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  GTD Times Team

  11 Mar 2010 | 4:57 pm

  A community contribution by Meghan Wilker. Join Meghan and Coach Kelly Forrister on the upcoming Webinar for GTD Connect Members–”Productive Use of Social Media.” When Google unveiled Buzz a few weeks ago (and Wave a couple of months before that), it got me to thinking about how the emergence of each new technology often means an associated emergence of a new inbox. These new inboxes now can sometimes creep up without us noticing right away. For example, when I got an iPhone in 2007, texting suddenly became a major new source of input. Don’t get me wrong: I’m a…

• Microsoft Loses Patent Case…Again

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  Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:21 am

  Apple’s iPad has been available for pre-order since 8:30am Friday morning. They took down their site temporarily in order to update and prepare. Not sure why a company like Apple can’t just update the site without taking the whole thing down. I assume it’s some type of marketing tactic as they do this all the [...] Visit Black Web 2.0 for the full story....

• Procrastination is not a joke

  Ian's Messy Desk

  Ian McKenzie

  10 Mar 2010 | 4:09 am

  What do these phrases mean to you? A good chance Almost certain Better than even Definite Highly probable Highly unlikely Impossible Improbable Likely Possible Probable Quite likely Rare Seldom Unlikely Very Do they mean the same thing to the people listen you use them or read what your write? What you say is only as effective as what is heard and understood by the listener. Too often, our messages are obscured by the the words we use. We compound the problem when we are unaware of the gap between what is intended and the message received. I am guilty of using all of these phrases when…

• Workspace of the Week: Streamlined and simple

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  Erin Doland

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:25 am

  Reader Kelly submitted the following to Ask Unclutterer: Your advice on doing the laundry is fantastic. I’ve employed several tips with great success. In particular, I’m a fan of clothing items that need little care (e.g. no ironing, dry cleaning, etc.). However, I’m unable to find usable suggestions on HOW TO PUT THE LAUNDRY AWAY. One mantra of simple living systems is to touch things only once (mail directly from the mailbox into office without setting on kitchen counter first and while throwing away junk mail before you even bring it into the house), but I’m unable…

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• Podcast: Danny Bader - Taking Time to Think

  1 Mar 2010 | 1:43 pm

  Coach and Senior Presenter Danny Bader shares the value of the public GTD classes. When is the last time you had a day to think about how you think? Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 01:46) Related Links: 2010 Public GTD Class Schedule Take an online Webinar class Read the GTD blog

• Podcast: David Allen - Best Practices of Review

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:48 pm

  David Allen and his team continue their best practices series with the critical stage in Mastering Workflow: Review. Hear what they do to get clear, current & creative on a regular basis. Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 30:16) Related Links: Best Practices of Collecting Best Practices of Processing Best Practices of Organizing Learn more on GTD Connect Get the GTD starter kit

• Podcast: David Allen - Goal Setting

  18 Jan 2010 | 1:31 pm

  Already broken your New Year's resolutions? Hear some quick tips from David on goal setting, as interviewed by Scientific American. Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 4:25) Related Links: Discuss on GTD Times blog Get more podcasts

• Podcast: David Allen - The Art of Work vs. the Work You Do

  13 Nov 2009 | 12:02 pm

  David answers the question, "Do I need a customized version of GTD for my organization?" What are best practices that apply to all? Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 4:47) Related Links: In-House GTD Seminars Public GTD Seminars

• Podcast: David Allen - Getting Started with GTD

  5 Nov 2009 | 10:26 am

  David Allen shares his tips for getting started with GTD. A great dose of guidance on what to do to get your Getting Things Done system off the ground. Click here to listen now or click here to download. (mp3, 4:53) Related Links: GTD Times blog Getting Started Series on Connect The GTD Book

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• Member Exclusive: Syncing Things For Mac W/ Itouch- Doesn't Recognize Device, Any Advice?

  13 Mar 2010 | 1:30 pm

• Member Exclusive: Managing Multiple E-Mail Accounts

  13 Mar 2010 | 12:50 pm

  I have had no luck trying to find anything in the forums or on GTD Connect on best practices for using Outlook to manage multiple e-mail accounts (I have about 7 different accounts for work and personal ventures). I am currently setting my systems back up from scratch, and am trying to decide if I ...

• Member Exclusive: MAC Users Help - Entourage/Omni Focus Sync To Itouch

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:55 am

• GTD Times: Inbox Creep

  12 Mar 2010 | 4:58 pm

  A community contribution by Meghan Wilker. Join Meghan and Coach Kelly Forrister on the upcoming Webinar for GTD Connect Members--"Productive Use of Social Media." When Google unveiled Buzz a few weeks ago (and Wave a couple of months before that), it got me to thinking about how the emergence of each new technology often means an associated emergence of a new inbox. These new inboxes now can sometimes creep up without us noticing right away. For example, when I got an iPhone in 2007, texting suddenly became a major new source of input. Don't get me wrong: I'm a self-professed "Geek Girl" --…

• GTD Times: David Allen shares the Essence of GTD

  11 Mar 2010 | 4:57 pm

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• Gary Vaynerchuck on Net at Night

  Andrew Mason

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:09 am

  I did a review of Gary Vaynerchuck’s Crush It book a few months ago after I had read it. Although quite short, I really did like the book and found it very refreshing. Net at Night is a weekly Podcast that I always listen to that features Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur. It is a social media podcast and one that I find easy listening and great for keeping up with everything that is happening in the social media space. I was listening to episode 128, which is quite old now and it featured an interview with Gary Vaynerchuck from WineLibrary.tv. The episode is a great way to catch the passion…

• Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 7th March 2010

  Andrew Mason

  7 Mar 2010 | 12:24 pm

  I cannot believe we are into March already! I have a very important exam at the end of March so I am taking most of March to study for this exam so that I hopefully pass the exam. It is a 2 day lab based exam and not easy so wish me luck! Here are my collection of links for this week. My first link for this week is to a great email productivity tool called AwayFind. I have been using AwayFind for a good few months and it really is my email savior. I have just been sent an invite to the Private Beta of version 2.0 so I thought I would add it to my links as I will be no doubt covering all the…

• Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 28th February 2010

  Andrew Mason

  28 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm

  Work, work, and more work this week Lucky that I enjoy what I do! Here are my collection of links for this week. My first link for this week is to a great post called Tips for a Productive Day from the MeDirected blog. This post aims to show you how to make the most out of the 86,400 seconds that we all have every day. My second link is a link to a great post from Lifehacker titled Get More Done by Organizing Just Enough. Interesting post from Lifehacker and it does as some good questions. My third link is to the a post outlining Dealing with Calls and Agendas with OmniFocus. I like posts…

• Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 21st February 2010

  Andrew Mason

  21 Feb 2010 | 12:58 pm

  I had another great week. I spent the start of the week away with my family in the Yorkshire Dales and the back end of the week working from home on some cool projects. It has been a productive, yet very busy week and I am looking forward to the day when my workload will not be as much so I can focus on some of my every growing list of someday/maybe actions! Here are my collection of links for this week. My first link for this week is to a great post from Prof Hacker on Using Remember the Milk for Task Management. I used to use Remember The Milk when I first got into GTD but this was long…

• Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 14th February 2010

  Andrew Mason

  14 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am

  I spent last week in Washington DC at a security conference called Shmoocon. We arrived just before one of the worst snowstorms that DC had ever seen. All made for a rather fun weekend and made the journey back home to the UK challenging. Happy Valentines day to all. I am spending the next few days with my family in the Yorkshire Dales. Here are my collection of links for this week. My first link for this week is to a great post from the Aiming Low blog that covers Procrastination. We all procrastinate for one reason or another and I do feel that procrastination is the biggest hinder to…

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  Productivity in Context

• Knowledge Exchange Newsletter

  @Stephen

  5 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am

  UPDATE: Due to the excellent suggestions in the Comments and in other conversations I am going to delay the release of the newsletter until the end of this week. It is important to me that I do it right, and make it valuable to you as a reader. I know that your time is worth a lot to you and I really appreciate your attention. Thanks!! I am working on putting the first Knowledge Exchange Summit (KES) Newsletter together this weekend, and I am looking for some input. I believe that there are some of you out there that would be interested in a deeper exploration of some of the topics that I…

• Knowledge Exchange Summit

  @Stephen

  3 Mar 2010 | 3:59 am

  This past Thursday I had the great pleasure of meeting for a day with my colleague Dave Seah to exchange some knowledge, best practices and ideas. I also got to met Dave’s friends Sid and Joanne, who brought some great questions and insights. We called it a “summit” and had invited a few more people to join us in COncord, NH, but bad weather here prevented the rest from attending. Undeterred, we took the opportunity to really dive in to our own businesses and take a good hard look at what we do, what we sell, who our clients are, and how we can serve them more successfully.

• 3/3 Groundhog Day Review

  @Stephen

  2 Mar 2010 | 10:05 pm

  Today is Groundhog Day! It is time to review my Second Period Goals, then give a brief outline of what I have planned for the Third Period (4 March to 3 April 2010). I am not going to call these review/planning periods “months” or “monthly” because there will only be 11 of them, including the year-end review on 12 Dec. I have been good at keeping the promise I made to myself to be diligent with my Weekly Reviews, taking careful notes, and saving all of my planning sheets. I also created a pretty cool flowchart for marketing and linking the new products that I plan to…

• Making Ideas Happen

  @Stephen

  2 Mar 2010 | 5:59 am

  This new book from Behance looks interesting: Introducing the New Book from Behance & 99%: “Making Ideas Happen” :: Articles :: The 99 Percent I found that one’s methods for organization are just as important as the quality of one’s ideas. How you manage projects, how (and when) you conduct meetings, how you allocate your time on a daily basis – these seemingly “uncreative” activities matter. I’ll go further: they make a dramatic impact that is often the difference between success and… yet another idea that didn’t happen. But organization…

• SWAT: Seize the Accomplishment – Systems Thinking for Everyone

  @Stephen

  11 Feb 2010 | 12:53 pm

  “Systems Thinking!?!” Yikes, what is that? Is it like calculus? Well, yes and no. Systems Thinking is an approach to problem-solving and project management that encompasses, er, the entire system of inputs and their transformation into outputs that you are, ah, thinking about. While it would seem that this is a difficult subject to tackle (like calculus), it really isn’t. My friend and doppleganger Timothy Johnson (@carpefactum on Twitter) has written a brilliant book about the subject: The book (and a cup of tea) Systems Thinking and GTD Getting Things Done is a form of…

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• Inbox Creep

  GTD Times Team

  12 Mar 2010 | 4:58 pm

  A community contribution by Meghan Wilker. Join Meghan and Coach Kelly Forrister on the upcoming Webinar for GTD Connect Members–”Productive Use of Social Media.” When Google unveiled Buzz a few weeks ago (and Wave a couple of months before that), it got me to thinking about how the emergence of each new technology often means an associated emergence of a new inbox. These new inboxes now can sometimes creep up without us noticing right away. For example, when I got an iPhone in 2007, texting suddenly became a major new source of input. Don’t get me wrong: I’m a…

• David Allen shares the Essence of GTD

  GTD Times Team

  11 Mar 2010 | 4:57 pm

  Want to see more videos of David? Check out GTD Connect.

