Inspirational Quotes: 08th Sep 2007

September 8th 2007 Quotes 0 comments

Inspirational quotes for 08th September 2007.

Logan Pearsall Smith: “There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.”

Robert Cushing: “The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.”

Thomas Jefferson: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”

George Patton: “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”

Ask The Readers: How Would You Use This Tool?

September 6th 2007 Ask The Readers 9 comments

A few days ago I came across a mini folder for index cards complete with plastic tabs from an Asda supermarket. It looked useful and was very cheap so I just had to buy it even though I have no idea what I’d use it for. A few months ago I could have made good use of it, I had always wanted to use index cards in my GTD system but could never find a suitable storage medium for them that appealed to me. Nowadays I use my weekly planner sheet which works well for so I am loath to change.

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Best Of Organize IT: August 2007

September 5th 2007 Featured Content 1 comment

August was a great month to kick off the second year of Organize IT. If you are interested in such things, the Technorati rank and RSS subscriptions all jumped up quite a bit, and I got a lot of interesting comments from the readers, so thanks for all that. Below are my choices for best posts from August, including the three part group interview and the series on designing your GTD system. If you haven’t read them yet please do and leave a few comments!

• Determining Value For Money
• Having Trouble With Healthy Eating?
• Designing Your GTD System: Part 1
• Designing Your GTD System: Part 2
• Designing Your GTD System: Part 3
• The Organize IT Habits: Be Proactive
• Organize IT 1st Birthday Interview: Part 1
• Organize IT 1st Birthday Interview: Part 2
• Organize IT 1st Birthday Interview: Part 3
• 10 Tips For College & University Students
• Five Productivity Ideas I’m Not Buying: My Take
• GTD Dictionary: Next Actions

10 Tips For Surviving Freshman Week

September 3rd 2007 Personal Development 3 comments

Last week I did 10 tips for college and university students that covered a variety of ways to make your studying, financial juggling and social life as easy as possible. However one of the hardest parts of going to university can be that very first freshers/freshman week so I thought I would dedicate 10 tips covering how to get through it, make the most of it and establish yourself.

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Organize IT Recap 02nd Sep 2007

September 2nd 2007 Recap 1 comment

Organize IT recap for 02nd September 2007

• The guy behind Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, has been interviewed over at Lifehacker and covers such issues as productivity, email, free software etc.
• Build your own office! I wish I had the time to do something like this. In fact I wished I worked in a place I could even dare contemplate doing it
• Curiosity killed the cat apparently. However, it never did me much harm, apart from occasionally annoying people with my barrage of questions. Check out these 10 reasons why you should be curious.
• The New York Times website of all places has a useful article explaining why we feel tired after lunchtime and what we can do to get through it.