Organize IT

One of my favorite posts over the last couple of months has been my look at a three step technique I am using to control my negative self-talk. In that post I also asked whether positive self-talk can end up making you blind to mistakes and errors. Is taking a positive, optimistic attitude to everything just as irrational as taking a negative one? There were many interesting comments on that subject but here are just a few highlights for you to check out.

Whatever methodology you are a fan of – whether it be Getting Things Done, Do It Tomorrow, The Four Hour Work Week or even The Power Of Less – the one bit of advice that always gets repeated by bloggers and productivity fans alike is to tailor these systems to suit your needs. Perhaps, one of the big reasons GTD is so popular and has so much written about it is because you can tweak and modify it so much.

One of the truest facts of life is that trust needs to be earned. If you’re constantly lying to your friends… well, they won’t be your friends for very long. If nobody trusts the manager then he can’t create a stable team or get the most out of his people. Even telling a white lie can have subtle effects on your relationships and how you are perceived by others. But trust isn’t just about other people, it’s about yourself. Simply put, if you tell yourself you’re going to do something and then you don’t, what is your subconscious going to think?

Organize IT recap for 03rd April 2009.

The hardest part about getting things done isn’t necessarily trying to shift through countless productivity books, attending numerous GTD seminars until you ‘get it’ or implementing a fancy, hi-tech setup to manage your super-crazy life. It’s not even trying to regularly do a weekly review or capturing all the loose ends in your head. It’s often just finding the motivation to take action…