Month: January, 2009
Organize IT Recap: My New eBook, Four Hour Work Week In The Real World And Is Depression Actually Good For You?
Organize IT recap for 16th January 2009. On Monday I plan to release my next ebook. In a similar vein to my Clutter 101 book, this will be a radically updated and expanded collection of my productivity tips series to date. I plan to do several more ebooks as that series grows. There will be [...]
Work Smart, Play Smart: An Introduction
On Monday I wrote about the self-help myth of working hard and playing hard, a cute little line that has been propagated by businesses and especially universities around the world to show that – yes – you can have the best of both worlds. You can work your ass off to get a good degree [...]
Self-Help Myths: Work Hard, Play Hard
Working hard and playing hard is a very popular saying nowadays. Actually to many people it’s more than a saying, it’s a way of life. Not too long ago Salford University used it as a basis for one of their adverts. Because we spend so much time working it’s only natural that we should find an equally demanding [...]
Ask The Readers: What Are Your Productivity Hurdles?
We all have habits and behaviors that get in the way of being productive. Earlier in the week I wrote about getting back to GTD basics though to achieve that involves facing up to some of the hurdles in your path that caused you to neglect those basics in the first place. On Wednesday I [...]
Revisiting The Vertical Map
At the moment I’m currently focusing on the vertical map (otherwise known as the horizons of focus). Bigger picture thinking is something I’ve neglected for a long time (I discussed why in my previous post) but now I want to get back on track with it. One of the problems I feel there is with [...]