Category Archives: Personal Success

Do It Now

Do it now. Right now. Even if you have to finish reading this post later in order to do it. Do what now? Anything you can do right now that needs to be done. Trash? Take it out now. Idea for a new novel strike you in the last few minutes? Write it down now. …

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Social Media

Five years ago, I started toying with the notion of starting a blog. Everyone was doing it, and most of the ones I read just weren’t that impressive to me. I figured, “I can do that.” People were getting respected and admired for writing about the dumbest of things. Hundreds of people were listening to …

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Nothing to Fear But….Indecision Itself?

Many scholars believe that Hamlet’s fatal flaw was being indecisive. I have never agreed, and probably never will. An interesting discussion, but not germane to this blog’s content. I, however, am germane to this blog’s content, and I have no problem admiting that sometimes I am indecisive. That perhaps being so has stagnated my life …

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Belated Sense of Direction

Too XYZ was designed not simply to offer personal advice and observations about succeeding,  but also to, in as frank a manner as possible, examine some of the reasons I may be so far behind society’s (and sometimes my own) definition of success. While much of my lagging behind remains a mystery to me, years …

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Look Before You Melee

I am not a true gamer. I have a lot of fun with video games, but I am perfectly content to play on what most would consider ancient systems. (Genesis. N64. GameCube.) Even when those systems were new, I often bought games that the serious gamers never bothered with. Mario based games, or winter sports …

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