This article describes how I procrastinated on some projects over the past few weeks. I share this with you because the trap I fell into is one we can all fall into. The root cause of the problem: assigning projects to myself without really being ready to commit to them, assigning them just because I [...]
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Project Management
Get Into the Details
We have often discussed the importance of keeping the Big Picture in mind. But, perhaps I have not emphasized enough that a Big Picture is not accurate/trustworthy if it’s not based on a good knowledge of details.
This point was made clear to me recently in the following series of events, and I share it with [...]
Making a Big Change: a Case Study [How I Retired]
Almost all of us face a decision at some point about whether to make a big change in our lives:
Deciding whether to go to college
To change jobs
To get married
To get a divorce
To retire
and so on …
Sometimes we don’t even know what we want to do, but we know we don’t want to keep doing what [...]
Battle of the Outlook Plugins
I have gotten away from using any plugins for Microsoft Outlook, because (1) Outlook is well-suited in its native form for productivity, and (2) I like to keep things as simple as possible. However, a lot of people like to tweak Outlook’s productivity capabilities with plug-ins, and I have used a couple of plugins in [...]
Some Thoughts on Change
Ideally when one sets about to make changes, the changes would be implemented as follows:
Make one change
Measure whether it had the desired effect
Repeat steps 1 and 2 until done
Step 2 presumes, of course, that you have some way measuring the effect of the change.
While I knew the above to be true, in moving this blog [...]
