Searching around the web on the topic of Mental Ecology I found a couple of useful links. One to a David Allen Article of Huffpost. It is a coincidence and not a coincidence that I am using a term from…
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Mental Ecology – Part 2
Common ecological practices include the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They also include clean and renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, geothermal and others. So in terms of our internal environment and harnessing our personal energy towards effective…
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Google Journal and 100DS
I found the above and was intrigued. Run yourself through the slide show. I am not sure I agree with the methodology, but I am going to challenge myself to try it out and report on my experience here on…
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Persistence
Constant dripping wears off a stone – Ken Matsuzaki I just read a short piece in the current New Yorker Magazine about Tokyo resident and Cardozo Law School grad Ken Matsuzaki. He finally passed the NYS Bar exam after taking it…
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Where are your ‘dead shark’ projects
We all have projects that have stopped moving. The key is to acknowledge that fact and then either get the projects moving or declare them complete and move on. Declaring the project done is more valuable for freeing up our…
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Productivity Podcast
Here is a link to an archived version of the conversation I had last Friday with Sam Liebowitz of the Conscious Consultant Hour radio show. It hits on some of the topics I wrote about last week, including clearing our…
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Clearing your mental RAM
One of my key take-aways from the David Allen Getting Things Done materials (which are the main source my foundational understanding of productivity and self-management) is that it is a waste of Psychic RAM when I have the same thoughts…
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Day Seven – Chakras and Productivity
The Seventh Chakra, called Sahasrara, is the 1,000 petal lotus at the crown of the head. This is the area of true inspiration and purpose. Some would call it our connection to the divine. Maybe Plato would have called it…
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Run Through the Finish
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…
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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…
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