Precision Change

Many people are worried, depressed, or in a funk right now. Watching the news certainly doesn’t help. What does?
Thinking positive is wonderful, but often just plays on the surface, repressing deeper feelings and needs. Willpower–forcing yourself to do things–can be helpful too, but still doesn’t deal with the deepest cause of the problem.
While I’m certainly [...]

On a discussion forum, someone recently shared with me this video of Esther Hicks “channeling” a group of beings called “Abraham” in what she calls a “rampage”:

If the content of this video makes no sense to you, don’t worry, it doesn’t make sense to me either. The language is hypnotic, artfully vague–i.e. devoid of content–yet [...]

Recently I worked with a process called Core Transformation (my favorite method of personal change that I discovered about 3 months ago) with my reactivity towards internet marketing guru Eben Pagan (or should I say, the internet marketing guru I formally thought of as “that greedy jerkbag Eben Pagan”).
I had tended to react with anger [...]

This is part 2 of an ongoing series of essays deconstructing the field of personal development, of which I have been and continue to be engaged in, both personally and professionally. You may want to read part 1 first: On the Myth of the Personal.
In these essays, I will be philosophically deconstructing the assumptions that [...]

This is part 1 of an ongoing series of essays deconstructing the field of personal development, of which I have been and continue to be engaged in, both personally and professionally. In these essays, I will be philosophically deconstructing the assumptions that the field of personal development is built upon in order to reconstruct the [...]

I’ve received a number of emails in the past few months asking, “When is the next episode coming out?” There may not be one. If you’re curious why, you can read the following confession, which very much comes from the heart….
A few months ago, my friend Ryan had to move on to other projects. Ryan [...]

Ever wanted to make millions of dollars and have thousands of screaming fans? No, I’m not talking about becoming a rock star. I’m talking about becoming the next Tony Robbins! The next “success coach of the stars”! The next God-man teaching others the “secret” of “unlimited power/wealth/health/sex/happiness”!
At one point, becoming “the next Tony Robbins” was [...]

Many personal development gurus–with Tony Robbins being one of the most famous–advocate for the development of personal power. Who needs more personal power? Those of us who lack the ability to control ourselves, and in particular to get ourselves to do the things we want to do. Also those of us who suffer from social [...]

Hey Precision Change fans,
Recently my friend and partner on this project Ryan Oelke had to make some tough decisions about what he could be involved in, and unfortunately Precision Change didn’t make the cut. As we all know, especially us productivity geeks, there is always more to do than we could ever possibly do, and [...]

Much of the productivity material on the web focuses on hacks, tips, and tricks to increase productivity at work–learning keyboard shortcuts, installing new organizing software, keeping a time log, reducing distractions, etc. This is all fine information, but if we implement these techniques of becoming more productive and are just as stressed, we have failed at the most important thing: becoming stress-free, happy people.