Why slow is the new fast

There’s a big emphasis on increasing productivity these days.  I’m going to say something shocking now, that may fly in the face of what most of you will think.  Brace yourself.  Sometimes we should just slow down.   Following our recent wedding, we went away on honeymoon.  One of our visits was to Edinburgh castle.  [&hellip

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Back to normal

Hi All, Just a short post today.  I know things have been quiet on the website for the last few weeks.  The reason for that is that I took on my most life changing  project so far.  I got married! Following a few weeks R&R up in the Scottish Highlands with my beautiful bride, I’ll [&hellip

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Getting Things Done – An Introduction to GTD

GTD is a productivity method.  It was born out of the bestselling book by David Allen, entitled Getting Things Done.  This post aims to summarise some of the key points in the method so you could get started straight away if you want.  I highly recommend purchasing the book, though, if you want to get [&hellip

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How I Turned my Nook into an E-Reader Monster

Recently I picked up a refurbished Nook on eBay for a bargain price. The idea was, to turn it into my ideal e-reader tool. I chose the Nook Simple Touch as my base unit. Basically, because it runs Android in the background, so it gave me lots of options for rooting it. I didn’t want [&hellip

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Dealing with the Frustrations of Growth

The purpose of this blog is to help you improve your productivity and efficiency. The upside of that is that you will see growth in various aspects of your life. It might be that your knowledge of a particular area improves, or your free time or annual salary increases – everything grows when we try [&hellip

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Mind Hacks for increased Productivity

El Nerdo, over at GetRichSlowly, recently updated the wording of one of their key rules.  The GRS Rule #3 states that you should “Spend less than you earn”.  A very sensible rule, and one that should definitely be adhered to.  However, this is being changed to “Earn more than you spend”.  This got me thinkng [&hellip

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How Active Listening Will Improve Your Life

Conversations are an important part of our everyday life. In 1999, the US Department of Labor declared that 46% of those who quit their jobs did so because they weren’t being listened to. In this article, I will discuss some of the reasons why active listening is so important.   Paulo Alegria via Compfight We’ve all been [&hellip

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