by Caleb Jones | Oct 22, 2011 | Goal Setting, Personal Effectiveness
Two shoe salesmen are sent to deep Africa to sell shoes. The first one sends back a report saying, “Situation dismal. No market potential here. No one wears shoes.” The second one sends back a report saying, “Situation fantastic! Massive market...
by Caleb Jones | Oct 18, 2011 | Time Management
This is another one of those time management techniques that is simple and obvious but is almost never done. It’s this: bunch your phone calls. Go through your to-do list and pick out all the items that require a phone call. Then bunch those together, set aside an...
by Caleb Jones | Oct 14, 2011 | Travel
Walked by this today and had to take a pic. This is actually someone’s *house*. It’s right in the middle of two skyscrapers. Must be a samurai who wouldn’t move. I’m in Tokyo now, reading lots of signs that say things like “Space...
by Caleb Jones | Oct 6, 2011 | Travel
The most ironic picture you’ve ever seen. Mao would have shit his pants at all this capitalism. So I go to Asia and as soon as I leave the country Gene Simmons gets married and Steve Jobs dies. WTF? If I knew those things were going to happen I would have...
by Caleb Jones | Sep 18, 2011 | Time Management
Another one of those “obvious-but-no-one-does-it” things. I make a point to always go places I need to go when no one else goes to those places. Need to go to the bank? Make sure you don’t go between 11am and 1pm (that’s the lunch hour when many people...