• Your filing system should be…

  GTD Times Team

  10 Mar 2010 | 3:04 pm

  “Your filing system should be a simple library of data, easily retrievable–not your reminder for actions, projects, priorities or prospects.” – David Allen

• Getting started with GTD

  GTD Times Team

  9 Mar 2010 | 2:53 pm

  One of the most common questions we get is how to get started with GTD.   New people, especially, will ask this after coming to us dazed and confused by what GTD is really about.   And, lots of people seem to be hoping a piece of software will teach them GTD.  Sorry, but that’s kind of like buying a car and then learning how to drive.  You’ll make your way down the road, but it won’t be pretty. As a GTD Coach, and also intimately involved in the education and offerings from David Allen, I would suggest one of the following products: The GTD System – This is, in my…

• How long should you keep stuff?

  GTD Times Team

  8 Mar 2010 | 1:40 pm

  “When in doubt, throw it out. When in doubt, keep it.” – David Allen OK, so what you should really be keeping?  This is a standard records retention list that we got a few years ago from our accounting firm in California. There may be better ones out there, or more specific to your location. It should in no way constitute final judgment for your own accounting and record-keeping. We’ve heard that it is quite a grey area, and can differ from state to state.  It might help with some general guidelines, however. Type and Retention Period (years) Accident reports and…

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  Rock Your Day

• Make Yourself Proud

  Dave Navarro

  8 Mar 2010 | 8:04 am

  When you’re struggling with changing a habit or pulling yourself out of a state of depression, it’s tempting to think that the cause of your failure is due to a lack of willpower, talent or commitment.  It can be a crushing experience to dwell on how hard it is to take your life to the place you’d hoped it to be right now. But the problem may have nothing to do with willpower.  It may have nothing to do with “you” at all.  The real problem may be with the identity you’ve constructed for yourself. Victims of Choice: When Self-Talk Goes Bad When you…

• What No One Will Tell You About The New Year

  Dave Navarro

  27 Dec 2009 | 6:16 pm

  New Year’s Day is around the corner, and everyone is talking about goals, plans and resolutions.  Everyone is all cheery and optimistic and chatty about how great the new year is going to be, and while that’s all well and good, it’s all very dangerous. Dangerous to your true goals, your true ambitions … because the new year doesn’t mean anything at all. You’re still carrying the same you from this year into next year.  You’re still carrying the same habits and hangups that held you back over the last 12 months into the next twelve months. Hoping the…

• How To Train Yourself To Be In The Mood You Want

  Dave Navarro

  4 Nov 2009 | 10:26 am

  When you have major changes going on in your life, or you’re just frustrated about where you are, it’s easy to get trapped in a cycle of depression, bad moods and frustration.  I know, I’ve been there … and when I’m not careful, I still get there more than I want to. But lately I’ve had a particularly hard time, as I make some major (positive) changes in my life.  I hit these moments where I’m in a foul mood, or I’m just feeling paralyzed, and I’m just stuck.  Sometimes I just stew in that and stay there, but sometimes I actually get…

• This Is Your Chance. Don’t Settle For Not Taking It.

  Dave Navarro

  14 Sep 2009 | 8:51 am

  (This is a “Monday Morning Kick In The Ass” reprint from my Stop Settling newsletter.  I’m posting it because I’ve never received such a flood of “This is just what I needed” emails as I have for this one, and I want to expand its reach.) Please re-tweet at the end if you liked it. This Monday’s Kick: This Is Your Chance When we’re focused on a goal – especially a big honkin’ one, the finish line can seem awfully far away. And that distance can drain your desire to take action, because all you can see is how you’re Not There…

• Staying Motivated – Step 1: Uncovering Your Biggest Self-Doubts

  Dave Navarro

  2 Aug 2009 | 1:00 am

  << Previous | Table of Contents | Next >> (This is a post in the continuing 30 Hours a Day Project series.  To see all available articles, click the Table of Contents link above.) Now that we’ve covered the introduction, it’s time for Step 1 – we’re going to start uncovering all of the deep-down fears, uncertainties and self-doubts that have been holding you back from making progress at mastering your time.  While that may sound like a tall order, it’s actually a pretty simple process (the hardest part is really just showing up and doing it, but we’ll…

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• It’s Hard to Learn From Your Own Mistakes

  Mark Shead

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  Failure gives you a chance to learn. When you make a mistake you can learn from that mistake and not make it again. Right? Well, yes, in theory. The problem with this approach is that failure triggers strong emotions and makes it very difficult to focus on the cause of the failure. For example, let’s say that you were fired from a job. (Feel free to substitute your own big failure for this scenario.) When you think about being fired, your mind will focus on the emotional part of it–the being fired part, cleaning out your desk, walking out of the building, looking for a new job,…

• Privacy and Technology

  Mark Shead

  10 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  There is a current court case that involves a school that provides laptops for its students. The students are allowed to take the laptops home. These laptops had video cameras, and the school would occasionally activate the webcam of a laptop to try to figure out where it was. They activated the camera of high school student Blake Robbins and took a picture. It seems that he had some candy visible in the picture and the school system decided it looked like drugs that he was taking or selling. After Robbins was disciplined for drug use/sales, he sued the school system basically saying that not…

• Community Links

  Anna

  9 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  Many Productivity501 readers also have their own blogs. In this post we wanted to feature some of the top content from you—people who leave comments on this website.  So read on to discover some great posts from the Productivity501 community. 30 Days Habit Change: Waking up at 5 AM-Freestyle Mind In this post, Oscar from Freestyle Mind writes about his plan to see if getting up at 5 AM will increase his productivity. DIY Common Sense Search Optimization-Monday Morning VA Search engine optimization can seem like a daunting task, but this article gives 4 rules for optimization that can…

• On the Job MBA

  Mark Shead

  8 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  A Master of Business Administration degree is designed to give a broad set of skills needed in running a business. A good deal of what you would learn from an MBA program can be gleaned from on-the-job experience if you are paying close analytical attention. This article is going to explore some of the ways you can leverage your job experience to develop many of the skills you’d get going through an MBA program. In fact, if you apply yourself to this type of education, your skill set would put you well ahead of some state school MBA’s I’ve had to work with. Business is not…

• Income Diversification

  Mark Shead

  4 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  Most people make money from their job working for someone else, and that is it. This is an extremely precarious situation, because if the job goes away, it takes away 100% of their income. The ideal situation is a number of different income sources that can all be ramped up, if necessary. In this post, we are going to look at several different sources of income. Job This is where most people make their money. They work for an employer that pays them for their time. An advantage of this type of income is that the employee doesn’t have to know much about running other parts of the…

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• Master Your Workday Now

  Steve Pavlina

  9 Mar 2010 | 9:40 pm

  I recently had the privilege of reading the book Master Your Workday Now! by Michael Linenberger. I daresay this is the best book on workflow management I’ve ever read — and I’ve read a LOT of books on that subject.The book just came out this week, and last I checked it was in the top 30 books on Amazon.com (#1 in the Time Management category). I predict that this book is going to be a huge hit and a long-term classic in its field.I met Michael at a leadership retreat in January, and we spoke on the phone for about an hour last week to discuss some of his ideas. He shared…

• Tapping the Promise of Personal Growth

  Steve Pavlina

  1 Mar 2010 | 3:46 pm

  The nice thing about working on your personal growth is that when you make a concerted, dedicated effort to improve some part of your life, there’s an excellent chance that you will succeed in the long run. You may have a lot of gunk to clear out in terms of limiting beliefs, and you may be starting from a disadvantaged position, but given enough time, it’s entirely possible to completely rework some part of your life for the better.For example, you have the potential to go from rags to riches, from shy to socially confident, or from unhealthy to vibrant and fit. It may not be…

• Registration Opens for 3 More 2010 Workshops

  Steve Pavlina

  24 Feb 2010 | 4:26 pm

  I’m happy to announce that we’ve finalized the bookings for the remaining 2010 Conscious Growth Workshops. Registration is now officially open for all 3 of them.These workshops will be held at the Flamingo Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip on the following dates:May 14-16, 2010 (Fri-Sun) Jul 16-18, 2010 (Fri-Sun) Oct 29-31, 2010 (Fri-Sun)Feedback was so positive on the first two CGWs that it made sense to commit to doing many more of them. On a scale of 1-10, the average rating from CGW graduates was about a 9.Social AbundanceOne of the primary strengths of CGW is the social element.

• How to Order

  Steve Pavlina

  21 Feb 2010 | 8:17 pm

  The universe you live in works very much like a popular restaurant. You go in, you decide what you want, you order it, you receive it, and you digest it.Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t seem to know how to order. Some are downright inept at it. They walk into this restaurant, behave like complete idiots, and they end up hungry and disappointed. Then they complain about the restaurant and post negative reviews online, despite the fact that the restaurant has received rave reviews from the most experienced food critics.The Universal RestaurantI can’t tell you how many times I…

• New Raising Your Vibration Audio Program

  Steve Pavlina

  17 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm

  Erin recently announced the release of her new audio program Raising Your Vibration, which is based on her ebook 10 Ways to Raise Your Vibration in Under 10 Minutes. I thought it would be great to announce it here as well.I wasn’t personally involved in producing this program, but I’ve listened to the whole thing, and I think she did a terrific job on it. I was particularly impressed by how amazing her voice sounds on the recording — others have commented on that as well.Raising Your Vibration is designed to teach you methods to raise your vibration and enhance your mood,…

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  Productive Magazine

• Productive Magazine #4 preview - Working Effectively from Home

  Michael Sliwinski

  22 Feb 2010 | 5:54 am

  Yes, now it’s real and Productive Magazine will be released in March (this year so the waiting is almost over. Here are some quotes from my “editor note” in the magazine. We’re now finishing the editing and compiling the magazine. Almost there, here you go: Why the delay… The delay has been caused mainly by lots of stuff going on in my private life, ie. my responsibilities as a father and our move to a new apartment. Because of these life-changing factors, the time I had left to work has been used to focus on my company, my web app - Nozbeand the new web app that…

• Productive Magazine #4 to be announced soon!

  Michael Sliwinski

  27 Nov 2009 | 3:32 am

  We’re very sorry for the delay - for several reasons we had to postpone Productive Magazine #4 but at this moment we’re working on the new issue and we should be announcing it within next 2 weeks. What to expect in Productive Magazine #4? First of all, an exclusive interview with Leo Babauta, the guy behind one of the top Internet blogs - Zen Habits (now also Mnmlist and Write to Done) Some quotes from the interview: I don’t really plan too far ahead — when I do that, the plans tend to fall apart. I prefer to just focus on what I’m doing right now and see what…

• Not all productive People are on vacations - 6 thousand downloads so far…

  Michael Sliwinski

  14 Aug 2009 | 8:24 am

  When we launched the magazine less than a week ago I wasn’t sure how the reception would be - after all most of the productive people are on vacations right now re-charging batteries before September and Christmas season… apparently not - our magazine has been already downloaded 6 thousand times and the counter is ticking…. If you haven’t grabbed your issue of this great free PDF packed with fantastic articles by top productivity bloggers on the net, get your copy now and let others know by twitter and email! Did you like the magazine? What do you think about it? Let…

• Productive Magazine issue #3 with Michael Bungay Stanier (August 2009)

  Michael Sliwinski

  8 Aug 2009 | 11:25 am

  This time we kept our word and thanks to the common work of the entire Productive Magazine Team we’ve manage to release this new issue of the magazine this Saturday! Without further ado I’d like to recommend you this summer read of the magazine with a very insightful interview I happened to have a pleasure doing with - Michael Bungay Stanier - Canadian coach of the Year 2006 and one of the most respected coaches worldwide, a “Creative questioner” how David Allen calls him. Apart from the interview we’ve got great articles by many fantastic bloggers, so I…

• Productive Magazine #3 reloaded - watch out this weekend!

