The Lazy Way to Success: The Apprentice Sends a Bad Signal A good, quick read on how The Apprentice discourages teamwork.
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Heartbeat, 12/13
No, I haven’t fallen off the edge of the world. I’m working hard on my music projects, of course. I entered two songs in the Great American Song Contest. I’ve also made 2 Squidoo Lenses, Songmeister and Synthesizer. These two pages make me an expert at each topic. Exciting stuff. I’m looking forward to Christmas, …
David Seah Clarifies the Meaning of Productivity
David Seah has put together an excellent article on some of the foundations of creativity, productivity, passion and work. Check it out – it’s worth the read.
Day 41 of 48
Only one week left. I’ve made substantial progress internally, and have started to build a network of people who I believe will be instrumental in the journey. I have been with the book for several weeks, had time to reflect and have taken away the following: Being successful and sustaining by doing what you love …
Day 35 of 48
Last week, I finally finished 48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller. The rest of the 48 days are dedicated to getting my music composition business off the ground. I’ve identified my strengths, weaknesses and passion core. I’ve learned what needs to be done to be successful. There are two basic paths …
Staying on the GTD Wagon (Part III)
I’ve talked about little victories before and I think this is important to keep Getting Things Done. Two tips to help gain little victories: Track the little things. If I’m about to go to the store to go get light bulbs, I’ll go ahead and track the task. I’m not gonna forget to go to …
Staying on the GTD Wagon (Part II)
It’s much harder to stay on top of your GTD if the system isn’t working for you. GTD works, so don’t blame the system. There are a number of small things that can go wrong, however, if you aren’t careful. Exercise regular reviews. If you aren’t reviewing, you aren’t Getting Things Done. I review my …
Staying on the GTD Wagon (Part I)
I’m starting another series on GTD. I hear from a lot of people that they have a hard time staying in it once they start, so this will be a series of quick tips to keep it going. Unify your inboxes. Since I use gmail for GTD, I never fall down on keeping my gmail …
New Beat-Dead Dad Column
You know I’m working on building my personal network, so here’s a little column I wrote for colaspot on the details of my personal “Yeah, I have a guy for that.”
iBook Heat Problems
Remember my iBook hard drive issue? I’ve had a feeling since it happened that it was related to heat. I was having some connectivity issues this morning and noticed that the region directly above my keyboard was hot to the touch. I started googling, of course, and ran across this (significantly old, but useful) information. …