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Re: How to Build Habits of Moderation

swiedner — Fri, 22 May 2015 14:22:09 -0000

Hey Tony,

Good comment. Those who favor a hedonistic world view would agree with you. Those who favor a eudaimonic world view would argue that denying the fat kid in you leads to a virtuous life (assuming the vice is not virtuous). Personally, I think a balance is required. I like playing video games and eating junk food as much as the next person but too much of either makes me feel crappy.

Re: 5 Awesome Free Things to Do on Black Friday

swiedner — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:57:18 -0000

Great Black Friday suggestions! I like #4 - fix or mend something.

Another good idea: use BlackFriday to Start December with Kindness http://www.noomii.com/adven...

Re: Happiness Tip: Have a Family Game Night

swiedner — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:07:46 -0000

One other way to encourage games in the house, as I've recently discovered, is to dump lego on the dining room table. Tip: put all the lego in a bed sheet so you can easily grab all four corners of the bed sheet and sling the whole load over your shoulder, like Puss n Boots.

It becomes this central meeting place. My son (7 y.o.) and I create all kinds of cars, trucks, monsters, monochromatic creatures, and more. My 4 y.o. daughter makes two dimensional plan views of houses on big flat pieces of lego. My wife sorts the pieces for us. It's awesome. Just this morning I was discussing the black car I made with my son explaining that it could be a bat mobile. He quickly corrected me saying that Batman doesn't do red (the windows were red). "Batman only likes black and very dark grey" he says in an evil, dark sort of way.

Re: Why Procrastination Doesn’t Need a Cure: A Guide to Structured Distraction

swiedner — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:45:00 -0000

Hi Belle, another great article, as usual.

I like this quote from Paul Graham: "Big problems are terrifying." So true.

Many of the creative entrepreneurs I work with struggle because they don't have a system for regularly writing down and thinking about what their most important tasks are in the first place. For them, the problem is not their big terrifying project. It's the daunting task of planning the big terrifying project.

In other words, the first and most important item on their mental to-do list, which is the source of their procrastination, is to write down their to-do list for their big terrifying project.

So I do it for them. It's so simple but so effective. I ask them what they are going to do, by when, and then I hold them accountable to it. But more importantly, this alleviates them of the tension that procrastination causes.

Re: Entrepreneurs Get Better with Age

swiedner — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:09:28 -0000

A friend of mine just wrote the book "The Power of Starting Something Stupid" and in it, he makes a case for pursuing the pressing thoughts that we have about creative projects and entrepreneurial undertakings. Often times, those pressing thoughts are "stupid" in the eyes of others.

It takes courage, curiosity, and a willingness to START. Sadly, I see people both young and old who are paralyzed by their fears, complacency, or indifference. Does that go away (or get reduced) for those who advance into the 7th stage of psychosocial dev? I'm not totally convinced but I hope you're right.

Re: The Lean Startup Book is here

swiedner — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:22:47 -0000

Just ordered a couple copies form amazon.ca - hope that counts. Plus I think I purchased a couple other preorder copies from appsumo - maybe in two different occasions. All my friends are getting copies! :-) In the spirit of speeding up startup success...!

Re: Rails + Google Analytics = easy goal tracking

swiedner — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:58:00 -0000

sweet! We haven't tried to implement anything yet but this is exactly what we are looking for. Thanks!

Re: Life coaching software - Lars Pind

swiedner — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:07:31 -0000

Give Noomii (http://www.noomii.com) a try.

Re: Motivation is Like Love: Coping When Your Passion Fades

swiedner — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:19:31 -0000

Dear Readers,

My name is Stephan Wiedner and I am the co-founder of noomii.com. This is a great article that demonstrates the emotional roller coaster ride of motivation and goal achievement. Way to go Ali and thank you for mentioning us.

From my experience as a life and business coach, part of the reason for the all-too-familiar dip is over-ambitious passion. People want to go from being single and sitting on the couch every night to going on extravagant dates every night. Any major life change is hard to maintain because it's unrealistic.

The best example is going to the gym. Why go from nothing to working out 6 days a week?! A) It's going to be physically painful because at first you're out of shape, B) It's time consuming, C) Not even the most dedicated fitness geeks work-out 6 days a week, D) In week 3, you feel like a failure because you've only worked out 3 times instead of 6 times. So you give up altogether. :-(

The noomii system naturally combats this tendency for over-ambitious passion (sorry for the mini-plug here but it seems pertinent to your readers). By conducting weekly coaching sessions, you get the benefit of discussing your short-term commitments for your highest priority goals. That way, if you're goal is ambitious (i.e. to lose 100 pounds), you're weekly actions will remain more realistic because you'll spend time discussing it with your coaching partner and they will hold you accountable. And a lot of little steps are better than no steps at all.

Happy goal achieving!
Stephan