2018 was terrible for The Friday Rally. Very little content, poor consistency, just plain amateur. I thought about it all year. I tried hard to figure out why. Do I not have enough good ideas? – Probably true. Am I a poor creator of content? – Sure. Was I too lazy? – As usual. These…
Category: Book Talk
Posts about books. Book reviews, book topics, business books, anything about books.
Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks
If you read my previous post you know that I committed, publically, to reading 2500 books in my lifetime. I want to share the wisdom, or the lack of wisdom, from those books with you. It would be selfish to keep that information all to myself and not give it away. Hopefully, someday you will read…
I will do only what I can do
I have set only one New Year’s resolution in my entire life. I don’t remember the exact year but I think it was when I was about 26 or 27 years old. I always thought they were dumb and still do for the most part. If I was going to make a big life change…
Simple Rules
I am on a quest every day. A quest to improve. I work hard at improving skills that relate to my career. I work at improving my intellectual muscles. I work at improving my actual muscles and general fitness. The way I go about achieving improvement in these areas is a strategy I learned a…
I Eat Frogs
There are universalities we experience as humans. No matter where we live on this planet humans are humans with similar thoughts, ideas, emotions, plans, dreams, goals, and many other experiences we all share. Because we all share these experiences I believe that when I am experiencing a difficulty other people have experienced that as well. There…
Minimalism and Myself
This Rally Post is going to discuss a book and idea that has recently made a positive impact on my life. “Everything That Remains” is a book about minimalism. Minimalism is a concept that is fast gaining popularity, however, there are many misconceptions and myths about the topic. First let’s talk about what minimalism is and…