  Michael Sliwinski

  7 Aug 2009 | 5:17 pm

  We’ve had technical problems with this 3rd issue of the magazine but it’s coming and you’ll be able to read it this weekend eventually! Here’s the new re-loaded cover of the magazine: Hope you’ll still be anxiously waiting for the next issue of the magazine - thanks for your support and if you want to know exactly when the magazine launches, either follow me on Twitter or sign up for our Productive! Magazine email list.

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  Zen Habits

• The Simple Way to Stick to a Meal Plan

  Leo

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am

  Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on twitter or identica. Not long ago, I was against meal plans because I felt they were too restrictive. I generally prefer to stick to simple principles of eating whole foods, staying active, and eating moderate portions. But I’ve had a change of heart recently as I’ve focused on losing the last of my bellyfat — in the last year I’ve lost about 35 lbs., and in the last 3.5 months of sticking (mostly) to a general meal plan, I’ve lost 18 lbs. That’s a goodly amount, to be sure, and I don’t think I could have done…

• The Lost Practice of Resting One Day Each Week

  Leo

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am

  He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities. – Benjamin Franklin Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist. Ask any physician and they will tell you that rest is essential for physical health. When the body is deprived of sleep, it is unable to rebuild and recharge itself adequately. Your body requires rest. Ask any athlete and they will tell you that rest is essential for healthy physical training. Rest is needed for physical muscles to repair themselves and prevent injury. This is true whether you run marathons, pitch…

• Awesome New Ebooks on Simplicity

  Leo

  9 Mar 2010 | 4:04 pm

  Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on twitter or identica. I don’t often write reviews of ebooks, but a handful of them have come out in the last couple weeks that I just can’t ignore — I really think they’ll be of interest to Zen Habits readers who are interested in getting out of debt, in minimalism, or in reducing dependence on cars. The first is a project I’m involved in: Unautomate Your Finances. An ebook by Baker of ManvsDebt, it teaches you to curb your impulse spending and become more conscious of your financial habits, so you can stop living…

• How to Reclaim Your Attention

  Leo

  5 Mar 2010 | 6:01 am

  Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. Awhile back I (a bit ironically perhaps) tweeted this message: Consider what you give your attention to each day. It’s a precious resource, & determines the shape of your life. This seemed to strike a chord with many people, who I think are feeling overwhelmed these days. Our attention is being pulled in too many directions, leaving us feeling overloaded, distracted, chaotic, spread thinly, without focus. There are a million blogs, people, services, media, competing for our attention. Our attention is limited, and valuable, making…

• 5 Ways To Travel More With Less

  Leo

  3 Mar 2010 | 3:22 pm

  Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Annabel Candy of Get In the Hot Spot. You probably don’t need me to tell you that there’s a global recession at the moment. People all over the world are feeling the pinch and the travel industry is suffering because we all have less money to spend these days on luxuries like travel. But not being able to afford it doesn’t stop people from wanting to travel. Apart from general happiness, I think dreaming of travel, visiting new places and seeing new things is probably one of the most universal life goals. Travel is also one of…

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  Unclutterer

• Assorted links for March 13

  Erin Doland

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:07 am

  The following are interesting tidbits that have crossed my desk in the past week. Please feel welcome to add any uncluttering links to the comments for all of us to enjoy. Yesterday’s Washington, D.C. Express newspaper included the article “The Clean Season: Spring Cleaning Solutions,” which featured many wonderful organizers and myself. If you’re thinking about spring cleaning, be sure not to miss this item. If you’re in the D.C. area, check out the April issue of Washingtonian magazine. (It’s not yet online.) There is a wonderful section on home…

• Ask Unclutterer: Putting away laundry

  Erin Doland

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am

  Reader Kelly submitted the following to Ask Unclutterer: Your advice on doing the laundry is fantastic. I’ve employed several tips with great success. In particular, I’m a fan of clothing items that need little care (e.g. no ironing, dry cleaning, etc.). However, I’m unable to find usable suggestions on HOW TO PUT THE LAUNDRY AWAY. One mantra of simple living systems is to touch things only once (mail directly from the mailbox into office without setting on kitchen counter first and while throwing away junk mail before you even bring it into the house), but I’m unable…

• Workspace of the Week: Streamlined and simple

  Erin Doland

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:25 am

  This week’s Workspace of the Week is Johannes_G’s bare bones home office: I chose this office because its minimalist style is extremely calming. There isn’t anything here to distract the owner while he works. In the notes about the image, Johannes_G says that he deliberately got rid of an external monitor and chose to only use the laptop screen to keep the setup uncluttered. I prefer to work with two monitors for improved productivity, but I’m happy to read that careful thought went into the selection process for each of the desk’s items. So often people put items…

• The big picture

  Erin Doland

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:05 am

  As this is being posted to the website, someone very close to me is undergoing brain surgery. She has an aggressive tumor, which as far as doctors can tell, started growing just six weeks ago. A month and a half ago she was healthy, gregarious, and planning a baby shower for me; now she’s in Houston at the MD Anderson Cancer Treatment Center fighting for her life. I hate this tumor, and I hate all of the fear it has caused. I’m sharing this personal story with you for two reasons. First, as a reminder that life is short, even if you live to be 100. We are not immortals. Each…

• 10 more uncluttering things to do every day

  Sherri Kruger

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:08 am

  Today we welcome Sherri Kruger, editor of Zen Family Habits, as a guest writer on Unclutterer. She also has a personal development site dedicated to sharing simple tips to enjoy life. Last July, Erin wrote “10 uncluttering things to do every day.” I was proudly doing a few things on her list, but as usual there were a couple I hadn’t considered. This got me thinking about what other things I could do daily to reduce the clutter around our home. Here are 10 more uncluttering things you can do each day. Reset your home each evening. This doesn’t have to take long, but…

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  Visionary Blogging

• Learn How to Revive Your Blog: Watch Me Revive Mine

  Easton Ellsworth

  3 Mar 2010 | 2:06 pm

  Your blog is needy. “Feed me! Feed me!” it cries. Ah, but you’re busy. And you’ve been ignoring it for a while. Now you’ve decided to come back, dust off your business blog or professional blog and restore it to its SEO/traffic/attention/revenue-friendly ways. And you’re wondering what to do. How do you revive your business blog? Here’s how. Solution #1: Talk to me. Reviving blogs is part of what I do for a living. You can’t go wrong. Just call me up at 970-372-6630, leave a comment below or shoot me an email. Solution #2: Spy on me. Just keep…

• Momentum: A Law of the Social Web

  Easton Ellsworth

  5 Jan 2010 | 2:51 pm

  I’ve spent hundreds of hours over the past three months on Internet projects at various stages of development. Nothing has impressed me more in that time than the concept of momentum. What is momentum? My concept of momentum as it applies to the ever-emerging social Web is not unlike one of its textbook definitions, which identifies it as the product of the mass and velocity of an object. In other words: (how big you are) x (how fast you’re going) = momentum example: (a really big dude) x (doing a belly flop) = mucho momentum The Web Has Unbelievable Momentum This beast we call…

• The Best Business Website Offer Ever

  Easton Ellsworth

  7 Nov 2009 | 8:20 pm

  Want a vastly improved website/blog? One that will help you drive more traffic and more revenue to your business than ever before? If so, I have a very special offer for you. UPDATE: Sold out! But we still offer great services that can benefit your business or organization today. Visit Website Habitat and Business Habitat to learn more. Dawud Miracle and I have partnered to offer business website design services through WebsiteHabitat.com. Here’s a taste of what you can get through Website Habitat: A complete professional WordPress-powered website to help you market your business…

• How to Create Blog Content That Rewards Your Business Forever

  Easton Ellsworth

  21 Sep 2009 | 10:32 am

  Warning: You’re losing customers and fans right now because your blog content isn’t converting as well as it should. Here’s a comprehensive step-by-step guide on how to make, publish and market blog content that will convert more visitors into buyers and brand promoters. Why is the Blog Content Creation Process So Important? Great blog content – the words, pictures, sounds and videos that you present to your blog visitors – makes your business or organization more successful in at least the following ways: It impels your target audience to buy from you and to…

• How to Be Rude: An Anti-Guide to Blogging and Social Media

  Easton Ellsworth

  16 Sep 2009 | 7:20 am

  We’ve heard a lot about rudeness lately. Shall I mention names? Serena, Joe and Kanye spring instantly to mind. If a star tennis player, a prominent politician and a world-famous rap artist can do it, why shouldn’t you? Here’s how to be inconsiderate, uncouth and downright rude on your blog and in your social media efforts. Step 1: Stop Listening This is the exact opposite of one of my all-time favorite business blogging tips. What’s there to listen to anyway? It’s all mindless babble, right? Why bother following what people are saying about you and your…

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  Notes On Productivity

• xPages Wiki on OpenNTF... Wow!

  Eric Mack

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:45 am

  Originally posted on Notes On Productivity

• Lotusphere Comes To You in Barcelona, Spain

  Ian Armstrong

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:15 pm

  Originally posted on Notes On Productivity

• Move Notes/Domino Apps into the cloud with Phase2 SaaS

  Eric Mack

  8 Mar 2010 | 3:15 pm

  Last week I received a call from the folks at Phase2 - a recent Lotus Business Partner with big plans. Apparently, they are a company that hosts Notes and Domino apps on a SaaS Model. They contacted me because they had a customer (apparently an Exchange shop) that wanted to talk about using hosted Lotus Notes with our productivity software. That got my attention. I'm always delighted when I can give folks a new outlook on their productivity tools and I love it when folks decide to exchange what they are currently using for Lotus Notes/Domino.  I'm all for anything that can be done to…

• Lotus Knows value creation begins with me

  Eric Mack

  11 Feb 2010 | 7:49 am

  Related Information: ICA announces eProductivity 2.0 for Lotus Notes 8.51 ICA announces the upcoming release of eProductivity for IBM Lotus Foundations Lotus Notes and Me: Maximizing personal productivity with IBM Lotus NotesOriginally posted on Notes On Productivity

• Why is my Lotus Notes so slow? (how to improve your personal productivity by sharpening the saw)

  Eric Mack

  27 Jan 2010 | 2:39 pm

  It's often been my experience that when users complain about Lotus Notes, they are unaware that there are simple things that can be done to achieve a big boost in productivity. For example, I sometimes find that users do not have Lotus Notes set up to take advantage of Lotus Note's ability to keep a local replica - something that can lead to a dramatic performance improvement, especially when then the objective is to make the tool as productive as possible. For the past 17 years, I've been serving organizations and individuals that use Lotus Notes to get things done. My focus is on high…

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  Ian's Messy Desk

• Clean up Uncertain Phrases in Your Communication

  Ian McKenzie

  12 Mar 2010 | 4:31 am

  What do these phrases mean to you? A good chance Almost certain Better than even Definite Highly probable Highly unlikely Impossible Improbable Likely Possible Probable Quite likely Rare Seldom Unlikely Very Do they mean the same thing to the people listen you use them or read what your write? What you say is only as effective as what is heard and understood by the listener. Too often, our messages are obscured by the the words we use. We compound the problem when we are unaware of the gap between what is intended and the message received. I am guilty of using all of these phrases when…

• Procrastination is not a joke

  Ian McKenzie

  10 Mar 2010 | 4:09 am

  This is post 2 of my series Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator. It’s not trivial, although as a culture we don’t take it seriously as a problem. It represents a profound problem of self-regulation. And there may be more of it in the U.S. than in other countries because we are so nice; we don’t call people on their excuses (“my grandmother died last week”) even when we don’t believe them. Years ago, not long out of school, I was laid off from a job. At first, this seemed like an opportunity for a short vacation. However, the late nights out and sleeping…

• Reach Your Goals With a Self-Management Checklist

  Ian McKenzie

  8 Mar 2010 | 4:01 am

  Everybody faces challenges in managing certain aspects of their lives. Someone who loves to go trail riding on a bicycle will have no problems motivating themselves to exercise. However, putting aside time to sit and read might be problematic. On the other hand, the reader might have problems putting down the book and getting active. This self-management checklist can be applied to any area of your life where you need to gain some control. Set specific goals. You can’t measure achievement if you don’t know where you’re going. Set specific goals such as: I’ll walk for 30 minutes per…

• 8 Steps to Effective Records Management

  Ian McKenzie

  5 Mar 2010 | 4:56 am

  Records are essential components of every business and organization. Business transactions and processes result to reports, documents, files, and contracts. Invoices, receipts, presentations, memos and letters are all too common in a business setting. Without a doubt, records are a big part of the corporate life and managing these records one of the building blocks for a transparent and credible organization. Effective records management practice takes it a step further in making a successful, operational business. Records management doesn’t have to be a time or cost-intensive activity.

