I think my new mission is Joy Restoration. We’ve all had Joy. I would even posit that it is our original state. We may have had it removed through the careful application of social ‘normalization’, religious indoctrination and enforced maturation.…
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Joy Restoration
Tagged with: Ease, focus, goals, health, inspiration, Joy, limiting beliefs, mental ecology, Practice, productivity, Purpose, self management, wellness
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Posted in personal productivity, Quotes
Spiritual Ecology
I have written about mental ecology. Here’s a view of spiritual ecology. Kind of the same line of thought We can leave the physical earth with a much nicer frequency than we found it. These areas of responsibility apply to…
Tagged with: accountability, inspiration, mental ecology, Practice, Purpose, self management
Posted in personal productivity, Quotes, Wellness
Posted in personal productivity, Quotes, Wellness
What I did on my summer vacation: Brazil, Boston, Beards
Is there a beneficial collectivism that supports and maintains the individual while enhancing the chances for attaining success en toto? Really, that’s your first sentence after two weeks vacation? I have spent the last two weeks with my wife’s family…
Tagged with: collectivism, Family, human interdependence, leadership, Practice, productivity, projects, Purpose, semi precious gems, team chemistry, teams, teamwork
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
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…
Tagged with: action, de-clutter, focus, goals, Practice, Preparation, productivity, projects, Purpose, self management, vision
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Posted in personal productivity
Positive Thinking – umm?
Positive thinking is like positive drinking. It can be intoxicating but don’t drive under the influence. Neutrality and outcome focus leaves us nimble, agile, flexible and ready to react to the realities we encounter between here and our goal. Negative…
Tagged with: action, flexibility, focus, goals, mental ecology, Practice, Preparation, productivity, Purpose, self management, vision
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Posted in personal productivity
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…
Tagged with: cycle of completion, de-clutter, focus, Getting Things Done, knowledge work, learning, mental ecology, Practice, productivity, Purpose, self management, tools, wellness, working memory
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Integrity – Internal Grit
Is it cheating if everyone is doing it? Is fairness just a level playing field? Are the win and profit at all costs mentality exemplified by the BioGenesis 13 and Johnny Football our new standard? In the past few weeks…
Tagged with: alignment, health, integrity, mental ecology, Purpose, self management, wellness, wisdom, zero sum
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity, Wellness
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity, Wellness
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…
Tagged with: action, cycle of completion, focus, goals, mind map, Preparation, productivity, projects, Purpose, self management, tools
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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…
Tagged with: action, cycle of completion, focus, microscopic change, patience, persistence, Practice, projects, Purpose, self management
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Posted in personal productivity
The win at all costs culture
Performance enhancement. It’s all over the sports pages, it dominated the business news during the credit default crisis, it fills your email spam folder. So we could take the conversation in a lot of directions. Is it a predominantly male…
Tagged with: alignment, dovetailed outcomes, flexibility, goals, leadership, Practice, Preparation, productivity, projects, Purpose, self management
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
The Practice of Productivity 