Organize IT recap for 21st July 2007

• You have to check out Invite Share! A lot of new web services seem to run closed beta services nowadays and you need to get invites from other uses to use it. By signing up to this site you can share your invites or lot others know you want one. I got a Joost invite within a minute of requesting it!
• Here is a nice quiz that works out how addicted to blogging you are. You even get a little image at the end that displays your results. I got 62%, what about you?
• Simple Productivity Blog has has an interesting article about viewing goal setting as waveforms, with such terms as frequency and wavelength.
• Finally, over at Productivity501, Mark has tried out an idea called called an “habit list” where you create a sheet to monitor your habits and see how many times you do it per month. I’ve tried similar approaches in the past with not much success so this is something I may have to try.

This is a new regular feature I want to start up, where I take another look at some of the best comments (seeing as I am getting a lot more nowadays). Firstly, I want to look at the great responses I got when I asked about mission statements. I especially like Loi’s suggestion of having “life promises.”

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Welcome to another post on self-help myths where I take a personal development concept (in previous posts I looked at confidence and procrastination) and discuss the flaws behind it or take on an alternative perspective. This week I will look at the concept of “being yourself” and discuss how the statement is horribly flawed.

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In a recent post I looked at my current productivity system, and it raised a few questions from people about how it functions. So today, I will address those questions and explain in detail how exactly I use it. Please refer to the PDF of the planner as you read through to understand it better.

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Do you enjoy this weekly video feature? When I started doing it, I wanted to provide a little break from the more serious content. However, it rarely gets much response so I am wondering what you, the readers, would like on a Sunday. Do you enjoy getting a video every week or would you like something more relevant to the topic of the site? Please do share your thoughts. As for this particular video… the wine would certainly liven up any meal