Getting Things Done Category Archive
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
John Assaraf is an international best-selling author, speaker, and entrepreneur. You may have seen him as one of the experts in the popular movie The Secret (as well as in The Secret book), talking about how he manifested his dream house. What’s most amazing is that he lived in that house for quite a while before discovering it was the exact same house he originally posted on his […]
Posted in Balance, Business, Career & Work, Courage & Fear, Entrepreneurship, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Intention & Manifestation, Motivation, Passion, Personal Development, Planning, Problem Solving, Purpose, Self-Discipline, Spirituality, Success, Wealth & Money | 4 Comments »
Monday, August 6th, 2007
If you want to absorb written material at a faster rate, you can learn to speedread or PhotoRead. But what if you have a lot of audio material to listen to, such as audio books or podcasts?
Did you know that if you have 60 minutes of audio material to listen to, you can very easily […]
Posted in Getting Things Done, Productivity, Technology, Time Management | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
A scaffold is a temporary structure that supports tools, materials, and people while erecting or repairing a building. A similar construct can be used to improve your personal productivity. Much like wearing braces to reposition crooked teeth, a personal productivity scaffold is something you temporarily insert into your daily routine to help create and establish new habits. Once those habits are conditioned, […]
Posted in Balance, Career & Work, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Motivation, Passion, Planning, Productivity, Purpose, Self-Discipline, Success, Time Management | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Sometimes we procrastinate on projects because we don’t know where to begin. A goal like “write a book” might seem straightforward enough when first set, but when it’s time to act, the goal becomes this huge, amorphous blob. Procrastination soon follows.
A popular suggestion is to define the immediate next action that must be taken, and then focus on that. […]
Posted in Balance, Career & Work, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Planning, Problem Solving, Productivity, Success, Time Management | 5 Comments »
Monday, July 9th, 2007
Journaling is one of the easiest and most powerful ways to accelerate your personal development. By getting your thoughts out of your head and putting them down in writing, you gain insights you’d otherwise never see.
Beyond sequential thinking
While your brain is technically capable of processing a great deal of input simultaneously, your conscious thoughts play out […]
Posted in Balance, Consciousness & Awareness, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Personal Development, Planning, Problem Solving, Productivity, Purpose, Success, Technology | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Sometimes we face tough decisions that involve one or more unknowns. We can’t know in advance what the consequences of each alternative will be. This is especially true of big decisions like quitting a job, entering or exiting a relationship, or moving to a new city.
When faced with such a decision, what do you do? If you can’t […]
Posted in Career & Work, Consciousness & Awareness, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Planning, Problem Solving, Productivity, Success, Time Management | 8 Comments »
Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Too often our important-but-not-urgent tasks get put on the back burner… and never make it to the front burner. When you get busy with urgent tasks, you may feel pressured to finish those first before you can justify doing anything less urgent. But then when you finally catch a break, you may decide you need […]
Posted in Balance, Career & Work, Consciousness & Awareness, Courage & Fear, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Personal Development, Planning, Productivity, Purpose, Self-Discipline, Success, Time Management | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
How is it that your mind is capable of handling new situations you’ve never previously encountered? How do you solve a problem you’ve never solved before? Is this just the magic of consciousness, or is there an underlying process — or algorithm — your mind uses behind the scenes to deal with the unique experiences you encounter each […]
Posted in Consciousness & Awareness, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Metaphysics, Motivation, Personal Development, Planning, Problem Solving, Self-Discipline, Success, Technology | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Virtually every time management system teaches that you must prioritize your projects to make sure you’re working on what’s truly important instead of getting caught up in minor things. However, few systems explain precisely how to do this. How do you decide which task is really the most important at any given time? Is it the one that’s most urgent, […]
Posted in Business, Career & Work, Entrepreneurship, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Planning, Problem Solving, Productivity, Purpose, Self-Discipline, Success, Time Management | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Since I receive many questions about this topic, I thought it would be fun to share a candid insider’s look at the reality of being an A-list blogger. These are my personal observations, so I’m not saying they’re true of other high-traffic bloggers, but it wouldn’t surprise me if some of these patterns held up. While I normally […]
Posted in Balance, Business, Career & Work, Entrepreneurship, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Personal Development, Problem Solving, Productivity, Public Speaking, Success, Technology, Time Management, Wealth & Money | 15 Comments »
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