In 1986 I took a seminar called Insight. The facilitator, made an analogy that has stayed with me these twenty five plus years. So often, as we approach our goal we tend to let up. Amateur runners see the finish…
The Practice of Productivity
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Run Through the Finish
Tagged with: cycle of completion, goals, Practice, self management, wellness
Posted in personal productivity
Posted in personal productivity
Extreme Balance
This video is a mesmerizing meditation on the concepts of balance, focus and letting go. Watch his eyes. Focus and Balance are in motion. In this fluid state of shifting yet constant balance, notice how important it is to let go of…
Tagged with: balance, drishti, focus, letting go, Practice, Purpose, self management, shtira, wellness, Yoga
Posted in creativity, personal productivity
Posted in creativity, personal productivity
Getting Stuff From eMail To OmniFocus For iPad
I am presenting a link here to a valuable article with a tip on quickly making an email inbox item available in your OmniFocus inbox. iOS Productivity: Getting Stuff From Mail To OmniFocus For iPad. I have been using the email to…
Tagged with: de-clutter, email, email inbox, iPad, OmniFocus, productivity, self management, software, technology, tools
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Posted in personal productivity
Workers of the World, Untie! (not a typo)
It’s May Day. Union membership is at a historic low in this country. A major reason is the anti union tactics of businesses. Another is the protections stripped from unions by local and federal legislation. Media vilification has contributed as…
Tagged with: economy, freelance, may day, unions, workers
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Avuncular
We’re born to our parents. We love them or not. The former is a great blessing, the latter a burden. We make friends, some for a lifetime, some for a season or two. They sustain us and connect us with…
Tagged with: Family, leadership, mentors, support, unconditional love, wisdom
Posted in Leadership, Wellness
Posted in Leadership, Wellness
Occam’s Razor and Applesauce
As I was cutting apples for applesauce this morning I was thinking about simplicity. Here’s my recipe: Apples Cinnamon Cut apples, sprinkle with cinnamon, cook in pressure cooker on low heat until done. Simple. Occam’s Razor is the name of…
Tagged with: cycle of completion, feedback, focus, occam's razor, Preparation, productivity, Purpose, self management
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Posted in personal productivity
We are not our limited self image. We are our picture of success!
I mentioned previously that I have a paperweight on my desk that says ‘what would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?’ I have also drawn the conclusion that without failure we make no progress nor gain learning and experience. And…
Tagged with: failure, focus, goals, inspiration, learning, Purpose, self management, vision
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
“Practice and a…
“Practice and all is coming.” Pattabhi Jois
Moving from Outlook to OmniFocus
As I mentioned in another post, I had all my productivity systems for calendar, tasks, contacts, projects built around my company’s in-house Microsoft Outlook platform (with the addition of the Getting Things Done add-on from the David Allen Company). In…
Tagged with: apps, back ups, comma delimited, Getting Things Done, iCal, mail archives, mail files, OmniFocus, Outlook, productivity, productivity systems, technology, tools
Posted in personal productivity
Posted in personal productivity
Drishti, Shtira, Focus, Stabilty
When I first started thinking about the connection between the practice of yoga and the practice of productivity I was, appropriately, in a yoga class. Ultimately there are many points of synergy. Two really came out as primary. Drishti, the act of…
Tagged with: drishti, Ease, focus, Joy, Practice, productivity, self management, shtira, stability, Yoga
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Posted in personal productivity, Wellness
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