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Beyond Productivity: Living From the Inside Out (Introduction)

The conceptual landscape of productivity and personal development is in dire need of some revisioning. This has been apparent to many of the bloggers, writers, and coaches in the field, and many of us, individually, started questioning the state of the art. But more is needed – rather than discussing these ideas in our own [...]

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Do You Have an Idea Garden?

Where do you plant your idea seeds? How do you give those idea seeds the love and attention they need to become your next great idea? From my experience, most people have the hardest time at the incubation step in the creative process. We all have good ideas, but some of us don’t do a [...]

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The Schizophrenia of Americanism

Americans both love and hate pioneers and cowboys at the same time. Our cultural icons are those hard-working men and women who do their own thing and become really successful. Yet, on a day in and day out level, we teach people to get in line and follow the route laid down before them. We [...]

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Should You Let Your Boss Inside the Box?

Andre has, yet again, inspired another post. On my last post that discussed a quick way to remind others without remembering to, he commented: You might want to create a shared Google Calendar, adding your boss’ email address, then letting him know about the calendar. I have a long history of trying to get my [...]

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ToDo Lists, Technology, and Simplicity

I’m going to say something obvious and try to make it sound profound: technology changes the way we approach our work. This realization became salient yesterday as I was thinking about Andre’s comment on “How to Write Effective ToDo lists” . Responding to my suggestion to include all the information needed to complete the action, [...]

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How to Write Effective ToDo Lists

I’ve been writing a lot recently about taming your ToDo lists. My focus has been on learning how to do less, but there’s another important way to go about taming your ToDo lists that’s as simple as learning how to write them in the first place. This became clear to me as I was reading [...]

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Podcast: Getting Rid of Shoes and Commitments

Getting Rid of Shoes and Commitments [ 6:32 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1029)
Summary: The rules for getting rid of too much stuff apply equally as well to trimming down your todo and commitment lists. Set a limit of what you can do, and don’t take anything else on until you finish or drop something you’ve already started. If you’d like to hear more tips on how [...]

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Screencast: Why Life Choices Are So Damn Hard to Make

Why Life Choices Are So Damned Hard to Make [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (651)
Summary: Life choices are so hard to make because there’s a Gap between important questions and their answers are filled with things that can’t be quantified. To answer important life questions, you have to start asking different questions. It’s a long one, folks (almost 17 minutes!) – but I think it’s worth a listen. [...]

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7 Ways To Stop The Internet From Making You Stupid

That’s right, folks – the Internet is making us stupid. It’s actually changing the way we think, and not for the better. Sure, anecdotal evidence is somewhat sketchy, but I’m sure many of you have felt the feeling that the many hours you’ve spent online has subjected you to more content but has made you [...]

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