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Set up a productive environment

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-05-06

Use the Five S's To organize and Set up a Productive Environment 5S's is a system to reduce waste and optimize productivity through maintaining an orderly workplace and using visual cues to achieve more consistent operational results. It is a met... more


Life Skills for Success

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-05-01

My Recommended Vital Life Skills Cultivate these skills and your life will blossom: Listening to Others Empathy for Others Forgiveness of Others Assume the Best of Others Notes: These skills all center around relationships, and happiness and fulf... more


Types of Wealth

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-04-23

I recently learned of the book by Sahil Bloom's discussing 5 Types of Wealth. I really appreciate his point of view. The 5 Types of Wealth Financial Wealth: This is the most commonly recognized form of wealth, involving money, assets, and financi... more


We should think in gal/mi not mi/gal

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-04-03

We should think in gal/mi not mi/gal My commute is around 4.5 mi so driving to and from work is 9 mi daily. Our car gets around 22 mpg per our historical averages. Today's average Florida gas prices from AAA is: $3.222/gal The Math My Commute: 22... more


The Key to Living a happy and good life

written by Matthew Rensberry on 2025-02-27

Harvard’s Grant and Glueck study For over 75 years, Harvard’s Grant and Glueck study has tracked the physical and emotional well-being of two populations: 456 poor men growing up in Boston from 1939 to 2014 (the Grant Study) 268 male graduates fr... more


How to Criticise

written by on 2025-02-06

How to compose a successful critical commentary: You should attempt to re-express your target's position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, "Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way." You should list any points of agr... more


Serenity Prayer

written by on 2025-02-06

There are parallels between the Serenity Prayer and the Stoic Agenda ... Serenity Prayer: Christian theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things... more


Cost of Regulations

written by on 2025-02-03

Regulators are not without costs to the economy. More regulations (and regulators) cost jobs and the economy. "Each $1 million change in the regulatory budget is associated with a change of about four regulator jobs. With our new update, we now f... more


Running Zones

written by on 2025-01-20

This is the simple way to think of training long distance Use the 80/20 Pareto idea of 80% of runs in the low zone and 20% in higher zones. This will build an aerobic base with some speed. To think of these zones, and for practical purposes, thin... more


Calculating the true cost of an item

written by on 2024-12-27

How much does your phone really cost? Price Let's just say, for this discussion, that the price of your phone is: $300 What you pay The amount you pay is: Price + Sales Tax Sales Tax (let's assume 0.08%) = 300 * 0.08% = $24 You pay: $300 + 0.08% ... more