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One of my favorite shows ever has to be House. Such is my love for the man that is Gregory House M.D. that when the fifth series finally started here in the UK last week, I went all fanboy-ish. Last year I wrote four life lesson you could learn from him. Unlike certain new shows that shall remain nameless, he doesn’t come across as (almost) flawless. On top of liking his painkillers, being anti-social and arrogant, he also gets it wrong more often than not. It’s easy to forget this fact, but in the process of curing his patients every week, he probably mis-diagnoses a good 90% of the time. But he’s not afraid to do it.

Productivity has long since moved on from being about to-do lists and GTD to being almost a way of living. Basically, it’s about being organized, systematic and efficient in what you do and how you live, whether that be with coping when you feel down or – in the case of this post – learning from and resolving mistakes. I’ve often found that I learn more from getting something wrong than from anything a textbook or a bunch of lectures can give me. So why not apply a productive mindset to the experience and make the most of it? Below I’ve detailed my five steps to dealing with mistakes the productive way. Love to read your thoughts on this one!

One of the highlights this month has been my guest post over at Twitip. I got my first 1000 followers on Twitter recently so social media is (finally) becoming something I pay attention to. If you are interested in how I manage my Twitter account, it’s worth checking out my previous post. The tips can be used for any social media site (Facebook, Digg, Stumbleupon) so that it doesn’t become one massive time vacuum. Anyways, onto the highlights of May. Have a good month!

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There’s no getting away from it. More and more people are getting into social media, whether it be on Facebook, Twitter or Digg (after much reluctance some years ago even I finally got into it). However, people spend so much time on these sites that it can be a massive time vacuum. There are so many distractions and addictions on a site like Facebook nowadays that it’s easy to lose control of how you use it. Considering I’m kinda into the productivity thing, I just couldn’t allow myself to fall into that trap and I took measures to make sure I was the one in control and those are covered below. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter!

My Clutter 101 series is one of the most popular at Organize IT, which culminated in me creating my first (and free!) ebook on the subject. I’ve not added anything to the series in a while because, frankly, after everything I covered in that book I couldn’t really think of much else to write about (I was pretty thorough you know). But there was still one troublesome little issue I hadn’t covered…