagging ” I should be making more money” or ” I should be reading more books” or “I should be better at guitar” but those anxieties are useless without actionable items. I’ve begun reading Getting Things Done to help me with this – I think it’s really going to help.

By: Miranda

Miranda — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:49:06 +0000

This is a great reminder that we need to be more specific in our goals. Clearly, in order to accomplish something financially, it is vital to have a plan. Otherwise we’ll just be talking about what we “should” be doing, rather than actually doing it.