by Andrea James | Apr 22, 2016 | Life & technology tips, That's Life, Wall Street logic
Dear fellow biological organisms, I am going to advocate for your sleep hygiene because sleep won’t advocate for itself. Rest is often the thing that gets squeezed at both ends when other things should be cut out instead. Consider this: When the biological...
by Andrea James | Apr 20, 2016 | Life & technology tips, Wall Street logic
Here’s a secret to being both a high-performing professional and living a considered life: Give some attention to what gives you energy and what drains your energy. And then see if you can pay people to do those things that drain you, freeing you to do the...
by Andrea James | Oct 6, 2011 | Life & technology tips, That's Life
Business travel is both exhausting and exciting. I love arriving at a new destination and switching “on.” But getting there? Oy. Like most things, you get better with practice. Here is my system for getting through airport security as quickly and as...
by Andrea James | Sep 22, 2011 | Admin stuff, Life & technology tips
A quick note about my new blog design: For the past two years, this blog has been custom-styled using the German Newspaper theme for WordPress. It was elegant and professional, but it took more work to maintain on the back end. Because I didn’t feel like...
by Andrea James | Sep 21, 2011 | Inspiration, Life & technology tips
One of the most popular posts on this blog is one from October 2010: Maybe you are good at math and never knew it. People get to it by searching all kinds of math-related anxiety phrases, such as “will I ever be good at math?,” “why am I not good at...
by Andrea James | Sep 7, 2011 | Inspiration, Life & technology tips
Reject slippery slope arguments Give humanity, and yourself, more credit. It’s amazing how often we accept a “slippery slope” rationale when ideas and decisions are better evaluated case-by-case. Remember that a “slippery slope” argument...