Video Of The Week: What Is Procrastination?

April 6th 2008   Miscellaneous   2 comments

This is a very cool animated video about procrastination by the Royal Academy Of Fine Arts… but will you be procrastinating if you choose to watch it? Think about it.

Organize IT Recap: IM Etiquette, British Pub Guide For Tourists

April 4th 2008   Recap   0 comments

Organize IT recap for 04th April 2008

• I promise not to mention this again for a while, but just in case anyone has missed it, you can now catch me on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. If you have accounts on any of those sites please do get in touch! I’m really hoping to increase the interaction between me and the readers.
• Speaking of social networking, there is also the whole topic of instant messaging. Whether you enjoy talking to people on Digg or you just use Live Messenger to keep in touch with friends, this guide covers eight tips you can follow so you don’t become that annoying IM guy.
• Next week I will discuss my latest productivity thoughts and how I feel I’ve come full circle. In the meantime Scott Young has written a post about how excessive focus on being productive can make you a robot. I talked on Monday about having the right balance and this is a good example.
• I came across this post on Twitter (one unexpected benefit of it has been in finding great links). It’s about British pub etiquette for tourists. Coming from the UK, it’s both interesting and scary how much of it I can relate to. Fascinating reading all round in my opinion.

Best Of Organize IT: March 2008

April 2nd 2008   Featured Content   0 comments

So March has come and gone. Stats went up with more visitors, subscribers and comments so thanks as ever for all the support and continued interest in what I write. One significant update last month was my foray into social networking. You can now catch me on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. If you are on any of those sites be sure to connect, befriend or follow me (delete as appropriate).

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6 Ways For Maintaining High Energy Levels

March 31st 2008   Personal Development   13 comments

A few months ago I wrote a piece about riding the waves of life. It discussed how our energy levels (and our productivity, happiness and motivation levels) fluctuate on a regular basis. Whether it is monthly, weekly or even daily, these fluctuations can have a very considerable influence on the way we live our lives. At the end of that post I declared I was going to experiment with ways of trying to influence energy levels so that I would have less dips, more peaks and greater balance. It took several months but here, finally, are my suggestions:

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A Year Ago On Organize IT

March 30th 2008   Featured Content   0 comments

A year ago on Organize IT you were reading:

Clutter 101: How To De-Clutter
“Don’t be cautious, pessimistic or afraid to make a mess of your rooms with this. Relish being in at the deep end. Seeing those rubbish/recycle bags fill up is very satisfying.”

GTD Vertical Map And Horizons Of Focus
“Though GTD adopts a bottom-up approach, the influence of having a 50,000ft level worked out filters its way down through the other layers, meaning you are inclined to pick out more coherent and relevent projects and next actions that push you forward towards these greater goals.”

Roles & Responsibilities
“You have responsibilities to yourself, such as your personal growth, your social life and your health. Some can come out of necessity, some can be from choice.”