Simple Makes [Life, Software, Everything] Better.
Simple Makes [Life, Software, Everything] Better.
Bloom’s core mission in his book, The 5 Types of Wealth, is to break us from the singular focus of earning money. He argues that by obsessing over money, we often bankrupt ourselves in the areas that actually make life worth living. It’s time to focus on other areas like time wealth, physical wealth, mental wealth, and social wealth.
It’s the season of resolutions and I don’t know about you, but I am completely over them as a means to accomplish life goals. So, for those of you who have amazing goals this year, but no actual plan or system yet to achieve them, I’d like to share the following first draft from my new book. It’s the most basic way that I know to create a plan that will help you actually accomplish your goals.
This has become one of my favorite posts of the year, the one where I get to share my favorite books of the year. This is my Top 10 best books of 2025 list. Some of these books are brand new and some are old, but if you’re looking for a good read to get you through January, look no further.
2025 brought many changes for UW-Madison’s Computer Science Capstone program. One of those changes, was that we had our first two overseas partners: Nuu Mobile in China & Flexera in the United Kingdom. While both of these companies have a presence the United States, both teams leaned on mentors abroad to achieve their project results.
Last month, I read The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. It’s an older book (2013), but it had such an impact on the way I think about priorities that it’s worth reading and worth talking about here. I’ll give you my quick list of takeaways here.
I’ve been working on a brand new book for a few months now. Part memoir, part self-help book, it’s a humorous look at the predicaments women face in society today. This is a first draft excerpt that I particularly like from a chapter called Ask for Forgiveness, Not Permission. I hope you enjoy it!
Last year at this time, we were weeks away from a family Christmas trip to New Zealand. In order to pull it off, I found myself saying “no” to a lot of traditional Christmas tasks. I found that Christmas got a lot less stressful. Here’s what I said no to and what I think is worth considering this holiday.
My favorite author podcast is The Creative Penn with Joana Penn. It’s an incredibly popular podcast and an in a recent episode she mentions me and this blog!
I headed to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Author Nation conference. This year, I was forced to spend more time in Vegas and this is what I learned.
I just got back from the world’s largest indie author conference, Author Nation, in Vegas. If you’re an author that didn’t make it, here are the messages I got loud and clear from the conference this year.