Yabusame!

No, this is not some scream during a martial arts kick to the face.

Practiced in Japan, it's the art of shooting at a small target while riding at full gallop.

New York Times best-selling writer of "The 4 Hour Work Week" Tim Ferriss had 5 days to master this skill.

Enjoy Tim's approach to life hacking--hope you find it inspirational as I did as well as instructional.

Yabusame - Tim Ferriss from Kevin Rose on Vimeo.

A toothpick, fork and a spoon

Great trick from my favorite blog. Aidan and Aubrie loved it. Got them interested in physics. Now how do I explain it?

Key - use a flat toothpick or matchstick, not a rounded one like the first time I tried it.

Easy Resolutions from Tim Ferriss

My dad turned me on to Tim Ferriss, author of the 4 Hour Workweek. You just can't beat working only 4 hours per week. As with most books, I got bogged down about 1/3 of the way in. Then my coach, Michael Smart, said Tim has a blog and it's the only one he reads. So I now read Tim's blog.

Tim's blog is chock full of "hacks" as Tim would like to say. One useful "hack" or "habit" is "The Power of Less." This is particularly applicable for powering through New Year's resolutions. Actually, just one resolution, as you'll see.

Some tips from The Power of Less post on Tim's blog:
+Do only one goal per month
+Make the goal as easy as possible
+Do it consistently
+Report on it daily
+Make it known to everyone

So here is our goal based on The Power of Less:
+Read 5 minutes of scripture
+Daily at 9 p.m. (with Ginger)
+Report to Ginger
+Make it known on this blog

I encourage everyone (meaning my family, Bethany, Jean Porritt and Amber -- the people who seem to read this blog) to read The Power of Less and see if you can't make a difference in your life.