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An Ah-Ha Moment

April 23, 2008

I was thinking about writing an article dissing David Allen’s Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life: after reading 10 chapters, I was upset that he just seemed to be saying the same thing over and over. I was close to just tossing the book.
Then, I started reading his chapter 11, and [...]

Being Where You Are

April 10, 2008

Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Wherever You Go, There You Are has gathered dust on my bookshelf for a long while. A few years ago, I read half of it, and then just set it aside: he kept suggesting meditation, and I kept wondering why not just tell me the answers that meditation is supposed to bring?
Now while [...]

It seems to me that most people who try to implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done techniques understand the basics. (If you are not familiar with GTD, David’s excellent books are available here and here.)
Sure, many of us need an occasional reminder to re-engage with some of the techniques … we are human, after all.
But [...]

I’ve chosen this week to answer a set of questions that I periodically ask myself. I’ve mentioned the questions on this blog before, but it has been a long time, so I thought mentioning it again might be helpful. Plus, I decided to roll the questions out in a different format: as a Google Presentation.

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My purpose in this post is to help you think through the answer to whether technology is holding you back. It is an important assessment for you to make, one that can impact your career, and how well you do in life.
So, let’s get into it.
The past week or so I have been thinking [...]