Kudos to Kathy Sierra for a fantastic piece on the benefits of random. In today’s world of filters and predictability, a little random can go a long way. When the iPod Shuffle first came out, the ads were based on the theme, “Life is random.” I thought it was one of the lamest marketing spins ...
January 2007
As I’m getting geared up to write the GTD Cheatsheet, I started thinking about the people that might learn something new about GTD, yet wouldn’t want to change their current system, for whatever reason. Fear not, oh regular one. Change is good. Don’t be afraid to tweak your organization system, especially if it means taking ...
Oddly enough, sometimes our biggest antagonist can be ourselves when trying to succeed. Alvin Soon has a great post on how to a) recognize signs of self-sabotage and b) how to overcome it. It’s great stuff. My personal favorite of his solutions is #1: Fall in Love With Your Strengths. Everyone has strengths, whether you ...
An ideal scenario for increased productivity would be to approach your desk every day with your work already prioritized and your schedule set up so that you have a block of time marked off for uninterrupted work. There would be nothing on the desk to divert your attention while you are working. Your sole focus ...
My friend enlightenend me to running 2.0. Gone are the days of hopping in the car and relying on the trusty odometer to calculate milage from my runs. Now you can use a Google Maps mashup and track your routes online with FavoriteRun. FavoriteRun has a lot of functionality that is sure to help runners. ...
Hot on the heels of an article I wrote for Problogger about creativity this morning, I later discovered this little nugget about the benefits of Jazz and creativity. Dee Coulter, specialist in musical patterning and neurological development finds that the jazz of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and John Cage can lift the listener into theta ...
Ok, so there’s been a lot of buzz around Twitter, the tool I previously thought to be so-so in terms of productivity. Well, I’ve started using it again and found that I may have been a little off in my initial review. In case you’re not familiar with Twitter, it’s basically a tiny blogging tool ...
