Personal Development Lessons from the Garden
I am a terrible gardener. But I do try. Every year. And every year I have less than stellar results. I sat down and tried to pinpoint the causes of my many failures. I made a list, and realized that they apply to personal development as well.
4 Ways To Scale Back Your Task List
There are days when I am overwhelmed. I still haven’t learned to only put on my task list what I can actually do. Today we will look at how to scale back your task list. I approach my task list from the standpoint that if it is on there, I have committed to do it…today. This isn’t always feasible, though, and it can build up to the point where I need to revisit the list. I recently needed to scale back my to do list, and here are the ways I did it:
Podcast Episode 41: Backups for All Critical Systems
Most of us consider backups as something someone else does to our computers. But it's important to have backups of things that are crucial to your productivity, whether they are computer-based or not.
Luxafor Flags: A Traffic Light For Your Desk
Did you ever wish that you could have a visual indicator to tell people when you were busy at work? It's worse now that we're all working from home. Enter Luxafor flags.
What To Do When You’re Overwhelmed
It's one thing to make deliberate choices when the choices are easy. But what can you do when there are too many to choose from and they all need to be done yesterday? What do you do when you're overwhelmed?Overwhelm is a common problem and can stop people from doing anything. After all, why even start if you can't possibly finish? I'm looking at a perfect storm of a week: meetings Tuesday through Friday, along with a full task list. Here are the steps I took to make this week do-able.
Podcast Episode 40: The Way to Pick What to Do Next
In Chapter 2 of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity , David Allen spells out the four criteria model for choosing the next thing to do. He says that you choose what to do next based on (in this order) context, time available, energy and priority. In today's podcast, I will explore ways to maximize the criteria so that you always have the most possibility of getting something done.
Freedom…The App That Has Given Me My Life Back
For many years I have been on a media fast. I started about 8 years ago, when I realized that I was shouting at the radio on my way to work, and my anger and stress levels were constantly elevated. So I took a break. I didn't listen to the news, I didn't watch the news, I didn't read the newspaper (except for the comics), and I didn't surf for the news.But recently that changed.Early January saw me breaking a long media fast. I descended quickly into doomscrolling and was desperate to get my life back. Enter Freedom.
Podcast Episode 39: Yak Shaving, Overthinking and Getting Back On Track
Yak shaving is an extreme form of distraction, as well as procrastination. So is overthinking. We talk about both of these today, as well as how to get back on track.