• Are you a procrastinator?

  Ian McKenzie

  3 Mar 2010 | 4:34 am

  This is post 1 of my series Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator. The first point in the article by Hara Estroff Marano gives this statistic: Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. For them procrastination is a lifestyle, albeit a maladaptive one. And it cuts across all domains of their life. They don’t pay bills on time. They miss opportunities for buying tickets to concerts. They don’t cash gift certificates or checks. They file income tax returns late. They leave their Christmas shopping until Christmas eve. The article does not define a…

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  Your best just got better

• While at SXSW - strange things are afoot

  Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:22 pm

  So, I'm at one of the most "tech-friendly" conferences in the US, and I'm facing an interesting couple of challenges. Most of the time, I can appreciate an acknowledge the "hidden messages" in life; and, today I have that opportunity....

• 2 things to consider when looking for a mentor

  Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA

  10 Mar 2010 | 8:05 am

  Thank you to Twitter.com/AndreaAresca for asking about mentoring: Last night, I started reading "Mojo" by Marshall Goldsmith. I had "skimmed" it while standing at an airport bookstore a while back. This month, I'm traveling with my signed copy in my...

• Redefining "wealthy" - with The Wealthy Freelancer

  Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA

  9 Mar 2010 | 2:08 am

  Your mind is made up. You've decided to do something about it. You're ready to get set to get going...but wait, that's not enough. In fact, you've just arrived at the starting line! If your business, career or livelihood at...

• Research time - at the bookstore

  Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA

  5 Mar 2010 | 8:26 pm

  "Hey Jason, how do you get all your new ideas?" "Easy." "Easy?" "Yup, I just change what I look at!" (Try it out, and let me know what you see...)

• Working on a workplace "trust" and retention model

  Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA

  3 Mar 2010 | 10:02 am

  Please share your thoughts... While working with several investment professionals over the past 6 weeks (life insurance, private banking, investment banking), I've found more people interested in adding value to their client relationships - in addition to selling more services...

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  Lifehacker: gtd

• #gtd

  Micah Tanis

  6 Mar 2010 | 11:08 am

  Create a START and END contact on your phone to keep track of timed tasks. Dial and end a call to START or END to create time stamps for time tracking #tips #timetracker #gtd Micah Tanis

• #gtd

  theLaika

  17 Feb 2010 | 2:32 am

  Facebook Is the Web’s Ultimate Timesink [STATS] Pretty much confirming my suspicions [mashable.com])&utm_content=Netvibes #gtd theLaika

• #gtd

  aaronnnjohnsonnn

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:45 am

  Don't mark things off of your To-Do list until you're actually finished doing them. I know it may seem simple, but I've found that I get things done better if I wait until I'm completely 100% finished with a task before I scratch it off of the things I need done. #tips #gtd #todo #list aaronnnjohnsonnn

• #gtd

  aaronnnjohnsonnn

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:43 am

  #gtd #tips aaronnnjohnsonnn

• Leather GTD Tabs Makes Binder Clips Look Good [Office Supplies Fetish]

  Adam Pash

  25 Jan 2010 | 11:30 am

  Stationary enthusiast, blogger, and Lifehacker reader Patrcik Ng has always impressed us with his cool GTD-focused DIY projects, and now he's back with an attractive, notebook-friendly binder clip hack that he calls Leather GTD Tabs.As a quick refresher, Ng is the reader who brought us the printable GTD index card template and Mind.Depositor 2, the all-leather GTD super-notebook. Inspired by Merlin Mann's Hipster PDA but unhappy with the ugly factor of plain old binder clips, Ng put together his list-specific binder clips with some leather flourish (the guy likes his leather). It is dead…

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  Stepcase Lifehack

• What’s Your Best Tax Prep Tip?

  Lifehack Editors

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:31 pm

  Are you a wiz at getting your tax forms filled out accurately on time or early without much stress? Do you have any specific tips or preferred software you use to make your tax magic happen?Tax time is in full swing for most American readers. While your tips and tricks for stress-free filing of American taxes are much-needed and appreciated, how cool would it be if we could get some tips from across the world? Do you have an odd tax tip that applies only where you live? We’d like to learn it!Make sure to include a link and name with your tip so we can give you proper credit if we use…

• Kitchen Hack: One-Minute Bread

  Seth Simonds

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am

  Oven-fresh bread is one of life’s simple joys. Ciabatta, a crisp-crusted Italian bread with hints of sourdough and loads of crannies longing for butter, is one of the easiest breads to make at home. Why are we talking about baking bread on Lifehack? Because kitchen hacks aren’t just impressive, they often have very tasty results! In this instance, I’m going to show you how to make ciabatta with less than one minute of prep time. How is that possible? Like many great hacks, this one uses simple ingredients and as few steps as possible to get the job done.You may have heard of…

• Change Your Focus For Better Results

  Craig Harper

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am

  In some of my workshops, I run a short activity which provides the audience members with an immediate and practical example of how and where we focus our attention and energy – and the potential consequences. It’s a pretty simple process used by plenty of facilitators.How it works:I ask my audience to spend sixty seconds looking around the room and to take note of everything that’s red. Any shade of red will do. Crimson. Fire-engine red. Burgundy. Maroon (are they the same?). If I’m feeling generous, I’ll even allow hot pink. I then tell them to commit as many red things to…

• 11 Simple Ways To Avoid Burnout

  Seth Simonds

  9 Mar 2010 | 10:35 pm

  Are you exhausted, annoyed, and ready to throw in the towel on something that once made you leap out of bed with joy every morning? I know that feeling well. It’s one I suffered from often in the past and still encounter occasionally. It typically signals an impending burnout.Not the type of burnout you get from dropping your 93 Honda Civic into 3rd gear at 6,000 rpm’s. The type of burnout that makes you avoid work, question the value of your existence, and eat large quantities of Oreo cookies while watching bad television.How can you avoid burnout and stay in a productive rhythm?

• Is Your Life Predetermined Or Me Determined?

  Craig Harper

  9 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am

  I’ve never been one to sit on my hands and wait for some cosmically pre-ordained life purpose to miraculously reveal itself via a series of dreams, visions or prophecies. Or for an angel to appear at my window with hand-written instructions from God. Although an angel would be pretty cool.Nor have I been the type to buy into the widely-held view of destiny and I’ve mostly considered (the concept of) fate to be the refuge of the indecisive, the lazy, the fearful and the deluded. But that’s just my (not-very-popular) view. For many people, the traditional concept of destiny provides a…

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  Arif & Ali's Blog

• I’ve Half-Cracked the Rubik’s Cube

  arif

  5 Mar 2010 | 8:59 pm

  Ever since I’ve a boy I’ve been twisting and turning the Rubik’s cube. As a kid, it took me a few weeks to understand how the cube works and managed to solve one of the six sides of the cube. Then after a break of a few years, managed to solve one side plus one line. And now after a decade and a half, I’ve re-picked the infamous cube to give it one final shot and crack the damn thing. Why? Well, my daughter is growing up and by the time she’s 2 or 3 I would have liked to have solved it on my own so that I can guide her through the thought process of solving the…

• How to be Happy for No Reason

  Mohammed Ali

  5 Mar 2010 | 6:15 am

  What makes us Happy? Is it a new car? A job promotion? A new house? Does our Happiness depend on external factors? Do we wait for someone or something to make us happy? Many of us think that “If I had so and so… I would be Happy”. “If my partner would behave in a certain way … I would be Happy” Depending on external factors to make us Happy gives us only short term Happiness, till the time we start craving or the next thing or event to make us Happy. read more… The above is a guest post we had done for Zeenat Syal’s Blog Positive Provocations.   She’s got some good…

• Eat Less

  arif

  28 Feb 2010 | 8:30 pm

  I don’t know if it’s just me but I’ve been coming across a lot of literature these days on Eating less (and ironically as I’m typing this I’m enjoying a cup of green tea). Health benefits aside, it’s one of the more fundamental spiritual practices to enlightenment. Here are my more favourite quotes on Eating Less: - Imam Ali, AS has famously said, “Don’t make ur stomach a graveyard for animals.” - From the Hadith of Ascension, Allah SWT advises Prophet Mohammed (SAW) directly: O Ahmad! Beware acting like a child who, upon seeing what is…

• 6 Features of Manga Studio EX that make it better than Photoshop for Creating Comics

  Mohammed Ali

  25 Feb 2010 | 10:58 pm

  When I started drawing comics the workflow that I followed was: * Sketching & Inking the images on paper * Scanning the images * Drawing Layout and lettering in Photoshop After studying the advances made in the technology of Digital art (such as Wacom Tablets), I realized how much time is saved by drawing the comics digitally. One of the important points to consider when going digital is the software to use to draw the comics. Though photoshop/illustrator is the most common software, in this post I’d like highlight the features that make Manga Studio EX 4 a better software for…

• Sufi Comics in Indonesian

  Mohammed Ali

  19 Feb 2010 | 4:13 am

  Ali Reza Aljufri has translated Sufi Comics in Indonesian. Uploading them there. Thanks Reza! Similar Posts: Sufi Comics in Color! Sufi Comics: The secret recipe for curing all sins 6 Features of Manga Studio EX that make it better than Photoshop for Creating Comics Sufi Comics: A Visit to Hell Sufi Comics: The Power of Prayers

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  moleskinerie

• Book: "The Hand of the Designer"

  Armand Frasco

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:23 am

   "The Hand of the Designer" is an intimate look into the creative process of the designer, and a celebration of the everlasting power of free hand sketching even in the AutoCAD® era. The general layout has the familiar look of a Moleskine notebook, which indicates a visual connection to the sketchbooks often adopted by designers. The dimensions are those of the A4 Folio collection, with all the iconic features of the Moleskine brand: hard rounded corner cover, elastic band, ribbon place marker. The only (and most noticeable change): the cover is white. "The Hand of the…

• Judge This!

  Armand Frasco

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:51 am

  Rebecca HansenDrunk LiteratureWhen Moleskine and Foodista approached me about guest-judging their upcoming Recipe Contest, my initial response was, "Does Proust like his madeleines?!" Answer: YES. As a literature blogger, you may question the fit, but for me, books and food are the rhyming couplet that completes the sonnet of my life. They are an intrinsic part of my daily ritual; good food and good reading go hand-in-hand. As a child, nights were spent perched at the kitchen table, reading from The Secret Garden, while my mother's homemade tomato sauce filled the house…

• Calling All Foodies!

