This is just a quick note to wish you a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, a Happy Kwanzaa, and a Happy New Year. I hope you can make the most of the holiday, your way, in whatever scenario you may happen to be.

I served up more than 100,000 views from Sources of Insight within a single month. I think it’s a new milestone. For some reason, 100,000 always seems like a significant milestone for me.

He’s a popular guy. Somebody Stumbled my post on How To Think Like Bill Gates, and the traffic spike exceeded what my hoster could allow for a shared server. So if you happened to wander by Sources of Insight last Sunday, you might have noticed it wasn’t available.

Sources of Insight is three years old as of Sep 1st, 2011. A year ago, I posted that Sources of Insight is Two Years Old.

Take a tour of Sources of Insight. Sources of Insight is a garden of goodness at your service. From a hall of heroes to quotable quotes that light your fire, it’s a golden gateway to better skills for a better life.

This is a guest post from Melody Fletcher on how to attract everything you want in life. Melody shares her insight and approach that everybody can use to start attracting more of what they want in their life.

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Orna Drawas. Her focus is on helping working professionals become rock stars at work, while achieving work-life balance. She is the author of the book, Perform Like A Rock Star and Still Have Time for Lunch and her book was recently on the Amazon’s list of Top 10 Books for Business Success.

“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.” — Walt Disney

Happy holidays to you and yours!

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” — John Keats

When people ask me what Sources of Insight is all about, I tell them, it’s about helping people “stand on the shoulders of giants.”

“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” — James Dean

I was trying to find ways to improve finding information on my blog. I realized that lots of people love lists, and, I have a lot of lists, but finding my lists was too much work so I tried to simplify it.

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln

Sources of Insight is two years old as of Sep 1st, 2010. A year ago, I posted that Sources of Insight is one year old.

This is just a quick note that I made some changes on Sources of Insight. The main things I changed are the sidebar and the menu. On the sidebar, I moved some things around, chopped “Resources” and renamed “Categories” to “Topics.” I tried to move everything upward so it’s easier to browse the topics. I like to make space and keep things clean.

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” — Epictetus

Sources of Insight is really driven by one thing – to help you make the most of work and life. One of the things that surprised me about Sources of Insight is how many people have asked me about the design of it. It’s a work in progress, but there is certainly an element of design about it.

If it’s not working, fix it. That’s my take.

I had made some changes recently as part of my Spring cleaning for Sources of Insight. The problem is, while I think some of the changes were good, I think some of the changes were less effective and actually exposed other problems.

“Seek truth with open eyes.” – Steve Pavlina

Have you heard of Steve Pavlina? He’s the author of Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth . Chances are you may know him as a personal development leader or a successful blogger or a raw food guy. If you go back in time, you might know him from his days as a successful game developer.

It had to be done. Out with the old, in with the new. In this case, it was a bit more like spit and polish. I cleaned up Sources of Insight to get rid of some of the things that were bugging me. I consider it an example of sweeping in action.

Here are the outcomes I wanted to achieve:

A tag line that resonates and inspires
A simpler and more useful set of categories for my posts
A simpler and more useful set of tags for my posts

“Are you getting results? …”

Over Christmas break, I committed to finishing the writing for a book that I expect to change a lot of people’s lives. It’s my first non-technical book. The working title is, Getting Results the Agile Way. It’s all about getting results in work and life. It’s the playbook I wish somebody had given me long ago for finding work/life balance, managing time, playing to my strengths, and making the most of what I’ve got.

“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

Motivation is your drive and it’s a skill you can build. When it comes to your performance, motivation is one of the most important things you control. One of my favorite places to look for motivation practices is sports. After all, athletes depend on motivation to perform their best.

“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.” — Confucius

I’m testing my new tag line and taking it for a test drive. It’s Insight and Action for Getting Results. I’ll share my story and what I’ve learned since it might help others whether you’re branding you, your blog, or your business.

I’ll be back. Rather than keep it indefinite, let’s just say I’ll be back in November. Every now and then I take some down time. It’s one of my renewal patterns. It’s partly why I like doing projects and why I like the change of seasons. Great down time, helps me with great up time. I remember Deepak Chopra once saying something like the child sleeps so well, because the child plays so hard.