Today I am talking about virtual spaces rather than physical spaces. Did you know that the Mac OS and Windows both have ‘virtual desktops’. These let you customize the desktop for different users on the computer (e.g. which folders are…
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Can’t See the Forest or the Trees
My basic method has to do with getting de-cluttered from the inside out, clearing out the mental overload that leads to stress and reduces productivity and going all the way through the individuals work and home environment. I help folks…
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Mental Ecology: More Resources
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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De-Cluttering Ideas
My wife and I are moving and while reading up on kitchen designs, she shared the following article on de-cluttering with me. This also dovetails with the discussion on Friday about Mental Ecology. One way to have less ‘stuff’ to…
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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The tools are not the practice
I love gadgets and gear. I love leather notebooks, specialized note pads and calendars. I love aluminum and matte black metal and every form of iThing ever conceived. I took my first really impactful time management course in 1988. Part…
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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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Talismans
Do you have lots of clutter around your office or work area? What is it? Piles of papers? Envelopes and folders? Books? Boxes? I can see two easy explanations for your clutter. 1. You don’t have enough filling, storage and…
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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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