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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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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

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Instapaper: My Favorite App

Because I have so many interests, I read a lot. A huge chunk of this reading is of web pages that have been formatted by Instapaper. Basically, whenever I come across an article that I want to read later, I click on … Continue reading

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From Yojimbo to Evernote to Yojimbo to … (Mac)

In my recent reading of some of Michael Hyatt’s articles on Evernote, it occurred to me that maybe I should give Evernote another try. I signed up for premium access to it when it first came out, but then got … Continue reading

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It Was Too Much for Me, Yet, Not Enough [Information]

Around the first of the year, I woke up to the realization that I was wasting huge chucks of time taking in information of no value. Not only was I wasting time, I even started to feel less in control … 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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Making a Big Change with Baby Steps

In a recent post, I talked about spending just five minutes on part of a dreaded activity as a way of ultimately getting the activity done. I decided to try a small change to help me break an addiction to … 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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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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