Personal Development

What Skills do You Need to Become a Successful Businessman

by gavin // October 1, 2016 // No Comments

If you think that becoming a successful businessman is easy then you should think again, these aren’t positions that are gifted to privileged people nor are they positions that are simple to attain on the basis that you once had... Continue reading →

5 Ways to Fast Track Your Career in IT

by gavin // June 20, 2016 // No Comments

No matter what field you work in, your goal is to establish yourself as a trusted and competent professional as soon as possible. For young workers in the IT field, what are some steps that you can take to make... Continue reading →

The Cost of Wasted Attention and “Being Always On”

by Bruce Keener // February 11, 2014 // No Comments

You may have read my most recent article and thought to yourself “Keener is an old man that just can’t keep up with today’s pace of information flow.” Yes, I am an old man by some standards, but I can... Continue reading →

Life as a Challenge

by Bruce Keener // January 5, 2014 // No Comments

In his book The Skinny on Willpower, Jim Randell mentions that his neighbor Paul Newman said the following near the end of his life: Nothing in life ever came easy to me. Huh? Nothing came easy to Paul Newman? He... Continue reading →

Techies, Passion, and Knowing What You Want

by Bruce Keener // December 23, 2013 // No Comments

I enjoyed reading Tony Hsieh’s Delivering Happiness. It’s an informative and entertaining look at how Tony built and sold it to Amazon for an amazing 1.2 Billion Dollars. After reading through the book, I tried to analyze what it was... Continue reading →

Brain Linkz

by Bruce Keener // November 9, 2013 // No Comments

An excellent list of Why Intelligent People Fail. Hat tip: Matt Mullenweg. Great, practical discussion of How To Focus. The author asserts that our problem is not so much in managing information, but in managing our attention. I agree wholeheartedly.... Continue reading →

Making a Big Change with Baby Steps

by Bruce Keener // October 18, 2013 // No Comments

In a recent post, I talked about spending just five minutes on part of a dreaded activity as a way of ultimately getting the activity done. I decided to try a small change to help me break an addiction to... Continue reading →

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Welcome to Keener Living. My name is Bruce Keener. I established this blog in March 2010, a few months after retiring at the age of 57. My reason for having this blog is to share what I’ve learned over the years (and what I continue to learn). I also enjoy hearing and learning from you.