Category Archives: Business

I love living in a condo with a balcony. I like saying that it’s the most expensive treehouse I’ve ever owned. In the more pleasant months, it’s my outdoor kitchen–I’m not quite bold enough to grill outdoors 12 months a … Continue reading →

I’m doing a lot of work right now for my main client on a product, called Pulse,that is used to help organizations track the performance metrics of their investments. Now, normally, if you invest money in a business, you want … Continue reading →

As many of you know, I think that the process of exploring little tips and tricks for productivity is probably more interesting than the end result of that increased productivity–the journey over the destination, as it were. The latest thing … Continue reading →

There’s stuff you’re not going to want to do, there’s stuff that’s hard to do, there’s stuff you’re not even that good at doing, and there’s stuff that might even be somebody else’s job. Sometimes, you have to do this … Continue reading →

There are about a million different personality evaluation tools, and it’s not surprising that one called “Strength Finder” is focused on maximizing strengths rather than minimizing weaknesses. In fact, my first exposure to methodology seemed to go as far as … Continue reading →

I’ve been using the mantra, “discipline“, saying it to myself when I wake up in the morning, when I don’t feel like doing the dishes, when I don’t want to write or I don’t want to do work or I … Continue reading →

Let’s take a step back. Why is discipline such a difficult thing to have? Two parts to my theory: first, if you’re reading this, the worst thing that might ever happen to you–and this is still unlikely at best–is that … Continue reading →

I think that ritual has to do with structure. While grad school was not easy, neither was it hard, because it formed a comforting structural framework for my life. Part of my identity was Mark Dalius, part-time MBA student at … Continue reading →