I found some interesting contrasts in business advice today that I initially took as conflicting advice. However, after pondering it a bit, I realized that the advice compliments, not conflicts.  

I just finished reading the section of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People on the fourth habit of Think Win/Win. While reading through it, I had to stop quite a few times to sit and reflect on what I had just read because it was very insightful into some of the...

Why is it that more often than not, when we are given good advice from someone who has more knowledge, expertise, and/or experience in the area than we do, we don’t follow said advice? This has been heavy on my mind for the past few days, and I am putting this out there in...

Choices. There appear to be many kinds of choices - Good choices. Bad choices. No choices. But are there really different kinds?

I know I am not alone in thinking that our world is now full of constant distractions, mostly digital (even as I am sitting here there is the distraction of the email notification indicator, a Roomba doing its thing, and the noise of a TV in the distance).

As this theme is about simplicity and practicality, I will leave it to speak for itself.

Dive into the Quote Vault with me to swim in these words of wisdom and perspective.

I love listening to audiobooks while I’m driving. It is something I have been doing for decades—yep, I started listening to audiobooks when they were on CD—and since I use that time in the car to learn new things, I have been able to consume hundreds of books over the...

If you have read through some of my other Book Brew posts you know that focus and productivity are high on my list of things I find interesting, so it is no surprise that I selected these quotes for this Quote Vault installment.  

Do we ever really listen anymore? Truly, deeply, connected listening? Not listening while doomscrolling, not while the TV is on or music is playing, not while multitasking, but being totally and fully present for the person you are communicating with? We seem to have lost...