Why Sprinting is Better for Weight Loss than Jogging
When it comes to cardio for the purpose of fat loss, the most effective method is actually the least intuitive – going on shorter, but higher intensity sprints is significantly better for weight loss...
View Article12 Lies People Love to Tell You
Over the years you’ve developed a set of beliefs based on what others have told you. The problem is, many of these people weren’t telling the truth. They were merely repeating the little, seemingly...
View ArticleStep Forward
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place. — Nora Roberts The post Step Forward...
View ArticleWhy You Should Never Use the Word Opportunity
In Seth Godin’s Tribes, one section really struck a chord with me. I had originally wrote about the obligation back in 2010 on my now semi-defunct developer blog. I still think about this passage all...
View ArticleMultiple Work Locations
This post, “Workstation Popcorn: How To Become Uber Productive While Working For Yourself” , by Joel Runyon, got me thinking about my good and bad work days. The days I am able to physically break up...
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Momentum
I am really enjoying the Momentum Chrome plugin. The background images are beautiful and the to-do list is handy. But the only reason I keep it installed is the reminder for your daily focus. Every...
View ArticleSeth Godin – It’s not about you
Do your work, your best work, the work that matters to you. For some people, you can say, “hey, it’s not for you.” That’s okay. If you try to delight the undelightable, you’ve made yourself miserable...
View ArticleGood Life Project
Best podcast/video series I have come across in a long time. Good Life Project. The post Good Life Project appeared first on Scott Watermasysk.
View ArticleSend Less Email
Repeat after me: Email is not going away. No one is replacing it. For better or worse, you need to learn to live with it. While there are various strategies (filing, inbox zero, etc) for keeping on top...
View ArticleThe Follow Up – Never Assume No
Microconf 2015 was a great event. My biggest take away this year was on follow ups by Steli Efti. …if they don’t respond at all I will keep pinging them until they do. It is so easy after one or two...
View ArticleBold and Badass
Great story about paying it forward. Love this quote: Thank you for being bold and badass everyday. Firefighters Pay It Forward The post Bold and Badass appeared first on Scott Watermasysk.
View ArticleToo Many Tests
Today’s kids take too many standardized tests. Already in second and third grade we are seeing silly requirements (such has solving 100 math facts in 5 minutes) because it will help on the standardized...
View ArticleCoffee Gifts for the Busy Person
This is the time of year for lists of gift ideas. There are always quite a few in my circle titled something like, “Gifts of the Coffee Snob”. I hope to someday have the time to put myself back in the...
View ArticleScott’s 2016 Gift List
Yesterday’s post on coffee was fun. Here is a bigger list of gift recommendations for that geek/techie in your life who already has everything. Eero – A couple of years ago we moved to smaller older...
View ArticleYour Content – Medium and Twitter
Medium announced they are Renewing Medium’s Focus. The short version, they aren’t making anywhere near as much money as they are spending and the investors are getting antsy. See DHH’s post Venture...
View ArticleLessons Learned 1
I am trying to get in the habit for wrting things down when I learned something new. I am sure I learned a lot more this week, but here are the couple of things which I managed to write down:...
View ArticleAirPods – Only One Ear
I am a big fan of Apple’s AirPods. They have worked flawelessly since the day I got them. My only gripe has been the inabiltiy to use just one of them at a time (see below for why). Turns out the issue...
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