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Willpower, Attention Shifting, and Glucose
From the reading I’ve done over the past couple of years, I’ve noticed that an increasing number of psychologists believe willpower is more important to success than IQ. I’m not a psychologist, but I have observed that most of the … Continue reading
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
Making Good Decisions
I recently read a few news items that relate, at least partially, to decision-making, and thought I’d share some key points. In Danny Sullivan’s summary of Google Zeitgeist conference, he quotes Google cofounder Larry Page as saying There are no … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
Project Management Tip from J.K. Rowling
Ever wonder what tools authors use for managing a project as immense as writing a book? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could use their tools for managing our more complex projects? You might suspect, as I would have, that … Continue reading