Posts Tagged ‘Jim Rohn’

6 Smart Ways to Invest Your Time

Posted on March 19th, 2012 by by Barbara

“We think much more about the use of money, which is renewable, than we do about the use of time, which is irreplaceable,” Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber warned.

Anyone who is serious about building a business needs to be smart about investing …

When a Book Calls, How Do You Answer?

Posted on June 20th, 2011 by by Barbara

While I don’t have any hard evidence, I suspect that many authors have a box like the one in my office labeled Fan Mail. I truly appreciate my readers who have taken the time to let me know that they …

A Library of Your Own

Posted on June 17th, 2011 by by Barbara

“When I have a house of my own,” said a character in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, “I shall be quite miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

While many of us can’t imagine living without books, storing …

Finding the Time to Read

Posted on June 14th, 2011 by by Barbara

Psychologist Eda LaShan says that middle-age occurs when you realize that you won’t live long enough to read all the books you want to read. According to LeShan’s definition, some of us were born middle-aged.

Finding the time to read …

Books Are The Bomb

Posted on June 10th, 2011 by by Barbara

During a time when I was wondering if I’d ever figure out what to do with my life, it was a book that lit the way. One evening years ago, I read a short newspaper article about two women who …

Why Bother Reading?

Posted on June 6th, 2011 by by Barbara

Shortly before I began teaching high school English, the International Paper Company began an advertising campaign with the theme Send Me a Man Who Reads.(Yes, it was back in more sexist times.)

Those ads became regulars on the bulletin …

It’s About Time

Posted on January 30th, 2011 by by Barbara

Either you run the day or the day runs you;

either you run the business or the business runs you.

Jim Rohn

Although self-bossers are quick to realize that having control of their own time is one of the great …

It’s Simple: Bibliophiles Know More

Posted on May 24th, 2010 by by Barbara

Every so often I’ll be chatting with someone and mention a book that I loved or that seems appropriate for them. I’m always startled when the response is, “I don’t read much.”  

Why would anyone deprive themselves of the …

Whose Dream Is It Anyway?

Posted on June 27th, 2009 by by Barbara

As I was running errands the other morning, I heard an author on public radio talking about how unwieldy suburban life is. He also talked about the environmental and psychic impact of long daily commutes and suggested we need to …

On Being an Informed Source

Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by by Barbara

Knowing that information exists that can answer almost any question is an enormous confidence builder— but that fact is frequently overlooked. While the helpless loser goes around whining, “But I don’t know how to do that,” the successful among us …