Zen Habits has a very good list of things that will help you simplify your work day. Most of these I’ve seen before, but here’s a new one (which is sort of similar to other things I’ve seen, but different enough I thought it was worth quoting): # Practice a focus ritual. Every hour or [...]
Tagged Getting Things Done, Personal Improvement, Productivity, Zen HabitsI twittered a sentence from this amazing interview with Thich Nhat Hanh. Yes, it’s Oprah interviewing. Hate if you will. Here is the entire quote, which I had to cut down for Twitter: Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – [...]
Tagged Buddhism, Enlightenment, Meditation, Oprah, Personal Improvement, Stress Management, Thich Nhat HanhTwo hits from Lifehacker today: Hustle When You Want to Learn New Things and Ira Glass on Getting Creative Work Done. The first is the key to the door, and it’s easy to insert and unlock: Hustle. Simple as that. If you want to do something: do something. If want want to make progress towards [...]
Tagged Fail, Getting Things Done, Hustle, Ira Glass, Lifehackerzenhabits: The Only Way to Become Amazingly Great at Something That is all.
Tagged Personal Improvement, Zen Habits(The link is to the paperback which comes out in May 2010 – there is a hardcover available now) I read this book back in July and since then I’ve thought about it on almost a daily basis. The hypothesis, stated by itself, sounds fairly ridiculous because it comes down to: There is no such [...]
Tagged Books, Favorite Books, Personal Improvement, Talent Is Overrated