Sometimes it is hard to get going. Like a battery left too long inactive in the cold, we can't get started on what we need to do.Here are my six favorite ways to jump start a task:
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Today we will talk about deliberate living: what it is, why it isn’t the same as “intentional living” and what it means. Support me at Patreon: You can find all the episodes over at Patreon.
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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.
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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,…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