  Armand Frasco

  10 Mar 2010 | 1:07 pm

  So you've gotten your hands on the new Passions Recipe Journal, but now what? Which of your all time favorite recipes will christen the page? We we're thinking about it and thought it would be great to find the "best passed down recipe" of ALL TIME! We called our friends at Foodista and we came up with the aforementioned "best passed down recipe" contest! Perhaps it's your Great Grandmother's Apple Pie, or Cousin Martha's guacamole or maybe you have something that will shock the world and delight tummies globally! It's your time to…

• Snapshot: Camille F. Mendoza

  Armand Frasco

  10 Mar 2010 | 12:03 pm

    Every week in 2010 we will shine the light on a Moleskine user across the globe, this week's snapshot is on Camille Mendoza. If you want to be featured in upcoming weeks, please email us! Name: Camille F. Mendoza Age: 25 Current City: Ottawa, Ontario Job: Graduate Student of Architecture Website: Maybe one day, I'll get around to it Social Network: Facebook, twitter.com/camillefmendoza/, http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/camille-mendoza/6/736/352 Questions: 1. What is your current Moleskine notebook?  I carry two, a Red Pocket Weekly Notebook and the New Project Planner. 2. How…

• Inspiration: Oliver Jeffers' "The Heart and the Bottle"

  Armand Frasco

  5 Mar 2010 | 9:04 am

  Oliver Jeffers has a new book, "The Heart and the Bottle." In this video he describes his work process.Penguin Books on the latest publication:"There is a wonder and magic to childhood. We dont realize it at the time, of course . . . yet the adults in our lives do. They encourage us to see things in the stars, to find joy in colors and laughter as we play.But what happens when that special someone who encourages such wonder and magic is no longer around? We can hide, we can place our heart in a bottle and grow up . . . or we can find another special someone who understands the…

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  I'm an Organizing Junkie

• Picture My Memories ~ The Blue Boots

  Laura

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:57 am

  Several years ago when I was in Ontario visiting my sister we spent some time reorganizing some of her closets.  That’s when we came across the boots.  The big bad bright blue boots.  She didn’t wear them any longer but they held special memories for her from another time.  A time when she was young and carefree and living in another country as an exchange student in Denmark.  To throw away the boots felt like she was throwing away that time in her life, so they sat in her closet year after year collecting dust until I got a hold of them. So what was the compromise?  We took…

• Create a closet where one doesn’t exist

  Laura

  11 Mar 2010 | 9:58 pm

  One of the best parts of this blog for me are the awesome readers that enable my “habit”.  The emails and pictures I receive displaying all sorts of sweet organizing bliss, causing me to drool all over my keyboard, make me so happy that while I’m moping up my drool I’m also giggling incessantly.   It’s a little embarrassing but I don’t care.  I’m a nerd, it’s what I do.  Drool and giggle and not always in that order. But once you see these pictures I think you’ll understand.  You may also do the drool, giggle, giggle, drool routine…

• My newest OpenSky product ~ The Hip Klip

  Laura

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:27 am

  If you want to see what my newest favorite product is, that I absolutely love, be sure to come on over to my review site to check it out and also get 20% off today on the price.  Don’t miss out!

• Take Note ~ Weekly Links

  Laura

  10 Mar 2010 | 8:21 pm

  Some great links this week, some organizing related, some inspirational and some for just fun :) I’m loving all these great chore charts to make (@ Somewhat Simple) Such a great reminder ~ Somebody Wants What You Have (@ Amy’s Finer Things) Great idea for Lego organization Organizing Toys ~ Taming of the Legos (@ A Soft Place to Land) A Nosy Neighbor Approach to Deciding What Needs to be Organized (@ Complete Organizing Solutions) A reminder that Aby’s Organize Your Closet online workshop starts today for only $24.00.  Speaking of Aby I just love this article she wrote…

• Magically Organized

  Laura

  8 Mar 2010 | 10:46 pm

  Please join me in welcoming today Laurieann, of Motivate for Sanity’s Sake and owner of Organize It Mom!.  Now that we have newly organized spaces, it’s time to talk about how we are going to keep them that way.  Thanks Laurieann! You’ve just spent all month cleaning out your closet, sorting and color-coding, and tossing.  You should be proud!  Rejoice!  Hey, maybe you should go shopping and get something for that new space in your closet. Wait! No!  Your job is not over yet.  In fact, the work has only just begun.  Really, sometimes sticking with it is the hardest part.

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  SheenOnline

• Apple iPad Available for Pre-Order. You Getting One?

  Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:58 am

  Apple’s iPad has been available for pre-order since 8:30am Friday morning. They took down their site temporarily in order to update and prepare. Not sure why a company like Apple can’t just update the site without taking the whole thing down. I assume it’s some type of marketing tactic as they do this all the [...] Visit Black Web 2.0 for the full story....

• Microsoft Loses Patent Case…Again

  Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:21 am

  The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals again upheld a jury’s verdict saying that Microsoft “willfully infringed on a patent awarded to i4i.” The verdict was originally affirmed in December and Microsoft was to pay about $240 million in damages. They were also supposed to remove a specific feature of Microsoft Word 2007 starting in January. [...] Visit Black Web 2.0 for the full story....

• Tech Week in Review 3-12-2010

  Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0

  12 Mar 2010 | 4:30 am

  Foursquare + Google Maps = FourWhere FourWhere is a mashup of Foursquare and Google Maps that provides a visual representation of venues overlayed on a map. Clicking a venue shows you recent checkins and comments. The interface is a little weird, but you should be able to figure things out from the right-click menu. Created by [...] Visit Black Web 2.0 for the full story....

• Playstation Motion Controller Gets a Name: Move

  Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:30 pm

  Playstation’s new motion controller has been officially named the Playstation Move. Given the devices appearance, I’m sure any one of us could have come up with something a little more spicy. This controller lets you interact with certain games on the Playstation through the motion of your arms. If you’ve ever played a Wii or [...] Visit Black Web 2.0 for the full story....

• iPhones May Finally Get Multitasking Support

  Rahsheen on Black Web 2.0

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:26 am

  One of the biggest criticisms of Apple’s iPhone is it’s lack of multitasking support. The basic ability to run more than one application at a time. Pretty surprising given that a large part of their business involves people buying apps from their store. According to inside sources, it looks like Apple may be adding this [...] Visit Black Web 2.0 for the full story....

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  Eventualism

• Best. Week. Eventually.

  It’s Wednesday as I write this; I’m on vacation in Florida and it’s National Procrastination Week.  Does life get any better…or eventualler? Not really.  Here’s why:Wednesday is the best day of the week during vacation.  Having Hump Day in Florida means I finally get to fully realize the meaning of the day…by riding a camel at [...]Best. Week. Eventually. comes courtesy of Eventualism.

• Eventual Book Review: The Happiness Project

  A few weeks back I received my copy of “frienemy of the blog” Gretchen Rubin’s latest book, The Happiness Project.  After reading the book sleeve to make sure I didn’t actually have to do a project, I dove in as eventually as I could.  What I found was an insightful look into life and a [...]Eventual Book Review: The Happiness Project comes courtesy of Eventualism.

• Eventual Appearances and Zenning

  Here I am.  I have some stuff to say.I’ve made some changes.  Ever so slight changes…and eventual ones to say the least.  But they’re there.  Look to the right.  Less is more, so to write. Happy Eventual New Year! Upcoming articles include a review of several books (The Happiness Project, The Noticer and Fearless) and an interview [...]Eventual Appearances and Zenning comes courtesy of Eventualism.

• What Happened To Risk

  “Risk versus reward, or something like that.” – Me, trying to recall exactly what the quote was. Risk has always been a part of my life.  I can remember countless hours carefully “strategizing” each and every move I made, hoping that I could keep moving forward until eventually feeling superior and dominant over those around me.  [...]What Happened To Risk comes courtesy of Eventualism.

• How Focus To An Like Eventualist

  In my travels around my world, I’ve seldom been asked “How to you focus on so many things all at once and manage to be so amazing at them?” After looking around to see if they are talking to me, I eventually respond by telling them that by focusing on a phlegmora of things (like [...]How Focus To An Like Eventualist comes courtesy of Eventualism.

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  Matt's Idea Blog

• Temporary hiatus, plus Struggle, and the Quest to Determine What Matters

  matt

  2 Mar 2010 | 8:15 am

  You might have noticed my sporadic posting here, and I'd like to explain the factors and ask your patience. I also ask you to indulge some reflection in this post after three full years of consulting. First, this winter has been a challenge, both from the consulting perspective [1] and personally (two mothers dying within two months of each other, plus some surgery). I'm coming to grips with the struggle being important [2], and how a mismatch between "Visualizing wild success" and reality is an opportunity for reflection and considering strategic change. (An aside: I think this…

• Question for you: How do you organize a book?

  matt

  21 Feb 2010 | 8:33 am

  I'd like to tap your experience to help with my in-process book, "Think, Try, Learn: A scientific method for discovering happiness" (working title). I've collected ideas for five years (since I started this consulting journey), and it's time to pull them together into a structure that leads to chapters. A few examples I've found: Rico's "clustering" technique in Writing the Natural Way. There's a clustering example on Gabriele Rico website - which looks a lot like a mind map. Thoughts? I also found Ayn Rand's The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers. The LinkedIn answer If you…

• Please let know if your comments aren't getting through

  matt

  20 Feb 2010 | 5:58 pm

  I'm double-checking my comment spam filtering software, and I don't want to miss your insights! So let me know if you posted something that I didn't reply to. Cheers -- matt

• 47 Ways to Kill Your Curiosity

  matt

  20 Feb 2010 | 9:35 am

  "Curiosity is antifreeze." -- me :-) act your age don't act your age be uninterested in learning be cautious feel old be afraid of the process keep a closed mind assume one true answer be too busy be smug about how much you know assume only one chance focus on the past go it alone be embarrassed to ask questions be part of a community that discourages questioning be in crisis don't be around children don't be skeptical be afraid of the results ignore things that surprise you don't form hypotheses look at things through the same glasses have an agenda be bored assume you know the results…

• The 20 top time wasters, stealers, nibblers, and how to nab them

  matt

  19 Feb 2010 | 4:42 pm

  "When I think of all the hours and hours of my life I have spent watching television, it makes me realize, Man, I am really rich with television." -- Jack Handey In preparing for a media interview this week I rounded up the most common time wasters, which I thought I'd share with you. Next to each I've sketched briefly ideas for counteracting them. These come from various sources, including The Time Trap: The Classic Book on Time Management, The Naked Desk: Everything you need to strip away clutter, save time & get things done, and Never Check E-Mail In the Morning: And Other Unexpected…

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  LessonInLife.Com

• Sustaining Motivation With The Burning Rock Method

  banji

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:39 am

  Holding to a commitment is like holding a very hot rock, the chances that you will continue to hold it is nearing zero. But with time, it will get easier since the rock will become colder. Now the above example is a very nice way to describe motivation, but what on earth are you going to say to yourself in order to avoid dropping the rock at every single seconds. Remember, it is a very hot rock. How to sustain your motivation 24/7. That is one of the biggest secret of motivation. Believe me, you can easily motivate a person. Some people are doing this everyday to their employees. Sure, they…

• Irrational Emotion – An Explanation

  banji

  20 Jan 2010 | 4:29 am

  Summary – Emotion accumulates Duh! I wonder if this is your first reaction to the summary of this post. Of course it accumulates. Everything accumulates. Just like a coin, if you found one coin today, and tomorrow you found another one, that will make two coins. But wait a minute, this post is meant for more than just compounding interest or wealth generation. It is one of the most interesting lesson I’ve learnt the past 2 months. The story I was very stressed that day. With all the problem I was having with work, one of my staff was giving me more problem. He did one expensive…

