Month: January 2018
Last Call to Plan Your Year with @shawnblanc
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One of the sites I’ve been reading for years has been Shawn Blanc’s. Good thought provoking content. Over the holidays he released Plan Your Year which is a course and worksheets to help you have a good plan for the year. I bought it and went through it with my wife. Good stuff. Today is…
Celebrated Talent is Not The Good Stuff
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Are you talented? What makes you talented? Typically, we associate talent only with celebrated excellence — with a strong emphasis on the word celebrated. – First Break All The Rules It’s easy to look at some well-known programmer and say they’re talented. Maybe you’ve never seen their code though, and it’s crap. I can think…
Writing in Exotic Locations via @ryanholiday
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“It was a time everyone was pressing wonderful houses on us. ‘I have a perfectly marvellous house for you to write in,’ they’d say. Of course no one needs marvellous houses to write in. I still knew that much. All you needed was one room. But somehow the next house always beckoned.” – Want To…
Behaviour or Goals – Which Matters Most?
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Many people set goals, particularly at this time of year, but don’t focus on the behavior that leads to achieving those goals. You have far more control over your behavior than any outcome. And if you focus on your behavior, it’s possible that you’ll end up with an outcome that exceeds your expectations. – Focus…
Mark Schinnerer and The Success Grower
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Today I talk to Mark Schinnerer about his book The Success Grower. I read the book the week it came out, and I very much enjoyed the content. The 8 Elements might be something you’ve heard before, but the way Mark threads story through the book, sets it apart from the standard ‘business’ or ‘self-help’…
How to Craft a Better To-Do List over at Bullet Journal
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A well-crafted to-do list acts as a guiding light for your day. It helps you overcome that feeling of overwhelm and the anxiety of wether or not you’re being productive throughout the day. – How to Craft a Better To-Do List The highlights are: 1. Have a top “3” tasks Not sure why 3 is…
Before You Can Do It Well, You Must Be Able to Finish
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Chris Bowler writes on quality after quantity. The same thinking can apply to writing. Before you can write a good book, you have to learn to write a good 500 words. And before you can do that, you need to write 500 words consistently, period. And you have to learn to finish a book before…
@jkglei and @askpang talk about the importance of Rest on Hurry Slowly
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Okay Hurry Slowly has continued to be a standout podcast. Jocelyn has amazing guests and talks about exactly what we need to do awesome work without going every hour all day. Listen to Alex Pang on Hurry Slowly If you want Rest in your life you must make it a priority. I read and reviewed…
How is Eating an Ugly Frog the same as getting your work done?
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So, who wants to eat a big ugly frog? Not me, and probably not you. That’s why you should be eating it first thing every morning. Wait, really you should be doing your biggest ugliest task every morning first off because if you don’t it’s probably not going to get done. Well if you need…
Ignore the Algorithm
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It’s a small resolution we’re gonna ask you to make that will help us make better things, for you. It will help us avoid making garbage for you. It’ll give you better things to read. And it’ll definitely give you nothing if not more choice. And the ask is simple: Use your browser bar.* > –…
