I just found out how to go back to sleep when I wake up in the middle of the night.   Go back to dreaming.   According to Dr. Woodson Merrell in his wonderful new book, The Source, we lose energy in our life because we lose the most important sleep — the hours between …

Here's a new feature of my blog: Daily Catch. It's an article or blog post that I want to share with you.  My first Daily Catch is a collection of The 10 Best 2008 Articles from Green Biz.  If you haven't checked out Green Biz, do it right away. It's author Joel Makower is one …

Today is the first business day of 2009.   It's a pretty daunting organizational task: Where to start!? For me, I'm going to start the new year by answering or filing every email in my Inbox(es). It's like cleaning out your digital closet.   To answer all of my email, I'm going to choose the …

Thank God for year end “Best Of” lists.   With a simple Yahoo News Search, you can find a boat load of critics’ picks for best records of the year. If you look for repeat entries, you’ll quickly see a pattern that helps you grasp the gestalt of the rock year.  Finding great new independent …

Yesterday Jacqueline and I had the pleasure of going to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena CA. It was a perfect day for a game, and we had perfect seats (USC side, 20 yard line, 24th Row, middle seats).  Did I pay $400-$750 a seat like my neighbors? Nope. I paid face value ($145 a ticket). …

2009 will be a year of less for me.  Less consumption.  Less waste.  Less use.  Less.   This will be driven by two factors:  Consciousness and Reality.   First, reality.  We will all likely make less next year than this year, and costs will mostly stay the same (except for gas). There will be less …

Here's my next installment of "best of 2008" lists:  Gadgets.  I'm an electronic gadget kind-of guy. I love how a gadget can solve a problem. I'm a traveling man also, so gadgets are pretty important to me. I'll buy over a dozen a year. Some rock, others sputter.  Here are 3 gadgets that changed my …

There's too much stress associated with the holiday season.  The shame is that most of it is unnecessary. Almost every time I see a harried shopper or a maddened mother scurrying around town in mid-December, I see a people that have accepted unrealistic expectations of them. In other words, people expect you to do certain …

                My Christmas came a few days early with a Wall Street Journal article that features my new book, Saving The World At Work.   READ: Cultivating a Green Focus at the Office == WSJ  In this article, I give easy to follow tips for anyone that wants to …

2008 was a banner year for new music, especially independent rock.  I'd suspect that I've purchased at least six dozen CDs and downloaded a few hundreds tracks via iTunes on the road to my 2008 top albums list. The 80's,90's and 70s are all back this year (again), and a few newcomers have me really …