Why 8‑Week Year Planning is Better — Q&A

What is the 8‑Week Year and how does it work? I bor­rowed the con­cept from Bri­an Moran’s New York Times Best­seller, The 12 Week Year.  When we set goals, most…

January Summary and February Plans

The Med­i­na Times is a month­ly recap of what I did and how it mea­sures with what I had planned to do.  Not too long ago I talked about doc­u­ment­ing…

Why It’s Important to Tie Values to Goals

Hum­ble Begin­nings I’ll nev­er for­get it as long as I live…I must have been about 12 years old.  I was work­ing for a fam­i­ly, iron­ing clothes for $5 per hour—which would…

Escape the 9 to 5 Living the 80/20 Way

Have you ever won­dered how some peo­ple seem to have it all?  They work a lot less than we do and some­how make more and have time for more than…