• How To Say NO To Abusers At Work

  banji

  3 Nov 2009 | 9:20 pm

  Summary – How to say NO to abusers Very recently I have received an email asking a very interesting question. First of all, I would like to thank the sender, Pankaj, who had taken the time and sent me the email. It is always a pleasure getting to know my reader. The following is the email Pankaj sent me. “I want to know how exactly to say NO to people. My work is almost always overloaded, but even so, when other people come to me asking for help with his work, I can never say no. I always try to help others but in this way I am always taken negative.” Well Pankaj, this is…

• Basic Trick To Success You May Not Know

  banji

  19 Oct 2009 | 3:54 am

  Summary – Success definition I talked to one of my colleague this morning. To make things easier, let’s call him Peter. Peter is an acting manager to an estate here but he’s going to retire next year. I actually asked him whether he will apply for extension and maybe then he will be confirmed as a manager. He simply answered “No, I don’t need the “Manager” title to become successful. I am already successful by my own definition.” That simple sentence had left me speechless (For a few seconds of course). I then continued to ask him what he meant…

• Pay Yourself First Without The Money

  banji

  12 Oct 2009 | 3:18 am

  If you are into financial management, I bet all my money that you have heard of the concept “Pay Yourself First”. Rest assured this post is not about finance. Basically, the idea is to allocate a portion of your paycheck to be saved elsewhere before you even settle your pay-or-die bills. The concept is created simply because saving if not forced, is an impossible thing to do. I know it is kind of harsh, but it is the truth. You can see the proof from my bank account (which of course I will not disclose here). Forget about my bank account. Just look at yours. Did you manage to save…

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  Dragos Roua - Brilliantly Better

• 7 Things I Learned From My 4 Year Old Girl

  dragos

  13 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm

  Today is Bianca’s 4th birthday. All my love is with her and it will always be. To follow a tradition started 4 years ago, on her first anniversary, I’ll post 7 lessons I learned from her in the last year. 1. Show Off Your Personality Every time we go out she surprises us by starting conversations out of the blue with people around. Sometimes it’s the waiter who gets the first line, sometimes it’s just a person walking by who instantly receive a “Hi, I’m Bianca” greeting. Every time we’re in a public place she is relaxed and treat people like they are her own pairs. That’s a…

• The 6 Stages Of A Failure

  dragos

  10 Mar 2010 | 10:58 am

  I am always amazed by how people react when I’m telling them what I do for a living: “I run a personal development blog”. Aside the usual eye rolling when it comes to put “blog” and “make a living” on the same level, they’re all having a sort of a chill. And a little step back. Like they want to have a better look at me. From now on, they’re either totally ignoring me, putting a permanent “idiot” label on my forehead, either start to treat me like I’m Superman or something. The total opposite of failure, if you know what I mean. (I can’t tell you the exact…

• Unautomate Your Finances – The Guide

  dragos

  8 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

  On Queen Street, in Auckland, near the Auckland Tower, there’s a small coffee shop (in fact, it’s more than that, it’s a Starbucks). That was the first coffee shop I sat in during my trip to New Zealand, and that was also the coffee shop in which I met Adam Baker, the man behind ManVsDebt.com, back in October 2009. We spent around 4 hours talking and sharing ideas, projects or life experiences. It was a very productive meeting and also quite an important one, because it led to my first mastermind group, involving Adam and Glenn Allsopp from ViperChill.com . Anyway, I’m not going to…

• How To Make An Impression in 25 Different Ways

  dragos

  7 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

  This is a guest post by my friend Armen Shirvanian, @Armen. Leaving an impression on others is something that is not so easy to do, in a global society where most would like to make as big of an impression as possible. If you want to impress others, you mostly likely have to “hustle, crush it, and go big”, as Gary Vaynerchuk said in this comedy video. However, the specifics of how to do this in various ways are not so obvious, and so they are described in this 25-item list. Use of each example will leave the person or people you are dealing with thinking about you in a better…

• How To Avoid Being A Toxic Person: 13 Simple Tips

  dragos

  4 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

  I was driving to town the other day, when, at some point on the highway, I found myself near a huge truck. I don’t know if you know the type: ugly, noisy and… toxic! The exhaustion pipe was left oriented, and since the truck was rolling on my right, even if my windows were closed, I was inhaling huge amounts of gas. Toxic gas. After a few hundreds meters I went ahead of it and looked to the rear mirror: the driver didn’t seem to have any problem with all that toxic gas he was literally exhaling on the highway. He looked calm and somehow on top of the situation. I could see he had no…

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  Popular Science - DIY

• Build Your Own Turbojet? Some People Do

  Vin Marshall

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:58 pm

  Earlier today, I came upon the site of a man who is building his own jet-powered motorcycle. That's right. He's converting turbochargers into jet engines and building a motorcycle around them. But that's not all; there are apparently a lot of these crazies out there. Here's a look at some. The main components in a turbojet are the compressor, the combustion chamber, and the exhaust turbine. Although the physical configuration is different, turbochargers provide two of those three parts; namely the compressor and the turbine. Adding a combustion chamber more or less completes the package. Some…

• Build It: A Compact Car-Mount Megaphone

  Dave Prochnow

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:32 pm

  Here's a project sure to head off your road rage. Instead of silently fuming the next time you're stuck in traffic behind some attention-deficient driver who fails to move when the light turns green, just give him a friendly yet firm word of encouragement through your DIY megaphone. He'll definitely get the message. The device projects your voice using a small microphone connected to a preamplifier and boosted with a power-amplifier circuit. It won't deafen anyone, but it can provide a step up to more than twice your normal speaking volume. Of course, you don't have to be on the road to use…

• Flying Fruit Slices and Exploded Parts Diagrams

  Vin Marshall

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:30 am

  The photograph of floating banana slices published today on DIY Photography presents the kernel of a great idea for makers. While craftily creating the illusion of levitating sliced fruit may not be your thing, this technique translates almost directly to the creation of "exploded parts diagrams" of your creations. DIY Photography shows how to create the exploded illusion with fruit as the medium. Working with toothpicks and the Photoshop "cloning" tool, fruit slices can be photographed levitating in mid air. But there's no reason to limit this technique to just fruit; if you're working with…

• Archive Pull of the Week: A DIY Gazebo Close To One Reader's Heart

  John Mahoney

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:15 am

  Since we launched our archive viewer last week, it's been a thrill to read emails with everyone's kind words and impressions. Particularly great was reader Michael Dixon's story involving salvaged scrap wood from ships arriving at the Port of Houston, a suburban backyard and the October 1969 issue of Popular Science. While our DIY articles tend to hew closer to electronics today, PopSci has a long history of featuring more lumber-and-nails type projects throughout the decades. This gazebo project comes from a packaged entitled "Improve Your Home & Yard" that also features pieces on "Best…

• Super Mario Gets Real Pixelated in DIY Arduino 8x8 Version

  Jeremy Hsu

  10 Mar 2010 | 2:45 pm

  Mamma mia, I'm the ultimate science project! Nintendo's Mario has long been beloved by geeks and scientists everywhere, as evidenced by a fluorescent bacterial version (seizure warning!) and a Mario "multiverse" that acts as a better guide to parallel universes than "Lost." Now a Carnegie Mellon University student has concocted a playable pixel tribute on an 8x8 LED matrix. The lady known only as Chloe concocted the project as homework by using an Arduino Nano, an open-source electronics prototyping platform intended for artists, designers and hobbyists. She simply added two buttons for the…

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  Get Organized Wizard

• Get Organized With 52 Missions – Now With Even More Motivation!

  Michele Connolly

  13 Mar 2010 | 12:35 am

  Great news! If you’re doing the 52 Organizing Missions Program, there’s now even more motivation to get organized and complete the missions.Get Organized, Leave Comment, Win Prize!Simply leave a comment letting us know you’ve completed the 30-minute organizing mission at the bottom of each post.You can see a list of the 52 Organizing Missions so far (scroll down).Every month we’ll choose one commenter to receive a cool prize. (For added incentive, we may be biased toward people who complete more than one mission.)This month we’re giving away a complete 12-month Design Your Life…

• Set Yes Priorities – And Know When To Say No [Get Organized Mission #35]

  Michele Connolly

  10 Mar 2010 | 1:28 am

  One of the common obstacles to an organized life is having too many priorities. If you can’t get organized because you’re overwhelmed by the demands of your life, then this mission is perfect for you.Remember: you only need 30 minutes for the basic mission. Extended Options are below.If you’re new, you might like to start here -> 52 Organizing Missions.Organizing Mission #35: Set ‘Yes’ PrioritiesStep 1: Choose your ‘Yes’ priorities (15 minutes)Choose 5-7 areas that are important to you at the moment. They don’t have to be lifelong priorities – just things that matter to you…

• Get Organized in 5 Minutes: Inspect Your Pillows

  Michele Connolly

  7 Mar 2010 | 4:46 pm

  Here’s something you can do to get better organized – and it’ll take you just 5 minutes!Inspect your pillowsGo through all the bedrooms and linen storage and check your pillows.Are any in poor condition? If so, make a note to buy replacements on the Shopping quadrant of your Errands List.Discard any pillows that are in poor condition if they aren’t needed.Fluff the remaining pillows.And you’re done!Now you can replace the yucky pillows when you next go shopping – and all your pillows will be lovely and fresh.Remember: 1. Move fast. 2. Don’t overthink. 3. Feel great about getting…

• Get Organized Mission #34: Donate 50 Things

  Michele Connolly

  2 Mar 2010 | 2:29 am

  In Mission 1 we Filled a Hu-u-ge Trash Bag. In Mission 8 we Decluttered 50 Items.Now it’s time again to get rid of more stuff – to simplify life, have more space, get better organized, and, especially in this mission, give something to others.Remember: you only need 30 minutes for the basic mission. Extended Options are below.If you’re new, you might like to start here -> 52 Organizing Missions.Organizing Mission #34: Donate 50 ThingsStep 1: Grab a bagFind yourself a large trash bag, several small bags, or a big box.Step 2: Set the timerSet a kitchen timer or phone alarm for 30…

• How To Organize Your Facebook Friends

  Michele Connolly

  24 Feb 2010 | 9:04 pm

  Last week I tweeted about how good it felt to finally get my Facebook friends into lists, and to be be able to view my news feed by these lists.For instance, if I just want to see what my business, gym or Sydney friends are up to, I can do that.A bunch of people asked me how to do this, so here you go…How to Create a List of FriendsFrom your Home page, select Friends from the left-hand side menu.Click the [+Create a List] button at the top of the page. –> A dialog box will appear and will populate with all your friends. If you have heaps of friends, this may take a little while.Enter…

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  Get Organized!

