:Michael Anuzis

Imagine if you could play a fun game that would teach you vocabulary while providing food for hungry people around the world for every word you guess right. Let’s cut to the chase - there’s no imagination necessary because you can do just that at FreeRice.com!

This is a beautifully innovative website that personalizes the difficulty for you with each question you answer. It contains vocabulary advanced enough to help prep someone for the SAT, GRE, or LSAT, while also being able to provide a fair challenge for people new to English.

I was planning on prepping zero for the vocab section of the GRE (unacceptable opportunity cost). Sitting alone with a static-text book learning vocab you’ll rarely use just to prove you have the cognitive discipline to memorize a bunch of jargon? Screw that. Make it a fun and addictive game, and give my winnings to starving people while you’re at it, now you’ve got my attention! It almost sounds too good to be true, but check it out and you’ll see for yourself - FreeRice.com

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I’ve made several mistakes on 4 entrepreneurial startups over the years. In this podcast, I rattle off as many lessons learned as possible within 30 minutes. There might not be exactly 50 mistakes, but I manage to squeeze in a good number.

In order to be a successful entrepreneur, you probably have to make at least 350 mistakes, learn from them, and keep persevering. I hope this podcast will save you thousands of dollars you may have lost through similar mistakes, so you can skip to more advanced [and enjoyable] mistakes & the learning opportunities associated.

For those of you interested in learning more details on the network security startup I bootstrapped in this podcast, I refer you to this older podcast focused on that startup that I released back in March - How to be an IT Consultant - Part IV

 50 Common Entrepreneurial Mistakes [33:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Signed up for Jott.com only three days ago, but it’s already proven its worth in the fields of both productivity and peace of mind. Jott.com is a free site that translates voice messages into text and e-mails and/or SMS’s them to yourself, your friend, or an entire group of contacts you designate.

When I first heard about this I questioned how useful it would be, but since signing up I’ve found it utterly convenient.

[While walking to work]
-call Jott-
“Who would you like to Jott?”
“Myself”
-beep-
“Remember to get more Fancy Feast for Barine”
“Got it!”
[hang up with peace of mind & resume a leisurely, care free walk]

The ‘Got it!’ after your message is great. You subliminally feel like you have a secretary ready to take notes for you at a moment’s notice. Your secretary’s got perfect integrity and will pop the note right into your Inbox, and she works for free.

At least check it out - Jott.com

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6-7am option set
option 1: Kung Fu forms forward 5 times, Tai Chi 1st loop twice.
option 2: Kung Fu forms mirror 5 times, Tai Chi 1st loop twice.
option 3: 500 hand techniques (50 each side x 5 techniques)
option 4: 500 foot techniques (50 each side x 5 techniques)
option 5: biking

7-8am option set
option 1: 30 mins meditation, 30 mins reading.
option 2: 20 mins meditation, 40 mins business.
option 3: 60 mins meditation
option 4: 20 mins Quadrant 2 Introspection, 40 mins business.
option 5: 60 mins Quadrant 2 Introspection.

8am shower/breakfast; arrive at work 8:30am.

action items
- get the meditation clock from dad’s place, set it for 5:55am.
- in the mean time, set cell for 6am.
- disable alarm in bathroom.
- track adherence and option set preferences in Google spreadsheet

auxilliary action item play nice music for Barine while I’m not home.

props to Steve Pavlina’s article How to wake up feeling totally alert

a bit of insight - if you’ve ever tried a morning routine and failed, perhaps it was because the morning eventually comes where you don’t feel like doing the same task. providing an option set provides flexibility and options can be cycled in and out as needed.

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