Ask The Readers: What Don’t You Like About GTD?
We all know that GTD is a very popular system for those wanting to get a grip of their workflow and productivity levels. However, like most things it has its negative qualities; features and aspects that don’t work as intended or simply aren’t practical for the average person to use. It’s got me thinking about what I don’t like about GTD, what doesn’t work for me and what I just simply disagree on. I’m going to dedicate an entire post detailing my thoughts on this in the near future. In the meantime, I want to throw this issue out to you all. I’d love to hear what your GTD complaints are. I’m really looking forward to reading your comments on this as it’s potential goldmine of information, so whether you regularly comment or are a first time visitor…. share your thoughts!
Self-Help Myths: Expand Your Comfort Zone
Welcome to another post in the self-help myths series! This time I will take a look at the comfort zone, which is the collection of areas, thoughts, attitudes and environments in your personal, social and work lives that you have become accustomed to. To stray away from these would cause varying degrees of anxiety, which can hold you back. A great many self-help guides state that expanding your comfort zone is the key to achieving your dreams. The more new things you do the bigger your comfort zone becomes, right? Wrong!
Organize IT Recap: Be Alert In The Morning, Perfectionism
Organize IT recap for 15th February 2008
- I’m currently compiling some big updates to my most popular content that I will publish over the next two weeks, namely my list of GTD blogs and my productivity templates. If anyone has any link suggestions, or feedback on my templates then please let me know!
- If you ever feel groggy in the morning and need an healthy way of waking yourself up that doesn’t involve caffeine, Scott Young has seven suggestions to help you. One tip I would add is to drink some water as soon as you wake up because you will be so dehydrated, and that will help your head to feel better.
- Lifehack.org has a very considerable fifty tricks to get things done. It’s a great article to check out because it pretty much sums up all the productivity tips and tools that are out there right now.
- Do you struggle with perfectionism? It’s all about distinguishing between good enough and perfect. If your time is precious, it can be a tough balancing act. David Finch writes more on this topic on his blog.
The Art Of Conversation: Main Topics Of Conversation
Last month I looked at how to develop your conversational skills by adopting a simple trick for asking open questions (thanks to Chrissy and her guest post for inspiring this mini series). In this post I want to take this topic further and look at what the main areas of conversation actually are.
The Organize IT Habits: Always Ask Why And How
Ever met somebody who always had questions and continually looked to tweak and improve? These people aren’t negative and critical of everything, they are simply curious and inquisitive. Looking at why things are the way they are and how they can be improved is one of the strongest mindsets you can ever develop. Look at highly successful people and it’s a guarantee they will have thought about everything this way. In this second entry of my Organize IT Habits series, I will take a look at this mindset, encourage you to embrace your curiosity and to always ask why and how.