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 …
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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.”
The Occupational Adventure (sm): Success checklist
I suppose at some point I’ll just assume that everyone is reading The Occupational Adventure (sm). Today, I’ll still use it as post-ammo though. The Occupational Adventure (sm): Success checklist How many can you check off? For how many can you devise a strategy to check off?
Day 10 of 48
Sometimes the news that hits you like a ton of bricks is actually what you expected all along. I can’t really explain any more than that, but today, Dan Miller’s 48 Days to the Work You Love has me recreate my resumé. This is probably the oddest resumé I’ve ever created, but maybe that’s been …
Behavioral Change Odds (Stacked in Your Favor)
Thanks to the outlet I have in space-age wasteland (and the fact that people continue to read it), I apparently have a 95% chance of making my vocational changes work. This Occupational Adventure post points out that: [A 1993 BYU study] shows the chances of a change being incorporated into one’s life in various scenarios. …
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The Lazy Way to Success: The Secret to Attracting Resources
Have you read The Lazy Way to Success yet today? The Lazy Way to Success: The Secret to Attracting Resources Wow, Uncle Fred knows exactly what I need to hear and when I need to hear it. December 9th is still looming out in the distance. But something needs to change on that date, ya …
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Day 3 of 48
Today, I read Chapter 4 of 48 Days… which started off talking about goals and actions. If there are two things I can handle, David Allen made sure they were goals and actions. Dan Miller outlines a 5-step decision-making process: State the Problem: Easy. My career and my calling don’t match. I don’t work in …
Day 2 of 48
Yesterday, I told you that updates on my 48 days to the work I love would be sparse. Oh well. Dan asks this today: If you want different results next year, what will you change in what you are doing now? I agreed yesterday that change is the key to progress. Something has to change, …