HUGH CULVER

The Curse of Ambition

The Curse of Ambition

A person shrinks or expands into the degree and nature of his ambitions. Neel Burton, Heaven and Hell   Ambition is good. Right? After all, I always thought I was supposed to want more stuff, bigger goals, and better results. Didn’t you? Ambition is the revered...

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13 shocking facts about how we waste time

13 shocking facts about how we waste time

“When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection.” A.W. Tozer My bookshelf is full of books with the words "Time" or "Productivity" in their titles. One even has my name on the cover. At the time of writing, there are no fewer than 60,000 books listed on...

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How drinking tea earned me $650,000

How drinking tea earned me $650,000

When I was a young river guide I drank coffee like water. The blacker the better; the more the better. It was how I got jacked up for another morning hauling around obscenely heavy equipment, stayed awake on long drives to the river and fuelled all-nighters around the...

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How I failed to reach my 2017 goals and lessons learned

How I failed to reach my 2017 goals and lessons learned

I struggle writing goals for the year. Don’t get me wrong - I’m all over project goals and making my Flight Plan for the week. But sitting down to write goals for the year makes my palms sweat and always feels like a blind dart toss. And the only thing worse than...

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Why Working Less Might Make You More Productive

Why Working Less Might Make You More Productive

Today was a good day. I did very little work. But don’t get me wrong…it was a really productive day. Let me explain. Recent research has looked at how many hours we are actually productive at work. And how much time is spent being distracted. The results are sort of...

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A most uncommon path to wealth and happiness

A most uncommon path to wealth and happiness

Lots has been written about building wealth. All good stuff about investing, saving, taxes and reducing debt. And I bought into all of it for years. When I had lots of debt, my mantra was “Earn more. Earn more. Earn more. Earn more. Earn more.” I was killing myself,...

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