• Get Organized: 4 Ways to Be Less Forgetful

  Carmen

  18 Feb 2010 | 7:22 am

  There's an old Chinese proverb that says,"The palest ink is better than the best memory." And there's a good reason for that — relying on your memory can be tricky business!If you find that you're a little scatterbrained, here are 4 ways to boost your memory skills so that you are less forgetful:(1) Memory fitnessThere are lots of reasons why you could forget something, but many of the common causes of memory loss are related to how well you take care of yourself. Stress, unhealthy diet, sleep deprivation — all lead to poor brain function.So if you take care of your overall fitness,…

• Get Organized: How a Messy Car Costs You (and How a Tidy One Saves You Money)

  Carmen

  11 Feb 2010 | 7:08 am

  You've probably thought about how clutter in your home and office costs you resources like time and money. But have you ever considered that a cluttered car costs you as well?It does! Especially where gasoline expenses are concerned.Here are 4 ways organizing your vehicle, its maintenance, and its use can save you BIG on gas money:(1) Remove excess weight. According to FuelEconomy.gov, you should "avoid keeping unnecessary items in your vehicle, especially heavy ones. An extra 100 pounds in your vehicle could reduce your miles per gallon (MPG) by up to 2%."So get rid of extra cargo like…

• Get Organized: When Lists Don't Work

  Carmen

  7 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm

  Generally speaking, a list is a good thing because...When you write a list, it helps you focus. When you follow a list, it keeps you on track and moving toward list completion. And when you cross off list items, you feel productive.And yet, despite proven results and positive qualities, lists don't always work for everyone, every time because...When you have to make a list, it means you have lots to accomplish. When you have lots to accomplish, you suddenly don't want to do anything but sit on your couch, watch TV, and eat ice cream.In other words, making a list is making you procrastinate.

• The Key to Finding Balance and Getting Organized

  Carmen

  14 Jan 2010 | 6:32 am

  When you are responsible for taking care of others — whether it be at work, at home, or both ― then taking care of YOU can become a low, maybe even non-existent, priority.Women, in particular, feel incredibly off-kilter when this occurs, but men are also not immune to self-neglect and its repercussions.Here's what I mean...- You're working more hours, so that's less time for exercise. You gain a few pounds, and your pants are fitting tightly...and you feel blah.- You're juggling lots of responsibilities, so that's less time for planning. You've put off your hair appointment 3 times, and…

• Recycled, Reused, and Repurposed Organizers

  Carmen

  11 Jan 2010 | 1:37 am

  I love it when I discover *fresh* organizing ideas! Especially when they allow you to reuse the stuff you already have in your home to help you get organized.Case in point...BHG's Clever Storage Solutions You'd Never Expect. There are 19 "unexpected organizers" in this feature, and here are my top 3 faves...#1 Forks as Storage SolutionsFor a unique and organized display, attach decorative vintage forks to the wall to hold tickets, receipts, and business cards.#2 Shutter to DeclutterAn old discarded shutter is a perfect family communications center. Replace the top slats with corkboard and…

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  Notes On Productivity

• xPages Wiki on OpenNTF... Wow!

  Eric Mack

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:45 am

  Originally posted on Notes On Productivity

• Lotusphere Comes To You in Barcelona, Spain

  Ian Armstrong

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:15 pm

  Originally posted on Notes On Productivity

• Move Notes/Domino Apps into the cloud with Phase2 SaaS

  Eric Mack

  8 Mar 2010 | 3:15 pm

  Last week I received a call from the folks at Phase2 - a recent Lotus Business Partner with big plans. Apparently, they are a company that hosts Notes and Domino apps on a SaaS Model. They contacted me because they had a customer (apparently an Exchange shop) that wanted to talk about using hosted Lotus Notes with our productivity software. That got my attention. I'm always delighted when I can give folks a new outlook on their productivity tools and I love it when folks decide to exchange what they are currently using for Lotus Notes/Domino.  I'm all for anything that can be done to…

• Lotus Knows value creation begins with me

  Eric Mack

  11 Feb 2010 | 7:49 am

  Related Information: ICA announces eProductivity 2.0 for Lotus Notes 8.51 ICA announces the upcoming release of eProductivity for IBM Lotus Foundations Lotus Notes and Me: Maximizing personal productivity with IBM Lotus NotesOriginally posted on Notes On Productivity

• Why is my Lotus Notes so slow? (how to improve your personal productivity by sharpening the saw)

  Eric Mack

  27 Jan 2010 | 2:39 pm

  It's often been my experience that when users complain about Lotus Notes, they are unaware that there are simple things that can be done to achieve a big boost in productivity. For example, I sometimes find that users do not have Lotus Notes set up to take advantage of Lotus Note's ability to keep a local replica - something that can lead to a dramatic performance improvement, especially when then the objective is to make the tool as productive as possible. For the past 17 years, I've been serving organizations and individuals that use Lotus Notes to get things done. My focus is on high…

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  Wrike - the most practical project management software

• In Case You Missed It

  Daria

  25 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  Wrike’s Google Wave integration buzz, our new users’ first impressions and Wrike evangelists' opinions – brought to you fresh, hot and crispy from Twitter. Strategy First impressions on Wrike - really like the structure. Far easier to use than Basecamp or 5pm. stoner43 @dawnbierschwal awesome, thank you!  that wrike.com looks pretty cool hymseo http://bit.ly/aIm1aA - Wrike.com's Project Management meets Google Wave rubycut  @wrike This is what I was looking for. WalterNaeslund   Here comes usefulness! RT @ydring: Wrike integrates Google Wave into…

• Energize Your Project Management in Wrike with Google Wave

  Daria

  3 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  Are You Ready to Wave with Wrike? Whether you already using Google Wave, or just thinking of giving it a try, we’ve got fabulous news for you! Starting on February 3, you’ll be able to boost your project management productivity in Wrike by adding Google Wave collaboration feature set to your project management tool. Wrike is the first project management software that allows you to manage your projects directly from Google’s communication platform. Wrike’s Google Wave integration will allow you to seamlessly turn your waves into tasks, set due dates, update your project…

• Need Help with Managing Multiple Projects and a Team of 50?

  Daria

  21 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am

  Even if you work in a team of two, keeping track of multiple projects can be challenging. What if you need to collaborate in a team of 50 people? Just imagine how hard it can be to keep everyone in the loop and make sure that all the tasks are completed on time, or simply that they are not forgotten by your colleagues. “As the projects and tasks build up, tracking them all becomes increasingly difficult with no project management software to help you,” says Joe Dean, CEO at Electronic Sports, a company developing interactive fitness games for commercial exercise equipment. …

• Good News from Twitter

  Daria

  11 Jan 2010 | 12:00 am

  We have a confession to make. We absolutely love reading tweets about Wrike! Especially those that praise our project management software, of course. It’s amazingly pleasant to see something like: “Wrike is the best PM web-service out there,” (originally posted by binmugahid). Here are a few more Twitter updates from our users, fans and media that we wanted to share with you: KendraBuchanan @kotof It's nice to see the PMS we use, Wrike, is rated #1.  Thanks for the info.  Now, we need bug tracker.  Any sug would be great! TKS! Kolcoo Tools: Wrike (Project…

• Wrike Plans for 2010: What Will the New Year Bring?

  Daria

  28 Dec 2009 | 12:00 am

  This year is coming to an end, and now it's high time to review the accomplishments we had. First of all, we're happy to let you know that this year brought us numerous new users! Some of them agreed to share their Wrike experience with us. As a result, we published quite a few new customer success stories, including interviews with: Laura Roeder, a popular online marketing strategist and social media expert Cornelius Fichtner, PMP, show host at The Project Management PrepCast Luther Cale, chief of marketing, HealthStream Ciaran Rogers, marketing manager, UKSA Nick Doherty, managing editor of…

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  Complete Organizing Solutions

• Picture My Memories: Chocolate From Above

  Tanna Clark

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm

  I am a lover of chocolate and every once in a while Hubby will attach a note to chocolate and hide it for me to find later. These are some of the notes he has written. One day I flipped down the sun visor in my van and M&M’s fell in my lap. A good day for me is when chocolate falls from the sky! - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - This is my first official entry for Picture My Memories. I…

• Organizing Idea File #29

  Tanna Clark

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:01 am

  I had a fabulous time being a judge for Laura’s 28 Day Organizing Challenge, there were so many great entries! Today I thought I would share a few of the fun organizing ideas we came across in the small space category. I love how Kristi maximized space by hanging her purses on hooks on the back wall of her closet – peetswea Brandie organized her laundry room and found a good solution for socks missing their mates. Instead of spending a lot of money on storage containers she used diaper boxes and wrapped them in gift wrap! A great way to add color to the space at a fraction of the…

• Picture My Memories… starting this weekend!

  Tanna Clark

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:09 pm

  I am inviting you to take a weekly journey with me called Picture My Memories. The idea is for us to take pictures of stuff that we own and creatively share the memories associated with that item. Some of you may want to do this to get rid of clutter and others may want to create an archive of some of your most precious possessions but the idea is to capture those memories! Every Friday night, starting this Friday, at 10pm central time I will post my picture and memory or feature a creative way a reader shared theirs. Then I will include a place for you to link to your posts sharing your…

• The Nosy Neighbor Approach To Deciding What Needs To Be Organized

  Tanna Clark

  10 Mar 2010 | 9:41 am

  So, your house is disorganized and you are ready to get your act together. The first problem you realize is that you are unsure of where to start or what needs to be organized. Here is an activity that will help you create an organizing project list… Put on a New Pair of Eyes I suggest putting on new pair of eyes. I know that sounds a bit weird, but this is an activity you can have fun with. I want you to pretend you are a neighbor and you just got invited over by yourself for the first time. Oh, and guess what, you are a REALLY Nosy Neighbor. For the next hour or two forget this is…

• Clutter Fills The Heart

  Tanna Clark

  8 Mar 2010 | 7:36 am

  Over the past three Sundays I have been leading a small class on organizing. My original intention was to just use a bible study format and teach from a book but the class has evolved into its own thing. The discussions have been amazing and I am learning just as much if not more from the people in the class. I am so moved and inspired when I hear their stories each week telling me about a new organizing challenge they tackled. I have always been honest here on my blog and this is one of those moments. When it comes to leading a class, at times I feel ill equipped especially when there is an…

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  There, I Fixed It

• In Soviet Russia, Table Is On Dinner

  lorenichc

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  Submitted by: Jenna via Submit a Kludge! At least they tried to match it to the tablecloth. – Ms. Fix-It

• Wood! Duct Tape! Words! I Like This Game.

  lorenichc

  13 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  Submitted by: Cory via Submit a Kludge! Bread! Apples! Very Small Rocks! – Ms. Fix-It

• Cops Will Hose Us If We Get Pulled Over

  Ms. Fix-It

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm

  Submitted by: Jackp311 via Submit a Kludge! It’s not even spring and they’re already tired of gardening. – Ms. Fix-It

• Didn’t Know Coffee Was A Good Source Of Iron

  Ms. Fix-It

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  Submitted by: drinkfast via Submit a Kludge! I’ll take mine with steamed milk please. – Ms. Fix-It

• Seriously, I Don’t Smell THAT Bad. Lemme Out!

  Ms. Fix-It

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  Submitted by: Merlijn & Marieke via Submit a Kludge! At least I hope the poor soul inside know they’re being lifted off the ground. – Ms. Fix-It

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  How to of the Day

• How to Get Your Sims Abducted by Aliens in Sims 2

  13 Mar 2010 | 12:00 pm

  You can keep playing Sims 2 but haven't yet managed to get abducted by aliens. The chances of abduction are rather low, and you have to be persistent. The abduction in Strangetown is set up, of course, and you got lucky in Veronaville. Here are some instructions in order to make the abduction more likely.

• How to Cut a Mortise and Tenon

  13 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  A mortise and tenon joint.To join two pieces of lumber for building doors, cabinets, furniture, or other woodworking projects, using a mortise and tenon and wood glue is hard to beat. Here are the steps for creating a basic mortise and tenon joint.

• How to Roll Paper Cartridges (Reenacting)

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 pm

  This article will tell you how to roll blank paper cartridges for .58 cal. black-powder muzzleloaders. Be sure to read the entire article and view all pictures before trying to make the cartridge.

