Stephen Hopson Interview Part II of II

The following text is from Part II of my “Stephen Hopson Interview” at Adversity University:
10.  Shaun, at Adversity University, I often talk about the value of changing our perceptions in order to deal with adversity.  How have you dealt with adversity in your life?  Give us specific examples of adversity and what you did to […]

Words Fail Me

liferebootdotcom: hey lj
LJ: hey
LJ: brb
LJ: hi
LJ: how are you?
liferebootdotcom: I am ok. how are you?
LJ: I’m alright
liferebootdotcom: my Uncle Bob died. he’s not really my uncle, just a friend of my father’s — but he was closer to me than most of my real uncles
liferebootdotcom: he lived across the street from my parents’ […]

Stephen Hopson Interview Part I of II

The following text is from Part I of my “Stephen Hopson Interview” at Adversity University:
1.  One of my favorite questions when I want to learn about someone is by asking them to give me their 5 second introduction when I pose the question:  “What do you do for a living?”
I’m a former […]

The Power to Choose

I was recently contacted by Stephen Hopson of Adversity University. He started a series of interviews at his blog, and he wanted me to participate.
After reading through one of his existing interviews, I agreed. Stephen sent me a list of interview questions, and I began composing my responses to them. Most […]

Stop Distracting Me, I’m Trying to Procrastinate

Yesterday I was writing at the library when I noticed a girl working at a nearby table. Like me, she had some work laid out in front of her. Unlike me, she also had a wireless laptop set just beyond her work. In addition to her trusty personal computer, she also had […]

Fail the First Time

One goal I hope to accomplish in 2008 is to write my first manuscript. I’ve discussed my strategy for reaching this goal in my previous article: Just Two Pages - Front and Back.
Don’t let the title of this article mislead you — I have been keeping up with my daily goal. For the […]

My Publicly Funded Office

Whenever I want to get serious work done, I take a 5-minute drive to my office. Once I’m there, I immediately shift into “working mode” — I knuckle down and accomplish whatever needs to get done quickly, often in under half the time it would take to accomplish the same task at home.
Although this […]

Just Two Pages - Front and Back

One of my goals for 2008 is to write my first manuscript. I decided that “Publish my first book” would be a foolish way to word this goal because I’ve never written anything longer than a short story. Therefore, believing that I could successfully write a manuscript and that it would be good […]