Comments on: It’s Time to Prune Your Projects

By: David Dittell

David Dittell — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:07:33 +0000

A lot of it is not only focusing your time, but removing the "burden" of uncompleted projects from the back of your mind. You need to concentrate not just your time but also your unconscious mental energies on what's most important and right in front of you, and acknowledging that some of what you want to do isn't going to happen (or isn't going to happen any time soon, at least) is a big part of that. David Dittells last blog post..Language Detective: Why Is A Sunday Drive Good, But A Sunday Driver Bad?

By: Catherine Cantieri, Sorted

Catherine Cantieri, Sorted — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:56:58 +0000

Great post! Just yesterday I was thinking, as I deadheaded the roses, about the similarities between deadheading and purging your files and commitments. Just as deadheading allows the plant to stop putting energy toward a flower that isn't blooming anymore and focus it to making more blooms, purging allows you to quit putting mental energy into stuff that isn't blooming and shows you where to put your energy for the greatest rewards. Salute from a fellow gardener! Catherine Cantieri, Sorteds last blog post..Amazing Web Productivity Tools: LinkedIn

By: Challenging the productivity police — Mindful Time Management

Challenging the productivity police — Mindful Time Management — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:09:23 +0000

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By: Positively Present

Positively Present — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:00:10 +0000

Wonderful post!! I think this is such a good analogy and SUCH an important concept. In order to really allow the key elements in our lives to flourish, we have to prune others. I really enjoyed this -- thanks! Positively Presents last blog post..funny the way it is

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By: Jason D Barr

Jason D Barr — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:08:44 +0000

It really is all about priorities, isn’t it? I think the analogy to pruning is very apt. A gardener has a lot of experience in trimming back growth so the rest can flourish, but there are definite choices that have to be made when that’s happening. And some of those choices have to be made blindly, without fully understanding the opportunity cost of cutting back one branch over the other. The more experienced the gardener, the more likely they are to prune where it needs to be pruned and leave the best options viable. Great post, Charlie.

By: JoVE

JoVE — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:17:12 +0000

Great metaphor. But you've never pruned Sage have you? That stuff you just chop right back to almost the ground. Looks really violent but you end up with a really good looking sage plant in no time. I do it twice in a summer (though then I have more sage than I can possibly use). Rose pruning is a great business example though. And the rule is usually to take out about a third of the old growth to allow space for new things. Letting in light and air. JoVEs last blog post..Congress of Humanities & Social Sciences, May 24-30