The following is part 3 of my 8 part series on entrepreneurs and their attempts at work-life balance.

Jeremy Wright and I have a history. I first met him through his website when he was fired for having a

For those of you new to me and my site I’ve created an Articles section. I’ll be maintaining this page with my best articles. Be sure to check it out… I was surprised with how much I’ve written in the last 4 months.

The following is part 2 of my 8 part series on entrepreneurs and their attempts at work-life balance. Previously. I introduced the entrepreneurs.

Steve Pavlina

Steve is a brilliant individual who graduated college in three semesters with two degrees. He took his computer programming skills and started a software development company. Starting a company is certainly impressive but what

Cheney speech spurs new Cold War
A speech by Vice President Dick Cheney strongly critical of the Kremlin marks the start of a new Cold War that could drive Moscow away from its new-found Western allies, the Russian press said on Friday.

Uh, way to go, Dick. Just what we needed, more countries to distrust us.

How do entrepreneurs balance work and life?

The following is part 1 of my 8 part series on entrepreneurs and their attempts at work-life balance. I want to thank the following individuals for willingly sharing their experiences (either with me or their website): Chris Pearson, Steve Pavlina, Jeremy Wright, Angie Chang, and Shivani Sopory.

Background

As I sit here in my pajamas I think to myself:

The first five people to leave a comment here will recieve an invitation to test Ether. Who could say no to a free phone number? All gone!

Ozone layer shows signs of recovery: scientists
The ozone layer is showing signs of recovering, thanks to a drop in ozone-depleting chemicals, but it is unlikely to stabilize at pre-1980 levels, researchers said on Wednesday.

Unsurprisingly the results came out of Boulder. Yay for Earth, though, right? If it would just quit with those damned ozone-damaging volcanos.

As you may recall, I defined my Hedgehog Concept by determining what I can be the best in the world at. I was able to accomplish this by understanding some of my best qualities. I’ve learned that the easiest and most effective way to define hese positive attributes is to look to others for feedback.

In order to collect the data necessary I sent an email to 20 people. I introduced the concept behind what I was doing and then asked for the following from each person:

Please provide me with three examples of how I add value by completing the following statements…

One of the ways you add value and make important contributions is:

For example, I think of that time that:

In my case, 11 people responded with nearly 30 definite examples of me at my best. I found that the hardest part is then analyzing this data and really determining which traits best describe yourself.

…but it’s just as fun and rewarding to sift through emails reminding you how amazingly great you are.

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