Posts Tagged ‘future’

21st Century Opportunities

Productivity expert Jason Womack is working on a project aimed at teenagers on the careers of tomorrow. He asked me to contribute a few ideas, and he graciously agreed to let me turn it into an article for Lifehack.org. From where I sit, there are a couple of very broad categories in which people can expect to excel in the future: 1. Data Analysis Data and computation have never been… Continue reading

February 3 2009 | By Art | Tagged: 21st-century, business, change, data, design, future, nutrition, opportunity, workplace | 7 comments»

Resilience: The Key to Surviving Anything

Have you ever seen bamboo shoots in a storm? I have. I remember huddling in a hut in Thailand watching a raging typhoon sweep through the mountains. The clump of bamboo outside the window was completely flattened by the raging winds. The wind was so strong that it lifted the roof right off the hut and I began to fear for my life. Then, suddenly, the winds dropped. I looked… Continue reading

November 13 2008 | By Mary | Tagged: acceptance, anxiety, fear, flexibility, future, resilience | 7 comments»

Why Your Plans Fail

Business plans, diet plans, plans to get a degree and your plan to get rich. Life is full of planning. You’d think that all your practice planning would make you at least somewhat good at it. Then why do so few things go “according to plan?” Your business can’t make money the way you intended. You quit your diet on day three and start eating the chocolate… Continue reading

October 9 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: future, Management, plan, planning, prediction, Productivity, project, rational, time | 32 comments»

Throw a lifeline to your future.

It can be pretty discouraging when after a long week of hard work you realize you are not one inch closer to the future you want. Sure, you've worked all out, chopping through tasks left, right and center, fulfilling all your (conflicting) roles for various people in your life, and here it Friday, your brain feels like boiled mush and you're bone tired. What's worse, you know in your heart… Continue reading

February 23 2007 | By Bob | Tagged: accomplishment, achievement, future, lifeline | 19 comments»