Archives for the 'Goals' Category
Small steps to big results: Do one High Value Task a day [Matt's Idea Blog]
We’ve all been there: Overwhelmed with the day-to-day aspects of life - incoming stuff that’s relatively easy to handle - we focus on it, excluding the “big things.” After a while it feels like the trivial many have sunk the vital few (from the Pareto principle - see Koch’s book The 80/20 Principle for an [...]
Get Off Your Butt: 16 Ways to Get Motivated When You’re in a Slump [zen habits]
Every Thursday is Happiness Day on Zen Habits.
Even the most motivated of us — you, me, Tony Robbins — can feel unmotivated at times. In fact, sometimes we get into such a slump that even thinking about making positive changes seems too difficult.
But it’s not hopeless: with some small steps, baby ones in fact, you [...]
Weekly Review Outline [7Breaths]
gtdfrk over at Getting Things Done has a post of his weekly review checklist. He wonders about other peoples weekly reviews so I thought I’d post an outline of my current one. I keep this of course in OneNote and have just copied it over, so some formating etc is missing but the basic scheme [...]
Weekend Wisdom [Aug 10, 2007] [Getting Things Done]
Even though you’ve come to know me on this blog as writing mostly about David Allen and his GTD methodology (I’m trying to keep this blog as GTD specific as possible), I am actually inspired by a lot of other great authors as well. This week’s edition of Weekend Wisdom features 4 of my favorite [...]
Top 10 Benefits Of GTD [Getting Things Done]
It is easy to get completely obsessed with your GTD implementation, tweaking and tuning constantly to get it just right. It is even more easy to find yourself drooling over the latest gadgets and web 2.0 GTD applications out there. Perhaps you find yourself going through the motions that are supposed to make you get [...]
A Simple Guide to Setting and Achieving Your Life Goals [zen habits]
Question from reader Bob:
I’ve finally realized that I need to put together a 5-year plan to continue my personal development and reach goals. I’ve found your post, Think About Your Life Goals , and it’s started me in the right direction, but left a lot of open questions. To start, I really don’t [...]
Written Goals - Another Self Help Myth? [7Breaths]
We all know how important having goals are and I’m sure many of us have got into the habit of writing our goals down to help ensure success. I’ve been doing this since reading Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins, where he quotes a study -In 1953, researchers surveyed Yale’s graduating seniors to determine how many [...]
Quest for Productivity Nirvana Post #6 - When to Say No [Ho-ohana Blog]
I’ve recently come to a new conclusion. Saying no doesn’t have to be painful - in fact - it can be the most freeing experience of your life.
By nature, I’m a person who wants to please. I like to meet deadlines. (Okay - so you wouldn’t know it from my blog posting schedule and the [...]
Refresh Your Focus Every Week to Achieve More [zen habits]
Every Tuesday is GTD Tip Day at Zen Habits.
Recently I posted my new twist on the excellent GTD system, Zen To Done (ZTD): The Ultimate Simple Productivity System. This is the seventh in a series of posts exploring each of the 10 Habits.
Let’s face it: even the best of us loses track of things over [...]
10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It [zen habits]
Every Friday is Happiness Friday on Zen Habits.
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” - Ben Franklin, famously
“Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin …” - Mark Twain
Recently, reader Rob asked me [...]