by Havi Brooks | Jul 1, 2008 | stuff I think about
The end of email guilt The other day someone apologized yet again for not getting back to me sooner, and it occurred to me that maybe it’s really time I reference my guilt-free policy in every email. Which would be awesome. Because then I could just say...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 30, 2008 | biggification, stuff I think about
Did you know? I’m sitting right now in my favorite cafe in Berlin. Which also happens to be my favorite cafe in the world. Favorite! To the point that were there to suddenly be some completely ridiculous law that from now on cafe-sitting is like marriage, and...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 29, 2008 | biggification, book reviews
So I read about three nonfiction books a week, mostly biggification and self-work (what regular people call business and self-help). Rated on a scale of ducks: 1 duck = Stephen Covey (yawn) and 5 ducks = Malcolm Gladwell (do a little dance). Books worth reading are...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 27, 2008 | biggification, stuff I think about
Selma is a superstar So — much like the kid in the Sixth Sense who “sees dead people” everywhere (a kid with whom I already over-identify as it is) — I’m seeing ducks everywhere. It does make sense that this would happen. After all, I...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 25, 2008 | mindful time management, noozletter, working on patterns & habits
Hey, so this is one of my self-work-themed noozletters that people always used to wish they could comment on. Now you can! Enjoy. When you really don’t want to make that call … There’s nothing like a case of phone call dread. Just to be clear,...