Category Archives: Getting Things Done

Life Simplification: Year-End Deletion of Social Media Accounts

About a month ago I deleted my Google +, Tumblr, and Posterous accounts. When I announced on Google + and Twitter that I would be doing that, Joe Grant asked why, and here is my (slightly modified) reply: I think … Continue reading

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Creative Use of Tools (Software)

In looking through my Google+ Stream, I noticed that Chris Messina linked to this impressive article on using Apple’s KeyNote presentation tool for designing web sites. It’s an impressive article, but to me the main takeaway is that you can … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on Time

Over the recent holidays, I caught myself daydreaming about my own funeral. I pictured one of my friends saying “That Keener sure did know a lot.” With another friend saying “Yes, but it would have been better if he known … Continue reading

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5 Minutes of Getting It Done Is Better Than Never

Have you had items like the following on your ToDo lists for a while? clean house organize tax info organize bookshelves by author clean Mac files and folders write year-end employee reviews clean WIndows files and folders clean garage Although … Continue reading

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Why iPhone, iPad, and Touch Owners Need an Annual Calendar Review

Everyone can benefit from reviewing their calendar for the past year. It can help in summarizing your accomplishments, and it can help you get in a beneficial reflective mood. There’s even more motivation for iPhone, iPad, and Touch owners to … Continue reading

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Two Tips for Dealing With Time-Suckers

This time of year, most of us reflect and ask ourselves if we have accomplished what we wanted to for the year. As I have addressed this, I have realized that I allowed myself to be a victim of time-suckers … Continue reading

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What Can You Learn from Google About Managing Your Time?

Google has no doubt developed many time-saving techniques that helped thrust it into the lead position as a search engine. We could probably learn a great deal from these techniques. Maybe someday they can be persuaded to share some of … Continue reading

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Keeping the End in Mind with Projects and Goals

I hope my previous post made you keen on the importance of keeping the end in mind. Of course that post referred to the “final end” (what some call “the big chill”), but the principle of keeping the end in … Continue reading

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Productivity and Sheer Will

Entreprenuer Gary Vaynerchuk tweeted the following several months ago: Screw productivity and productivity products, I win with sheer will ….I know I am dumb In other words, he is saying he will not whittle away his life reading productivity blogs … Continue reading

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Wasted Efficiency

In follow-up to my previous post on contributing versus achieving, based on a Peter Drucker insight, I wanted to share another important Druckerism with you: Efficiency is doing things right; Effectiveness is doing the right things He is also reported … Continue reading

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