“Zen To Done (ZTD) is a system that is at once simple, and powerful, and will help you develop the habits that keep all of your tasks and projects organized, that keep your workday simple and structured, that keep your desk and e-mail inbox clean and clear, and that keep you doing what you need […]
Archives for November 2007
10 Tips to Be Accomplished and Instead of Just Busy
Doing tasks is an easy way to make yourself busy. But all that extra work might not be going anywhere. Unless you are actually getting projects accomplished, you might just be wasting your time. This was the idea proposed by Cal Newport in his guest entry here, The Art of the Finish. I always strive […]
11 Easy Ways to Improve Memory
Helping me on the site today is Todd Goldfarb. He wrote this guest post and is a writer at We the Change. As we get older, the neurons in our brain lose elasticity making it easier to forget things. Although this is an unfortunate reality all humans face, there are a myriad of lifestyle activities […]
Friday Links 07-11-02
From the Web College is for Socializing – Ben does a great job summarizing my number one reason for going to college: meeting people. I’ve found the knowledge that can be acquired in University is decent, but fairly inefficient compared with reading books and practicing in the real world. But the opportunities to work on […]
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