I'm downloading it now for a later read, thanks!

Really great so far. Thanks!

Oscar, Jess, thanks for the kind words. Feedback is very welcome, what you like, what isn't clear or doesn't seem right, what you'd like more/less of - all very welcome. Cheers.

Sebastian, I read the book and it's fantastic, lots of great ideas inside. Also thanks for including Brian Tracy's course. If you know about others, do let us know.

"The Psychology of Selling" by Brian Tracy is also excellent if you do anything related to people or creative endeavors... it's not just about selling, especially the first two disks.

I like Tony Robbins as well.

Sebastian,

Era One was very inspiring to me. I have been in a moment of inertia for the past week, and that has been crushing me. Sure, I managed to set up my blog (which should launch in a couple of days), made new connections (including an angel investor), read Era One ( =] ), but I could have been much more productive. I could have set up my blog in less than a day if I had payed more attention when installing the webserver, wordpress, etc, I could have read Era One the first day if I hadn't spent time setting up a quake3 server for some friends, I could better prioritize college tasks so they don't accumulate and make me run out of time, and I could get back to my regular sleep cycle, stop missing classes, getting back to my diet (which, since I lost my sleep cycle, just went to hell) and become more productive at the same time. I also realized that for the past week I kept track of only 2 days, and both of them were rated BIG Fail.

But reading your post was great, your transparency and honesty (specially when showing your failures) shows me that I ain't the only one with expansive goals and a kind of lazyness at the same time. Don't loose this kind of transparency/honesty. Motivation really is something difficult to mantain, and looking at you and your history motivates me to keep going on and kill this inertia. I am buying "Getting Things Done" right now, getting the dust off my mp3 player to listen to some audiobooks during my dead time, and promised myself to not miss a single day of tracking my time.

So thank you for all the cookies =)

Rock and roll, thanks for the feedback Rafael. Awesome stuff.

Also, a quote - "It's always the most productive people in the world who feel like they aren't being productive." Very true. I feel all the time like I could be doing better, but I think that comes with trying to do a lot.

Thanks for the feedback, cheers.

I just finished reading The Downside and I'm impressed you were able to make what was a time of empty wandering for you so engaging and relate-able. Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words, Benjamin. Cheers.