An Open Invitation

I would like to offer you an opportunity to contribute to Time/Self Management, a nearly completed book by management training and consulting company A.E. Schwartz & Associates.  read more »

Maybe I’m just lowering my standards, but I’m beginning to believe that trying to create the perfect “thing” (presentation, lesson plan, movie, album) is a bit like quantum mechanics. As I understand the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal, the position and speed of a particle cannot be simultaneously known. By observing it, you nix your ability to measure it’s speed.

Now here’s what’s I’m starting to think:  read more »

“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is itself to succumb to the violence of our times. Frenzy destroys our inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.”

-Thomas Merton

I have been using a very simple single sheet PDA. I dislike the amount of ‘work’ that some of the PDA version require…taping card together etc.. This is a bit more open to chaos and is also designed to drive reflection / modeling of the world around us.

http://dromologue.wordpress.com/the-modster-pda/

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=uOgHE5nEq04  read more »

Hi guys

I am working on a special project to combine GTD with RPM. RPM(aka OPA) is developed by Anthony Robbins, a top-down time management approach. I also aim the approach to be compatible with covey’s 7 Habits.

I used both GTD and RPM in the past few years. To the contrary belief, they are not really competing with each other.

GTD did a great job in capturing, that’s what RPM lacks. RPM did a great job in higher level planning aka 10,000-50,000ft stuff. Develop visions and goals etc.

I implemented this fusion approach using DevonThink and iGTD.  read more »

So I leave my desk for a couple of hours, get 10 min to process the 30 new emails that have arrived before next meeting….sound familiar?

This is the greatest tip I have found for outlook and will usually ensure your must read email is at the top of your inbox, and makes scanning the rest of the email very very easy.

Step 1. Write down the 10 or so people who’s email you really need to see quickly in order to create greatest value from your limited time i.e. your boss, his/her boss, key customers (internal/external), your significant other half etc.

Step 2.  read more »