Bill Gates described himself as an avid reader. And as you who follow this blog might know, I am also an avid reader. I refer to a lot of books in this blog. I’ve had the habit of reading since my childhood by which time my favorite place had already been the bookstore.
The book Accelerated Learning [...]

We can improve our personal productivity by applying the the Pareto principle or Parkinson’s law. But why not going further by applying  the Long Tail concept?
The Long Tail is a term coined by Chris Anderson to describe how entities like iTunes or Netflix doing business. Due to the low cost of storing and [...]

Effectiveness is more important than efficiency. In Tim Ferriss’ words, “What you do is infinitely more important than how you do it.” Last week I wrote about what I believe is the single most important ingredient of effectiveness (which is clarity). Now in this post, I’d like to expand the idea to give you a [...]

There is an article entitled Food Boom in the May 2007 issue of Scientific American which I found interesting. It talks about the tremendous increase in U.S. agricultural productivity in recent decades.
“Over the period 1948 to 2004, total farm production went up by 166 percent. But… productivity per person improved so much that [...]

Everyone wants to live a joyful life. But how can we achieve it? How can we live a joyful life despite the not-so-good things that occasionally happen in our life?
An important key, I believe, is being a grateful person. If you are grateful, you will see the world differently. You will see that [...]

As you know, effectiveness is a very important part of personal growth. In fact, effectiveness (”doing the right things”) is much more important than efficiency (”doing the things right”). No matter how good you do something, it won’t do you any good if you are doing something totally wrong. Can you imagine a very fast [...]