 September 22nd 2008
 Personal Development
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Last year I wrote a couple of guides for students covering basic advice for getting through university and surviving freshman week. Well it’s that time of year again when students start or return for another year of studying (or drinking). However, I didn’t want to re-hash the same old advice this time around, so I decided to look deeper into my own experiences at uni. It’s not just about getting a degree and moving on with your life. There are certain valuable life lessons that, due to the circumstances you often face at university, are easier to learn as a student. Looking back, I really missed out on these opportunities and had to learn them the hard way after I graduated. Hopefully, if you’re a student you can benefit from these lessons now.
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September 19th 2008
Featured Content
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A year ago on Organize IT you were reading:
8 Ways For Dealing With Doubts
“Imagine that you are driving to a destination but you have no clear set of directions of how to get there. Your mind is naturally going to be full of doubts. I am going in the right direction? Should I have gone left at that junction? Now, apply that same idea to a project.”
The Productivity Formula
“Productivity involves using the time available in the most efficient way to do the next actions most appropriate to that time available and the context you are in. Make sense?”
Getting Things Done… Faster
“Manufacturing plants have huge, often complex systems in place specifically designed to do their job quickly and productively. If one machine is old and out-dated it slows down the entire production. Likewise you need to have systems in place that help you achieve your goals with minimal complications.”
September 17th 2008
Ask The Readers
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Some months back I asked my readers whether they thought personal development could and should be taught at schools. The response was largely positive, with most of you agreeing that even though children at a school age wouldn’t necessarily get it, it would still introduce some valuable topics and ideas for them to think about. As Mike King commented, school generally only provides basic knowledge and understanding (to function in a work environment), it doesn’t necessarily help with preparing them for life and its other challenges.
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September 15th 2008
Health & Lifestyle
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After years of blissfully eating Big Macs, cooking cheap, greasy foods and drinking fizzy drinks there is now an ever increasing focus on living an healthier lifestyle. However, that’s easier said than done. The whole project of getting healthy covers a lot of areas, ranging from having the right foods in your fridge, getting into the routine of exercise and just ultimately finding the motivation to stick with it all. But, where do you even start? Well firstly, you shouldn’t jump in at the deep end as you will end up drowning. I really believe that small steps done regularly and consistently is much more effective than the rush of enthusiasm followed by the comedown that usually results from trying to make big changes immediately. With that in mind, I present five of the simplest things you can do which will have you taking those first small steps to an healthier lifestyle.
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September 12th 2008
Recap
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Organize IT recap for 12th September 2008.
- This week I expended my series of productivity tips, discussing the importance of streamlining your system and the hard landscape. I hope you are enjoying this series because in the near future I hope to expand the series and turn it into my next ebook. Keep an eye out for updates.
- The ten worst job tips ever is incredibly insightful. There are all sorts of tips out there involving trying to stand out from the crowd and make an impression of perspective employees. However, as this article proves, most of it is very nieve.
- Tim Ferriss encourages people to basically go on an information diet. While this is great for not filling your head with useless junk (and there is really no denying that the bulk or what we watch and read is junk). However, Nick Cernis makes a very interesting counter-arguament – it leads to you not giving a sh*t about anything. Well worth a read.
- I’ve dismissed several times the belief that rising early will boost your productivity. In fact I believe it’s one of those common self-help myths. Life Evolver makes a very good point about how society wrongly views sleeping in as being lazy, and provides five reasons why sleeping in will actually boost your productivity.
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