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[23 Dec 2009 | 23 Comments | ]
The Most Effective Ways to Waste Time

There is a fine line between leisure/entertainment and wasting time. It’s different for everyone but the context is the same for all situations. When your leisure/entertainment get in the way of the things you REALLY need to be doing (ie looking for a job, improving your skill sets, working out), you are effectively wasting your time.

Here’s a few of the biggest culprits. Tread carefully when dealing with the likes of below:

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[9 Nov 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
CrossFit: An Efficient Workout Regimen

It’s true.  The Zen Capitalist is a CrossFitter.
I’m all about efficiency within reason.  These days, why send an invite the old-fashioned way through snail mail when you can easily send an evite? Why check your emails every 10-15 minutes when you can check it every few hours? Finally, why the heck would you spend an hour and a half at the gym when you can get the same workout, if not better, in half the time.
Having an active lifestyle, the gym is a second home to me.  However spending one …

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[12 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Combat Tardiness; 7 Ways to Never be Late

I figured it out! I know the magical reason as to why people that are habitually late, are well, always late.  Follow me with this one.
Between time X and when the task needs to be done, the late bird works at his/her most efficient output capacity towards the WRONG actions.
Here’s what I mean. I analyzed a friend of mine that never fails to be late.  If you tell her that she needs to be at movie theater in one hour, her thought process plays …