• Who Needs Eggs? How to Make Vegan Quiche

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  Quiches are a delicious dish, but usually contain eggs or butter. Here is a recipe for a vegan spinach quiche. Instead of spinach you could also use broccoli or cauliflower.

• How to Choose a Backpacking Stove

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:00 pm

  With so many backpacking stove choices available, you can get lost in the proverbial forest of backpacking stove options. Here's some guidance to help you.

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  Your Organizing Coach

• Tip for Purging Email

  Claire Tompkins

  9 Mar 2010 | 4:18 pm

  I admit it, there are tons of unattended to emails in my inbox. The vast majority of it is reading. I'll probably never get to it, but I don't mind it being there. The rest is threads about events or plans that needed some back and forth before getting resolved. Just going backwards in time is a slow and unappealing way to find emails to delete. Sorting your email by subject first and then by sender will give you two distinct sets of emails that will already be grouped in nice, tossable chunks. You'll get all the emails about the long passed "January 10 meeting" or all the ones from Ellen…

• The Smallest Step

  Claire Tompkins

  5 Mar 2010 | 4:02 pm

  I've posted before about the difference between goals and tasks. It's similar to the difference between projects and to do's. Goals and projects are not one-shot deals. They need to be broken down into do-able steps.Sometimes even the next do-able step doesn't seem to be getting done. In her Success Circle tip today, Ann Ronan pointed out that if you feel resistance to doing something, well, you probably will avoid doing it. She suggests taking the smallest possible step that won't activate resistance. Say, put on your jogging shoes, but don't actually jog around the block. Ann takes this a…

• Seven Steps to Successful Organizing has arrived!

  Claire Tompkins

  1 Mar 2010 | 1:13 pm

  Today I'm officially launching my free ecourse! I originally wrote it for people who attended a talk I gave last fall and then I realized I could expand it and offer it to everyone. I love helping people succeed with their organizing projects. If I can do it by laying out a seven step program that they can run with, that's great news. Not everyone needs me there in person or on the phone to make a plan, get motivated and stay focused. So, check it out at this link. See how it works for you. I'd love to hear about your results!

• To Do List Hints on Video

  Claire Tompkins

  25 Feb 2010 | 6:12 pm

  I'm having fun with video! Here's my latest one about to do lists. I talk about three important elements: make it short, write it nice and give it an end. It features a lovely to do list I posted about back in June.What topic shall I use for the next video?

• My Video about Using Your Inbox

  Claire Tompkins

  12 Feb 2010 | 4:37 pm

  I finally did it! I made a video and slapped it up on YouTube. For my first one, I think it turned out pretty well. There are lots of things I'll do differently next time (put the camera higher so I'm not talking down to people, project more, wear brighter clothes and make up), but I decided it was worth posting. Having the "play" arrow right over my nose makes me look a bit like Minnie Mouse!I'd love to hear your comments! Is the material helpful? Are you eager to see the next installment? What topics should I cover? Thanks!!!

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  Daniel Richard

• How To Go Ninja Assassin On Your Debt

  Daniel Richard

  8 Mar 2010 | 8:43 pm

  cc – powerbooktrance Post written by Daniel Richard. Follow me on Twitter. Going through a time where your finances is be dwindling down, while debts seem to be amounting up to no end? Your journey to debt cancellation may be a tough one, but it’s never impossible to get out of it. Using 10 highly secret ninja mindset hacks that’s not known to any modern man today, here’s how you can start assassinating your debt and getting yourself free again. By the way, this post is highly inspired by the movie “Ninja Assassin”, hence the similarities in the title. No…

• 5 Ways to Uncomplicate Your Week

  Daniel Richard

  7 Mar 2010 | 10:51 pm

  Post written by Daniel Richard. Follow me on Twitter. Looking forward to completing major tasks, save up some money, and perhaps accomplishing a goal or two in this week? Add a little motivation along with the following 5 tips, and you’ll be all set to getting things done. Here’s just 5 simple ways to uncomplicate your week. 1. Close email, Facebook and Twitter tabs. I know, I know. It’s one of the hardest things to do especially when we are too connected to the Internet today. You don’t have to go sabbatical on your email, Facebook, Twitter, and any other social media…

• How To Be Debt Free: 10 Liberation Tactics To Breaking Out Of Debt Hell

  Daniel Richard

  4 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Post written by Daniel Richard. Follow me on Twitter. How on earth can a person, starting the year with $200 and unemployed, get out from a few thousands dollars of debt in less than 3 months? It’s possible. Yes. And I’m glad to say that I’m finally debt free. *pumps fist in the air!* More than that, it’s totally liberating and fortunate that I am now in a place where I can work on the things that matters most to me today (writing, blogging, creating and sharing brands that’s been providing amazing products and services). Before we go deeper into this post,…

• The Art of Being Minimalist: How to Stop Consuming and Start Living

  Daniel Richard

  27 Feb 2010 | 9:11 pm

  Wondering how you can stop consuming and achieve personal liberation where you are can have the freedom of location to work anywhere and make a good living while adopting a minimalist lifestyle? Minimalist, photographer, and fellow blogging colleague, Everett Bogue, had done that and is sharing his experiences on the art of being a minimalist in his brand new book. The Art of Being Minimalist: How to Stop Consuming and Start Living is a 67 pages ebook that was created to help people declutter their lives, untangle their schedules, and find the freedom they’ve always dreamed they could…

• How To Massively Increase Your Personal Productivity, In 40 Characters

  Daniel Richard

  25 Feb 2010 | 7:06 pm

  Post written by Daniel Richard. Follow me on Twitter. Are you looking forward to raising your personal productivity, getting things done, and creating tremendous value that will increase your personal growth and impacting friends and people in your circle of influence? Things are always made simpler, when you know how. Here’s the secret in 40 characters: “Do what you do best, say no to the rest.” That’s all there is to it. :) How To Massively Increase Your Personal Productivity, In 40 Characters is a post from: Daniel Richard | Personal Productivity and The Art of…

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  How To Get Focused

• Twitter, As We Knew It, Is Dead: The 7 New Dependable Ways to Use Twitter

  Scott

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:06 am

  Why should you read this chapter? Today, more than ever before, we’re presented with new web apps and tools that promise to help get things done. The truth is, they do the exact opposite. In the chapter below we’ll learn how to truly leverage Twitter for results. This will allow you to focus more on things that matter; instead of spending time on something that simply wastes your time. In an age of distraction, this skill is critical to reaching the freedom and dreams you desire. I think it’s time that we again ask ourselves the question we’ve always been asking, what…

• The Art of Focused Networking

  Scott

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:24 am

  Why should you read this chapter? You’ve heard it before that business is all about relationships–it’s all about people. This is only half truth. Researchers have found that success in business is 50% is about relationships; whereas, the other 50% is actually bringing something valuable to the table–it’s smarts. Too often, we focus on one or the other. In order to reach the green fields of success, people must know what you’re doing.  You could have the next biggest search engine algorithm and live in a siloh in Montana. But guess what, if nobody knows…

• How to Live Without a Cell Phone

  Scott

  8 Mar 2010 | 7:11 am

  Why should you read this chapter? By learning about different methodologies of getting work done, and becoming more productive, you will learn how the act of giving up your cell phone allows you to focus on the most critical elements of your life. By ditching an item that serves as a constant form of distraction, you train your mind to become more focused and more productive. Whether or not you decide to ditch your cell phone is your own prerogative. Any act or “How to,” is different for different people; however, the principles that underlie the act of giving up your cell phone…

• Focusing in The Face of Emotions

  Scott

  5 Mar 2010 | 8:29 am

  Why Should You Invest Time in Reading This Chapter? Life is filled with people. And with people come one thing: emotion. We are emotional beings. And emotions constantly drive our actions. This is both wonderful, and horrific. We possess both empowering emotions, and draining emotions. And if you don’t approach emotions in a focused, logical manner, you risk becoming a reactive, irrational being. In order to sustain long-term focus, one must think logically in the face of emotions. One must learn to reason with focus when faced with towering levels of emotions. In the chapter below,…

• Productivity Genius, Jared Goralnick, on Focus, Email and Blues Dancing

  Scott

  3 Mar 2010 | 7:44 am

  About Jared Goralnick Jared Goralnick’s job is to stay focused and stay productive. His ventures have been featured in a variety of publications including the Four Hour Work Week, WebWorkerDaily, Lifehacker and more. For the past seven years he’s run a niche technology business in Washington DC that delivers productivity training, document design, and document automation. If you ever need a kick ass spreadsheet, Jared’s company gets it done. Jared’s latest venture, AwayFind acts as your automated virtual assistant that pings you whenever an important email comes in.

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  How To Get Focused

• Twitter, As We Knew It, Is Dead: The 7 New Dependable Ways to Use Twitter

  Scott

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:06 am

  Why should you read this chapter? Today, more than ever before, we’re presented with new web apps and tools that promise to help get things done. The truth is, they do the exact opposite. In the chapter below we’ll learn how to truly leverage Twitter for results. This will allow you to focus more on things that matter; instead of spending time on something that simply wastes your time. In an age of distraction, this skill is critical to reaching the freedom and dreams you desire. I think it’s time that we again ask ourselves the question we’ve always been asking, what…

• The Art of Focused Networking

  Scott

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:24 am

  Why should you read this chapter? You’ve heard it before that business is all about relationships–it’s all about people. This is only half truth. Researchers have found that success in business is 50% is about relationships; whereas, the other 50% is actually bringing something valuable to the table–it’s smarts. Too often, we focus on one or the other. In order to reach the green fields of success, people must know what you’re doing.  You could have the next biggest search engine algorithm and live in a siloh in Montana. But guess what, if nobody knows…

• How to Live Without a Cell Phone

  Scott

  8 Mar 2010 | 7:11 am

  Why should you read this chapter? By learning about different methodologies of getting work done, and becoming more productive, you will learn how the act of giving up your cell phone allows you to focus on the most critical elements of your life. By ditching an item that serves as a constant form of distraction, you train your mind to become more focused and more productive. Whether or not you decide to ditch your cell phone is your own prerogative. Any act or “How to,” is different for different people; however, the principles that underlie the act of giving up your cell phone…

• Focusing in The Face of Emotions

  Scott

  5 Mar 2010 | 8:29 am

  Why Should You Invest Time in Reading This Chapter? Life is filled with people. And with people come one thing: emotion. We are emotional beings. And emotions constantly drive our actions. This is both wonderful, and horrific. We possess both empowering emotions, and draining emotions. And if you don’t approach emotions in a focused, logical manner, you risk becoming a reactive, irrational being. In order to sustain long-term focus, one must think logically in the face of emotions. One must learn to reason with focus when faced with towering levels of emotions. In the chapter below,…

• Productivity Genius, Jared Goralnick, on Focus, Email and Blues Dancing

  Scott

  3 Mar 2010 | 7:44 am

  About Jared Goralnick Jared Goralnick’s job is to stay focused and stay productive. His ventures have been featured in a variety of publications including the Four Hour Work Week, WebWorkerDaily, Lifehacker and more. For the past seven years he’s run a niche technology business in Washington DC that delivers productivity training, document design, and document automation. If you ever need a kick ass spreadsheet, Jared’s company gets it done. Jared’s latest venture, AwayFind acts as your automated virtual assistant that pings you whenever an important email comes in.

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  More Than Just a Planner

• Junk Drawer Drama - Giveaway

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• How to Manage your Time While Working From Home

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• Welcome to GO MOM!®

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