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Productivity Is Not A Hobby

09.08.2014 GTD

I have been fascinated by productivity from the moment that my third grade teacher read the class Cheaper by the Dozen. Although the novel poked fun at the father’s obsession with efficiency and time saving gimmicks I thought him a genius. Later, when I became a Boy Scout, this fascination with saving time transmuted into an attempt […]

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Inbox Zero The Easy Way

09.01.2014 Business

My wife has over 17,000 unread messages in her personal email inbox. It’s all pretty much ads, come of them years old. It makes me a little anxious every time I catch a glimpse of her phone and that amazingly high number highlighted in red. But she’s comfortable with it and I limit myself to an […]

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What Can Clutter Tell You?

08.25.2014 GTD

The far end of my desk is currently a mass of paper, notebooks, and folders. It’s actually something like four piles that have fallen together. To the untrained eye it may look like I’m in the middle of something big. But I know better. One pile is my overflowing inbox. The other is a project that will […]

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Tear Up Your Todo List

06.12.2014 GTD

Sometimes when I look at the backlog on my DVR I feel overwhelmed. So many things that I need to watch! If I don’t get serious I’ll run out of space! And then I remember that they’re just TV shows, not obligations. So what if I don’t watch them? And If I have a series […]

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Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

05.14.2014 GTD

Do you moderate your plans, keep your wishes simple, and your goals modest? Do you take little steps and keep your hopes in check? Maybe it’s time to get bigger dreams. I often hear, “more [blank] that you could ever dream of.” If that applies to you, then you have little dreams. Let’s fill in that […]

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