Dec
26
December 26, 2007 – 4:31 pm
I have posted about Task management my way - pen and paper which gives me the basic tools and a simple system. What I needed in order to achieve my own goals was a philosophy that works for me. I have tried GTD but found it too complex for my needs. Then I came across [...]
Dec
17
December 17, 2007 – 6:44 pm
I know we are in the middle of December but with holidays coming up there are not that many workdays left of 2007. Which means I take a shoot at what I intend to do next year, and how.
Chris Garrett posted about The 80/20 Rule of Effort. It is about summing up 2007 and looking [...]
Dec
5
December 5, 2007 – 4:53 pm
I came across this quote by Lin Yutang in Zen To Done:
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.
Update: This goes well with my post Turning 2008 into 80-20 which is about deciding what shall be [...]
Nov
27
November 27, 2007 – 7:14 pm
Brian Clark at Copyblogger has a very interesting post titled The Nasty Four-Letter Word That Keeps You From Writing that hooked me because I am in a situation where I have a chance to really change what I do for a living. Brian writes:
based on my personal experience, there’s a nasty demon hiding behind the [...]
Nov
18
November 18, 2007 – 1:01 pm
Previous posts in this mini-series are Be productive using pen and paper and The back-to-paper movement.
My old concept was using several to-do-lists, kept at home, and small notes. It has worked for me for many years, simple yet good enough. I have used emails to/from work to keep track of things to do or what [...]
Nov
15
November 15, 2007 – 5:48 pm
This bunch of links are all about being or becoming (more) creative.
The first link is 5 Ways to Enhance Your Creativity at Problogger. The fifth one, record your ideas, is important. Always (well almost always..) have something around so you can make some notes when brilliance strikes.
The second link is over at ChangeThis, Hugh McLeod [...]
Nov
5
November 5, 2007 – 10:54 am
Sometimes we put unneeded pressure on ourself. Instead of doing something good enough we want it to be perfect. That is what I have done when it concerns my writing and blogging. I lost track of why I once started and compared my efforts with the professional bloggers.
The reasons I started blogging are:
I love to [...]
Jun
9
Jason Alba has an interesting post, Living Life 16 Minutes At A Time, where he describes how he managed more in less time since he for a while had to work in 16 minutes sessions.
I find this really interesting, it is sometimes far too easy to lose focus and do something else. With a limited [...]
May
10
I got the link in my daily Forward Steps message and I really love these eight principles.
Stop Hiding Who You Really Are
Start Being Intensely Selfish
Stop Following the Rules
Start Scaring Yourself
Stop Taking It All So Damn Seriously
Start Getting Rid of the Crap
Stop Being Busy
Start Something
Now go and watch the movie over at The Eight Irresistible Principles [...]
Apr
6
I found more interesting things to read at Masterful Living Newsletter. This post is about the importance of having periods of rest, to recharge and get ready for the next step in life. In Butterflies First Live In Cocoons Christen Murphy Resmo starts like this:
We all must have restful periods of incubation and calm. You’re [...]
