Now that I’ve set out my requirements for how I need to manage my information, I now need to settle on a system that meets these requirements. In the past, I have always been drawn towards David Allen’s GTD methodology. I presented a brief introduction to it a few months ago. If you want to read more [&hellip
What glorious weather we have been having this week! Absolutely scorching. It was so hot down our road that the tar melted. However, I feel that was more down to the cheap job done on relaying it than on the temperatures. Once heavy vehicles started driving down it, they started ripping up big chunks of [&hellip
I’ve been allowing myself to get disorganised again. I’ve tried a few different ways of organising my life over the years. Some have worked, but I’ve let myself fall of the wagon. Some I’ve just resisted right from the offset. At the end of the day, we are all different, so whilst, for example, GTD [&hellip
Hello! Its Sunday Muse time again. I’m feeling quite chirpy today, while I write this. I’ve had quite a satisfying week at work and now the sun has come out for the weekend. Over the week I moved desks at work. I’m now sat within the team I will be working with over the next [&hellip
At some point in our life, we all make mistakes. The difference between those that succeed at life and those that don’t, depends on how we handle our mistakes though. When you are learning is when you are most likely to make mistakes. The fact that we are constantly learning is a topic for another [&hellip
Another week has passed. I’ve really struggled to get articles up this week, with so much going on. To write this, I’ve just dragged myself up out of bed at some unearthly hour on a Sunday morning…. not good! I’ve been contemplating the way this site is structured a lot these last few days. Whilst [&hellip
Nobody wants to be stuck in a boring meeting. All it achieves is to suck the life out of a group of people who would otherwise be being productive at their desks. Yet so many of meetings held are ineffective and pointless. Here are my tips for organising a more effective meeting Don’t Hold a [&hellip
Hello Everyone. I’m writing this a bit later than usual as we’ve been out and about a fair bit this weekend. Last weekend I had my eyes tested (it’s been 3 years since my last test!). Fortunately my eyes have only changed slightly and they’ve actually improved…. great news! This, however, meant new glasses. We [&hellip
Most people associate habits with bad habits. However, there are many good habits – and these good habits can be used to improve your average speed. Does that sound like gibberish? Read on to make sense of it. A lot of people work in blasts. They’ll really push themselves for short periods of time, then [&hellip
Wow, what a busy week its been! There’s been stuff happening just about every day this week. Loads going on. I’m always in two minds when it gets busy – I love the buzz of being busy, but it is tiring, so I long for it to quieten down so I can relax. Bending over [&hellip