Organize IT

Something that’s always seemed a little odd to me is all the lifehacking advice on how to get a good night’s sleep. Rather than actually getting to sleep I’d instead be awake trying to apply all these little tricks and techniques, when what I should be doing is closing my eyes and letting my mind relax. It could just be me (I can take anything up to thirty minutes to fall asleep) but all the sleephacking advice out there just doesn’t do it for me. My attitude is that the less you worry about sleeping the more likely you are to actually get to sleep. With that concept in mind, below are my top four practical tips for doing just that.

We all have worries in life – most tend to be small or minor but occasionally we are faced with big, and even crippling worries (or at least that’s what they seem like to us). Perhaps understandably, there is a strong correlation between the amount of worries you have in your life, how you cope with them and ultimately, how happy you are. There is an unhealthy expectation nowadays where people believe that money will make all their problems and concerns disappear. But how true is this?

Organize IT recap for 10th July 2009.

Some time ago I created a weekly planner. I tried existing designs from the likes of DIY Planner and David Seah and I had experimented with all the different refills for my Filofax, but none of them were tailored to my individual needs. So I designed my own. The second version of it that I published last year was very popular, and even got mentioned by Lifehacker. However, move forward several months and I was increasingly feeling that the planner needed a refresh to suit my current needs. And so the time has arrived to introduce version three of my weekly planner….

This guest post was written by Sherri of Serene Journey.

A couple of weeks ago James wrote an article about the importance of identifying the root cause of a problem and not just addressing the symptoms. Having done root cause analysis for companies on a number of issues, I’ve seen first hand the benefits of taking this approach to problem solving. It’s not always easy to just sit down and do it. It does take time, practice and patience and it also helps to have a guide on how to do it.