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Don’t Just Ship…Deliver

Shipping has become very popular when it comes to product launches, and I think the idea of shipping is a good one in principle. But I think that shipping as it is being executed isn’t exactly how it was initially proposed. We shouldn’t just think about what we ship, but how we deliver.

A Step-by-Step System to Higher Productivity

The following is a guest post by Greg Hickman. Greg is a blogger and podcaster that teaches people how to build a plan to leave their corporate jobs and work on their own terms. He shares his journey by leveraging his mobile marketing experience through a successful blog and podcast in his area of expertise,

40 Things I’ve Learned in 40 Years

Today I turned forty. I don’t feel all that different, but I know that who I am now is the sum of all the years I’v spent on this planet. That sum isn’t made up of the moments on their own, but in a large part how I spent those moments. I’ve taken some time

What’s The Next Horizon?

We all get stuck. Sometimes using apps like Unstuck help this “state of stuck” last only for a short while. Sometimes meditation and exercise works. Sometimes asking yourself “What’s the next action?” does the trick. And sometimes none of that stuff works. The Horizons of Focus So what do you do when you really can’t

Book Review: The Obstacle is The Way

Being productive doesn’t seem like it has much to do with philosophy, and sometimes philosophy seems like the opposite of productivity. Sitting around and debating arcane positions instead of getting up and getting work done are opposed in almost every regard. But with The Obstacle is The Way, author Ryan Holiday has written a book

Balancing the Life Side of Things

My wife and I watched the film “I Don’t Know How She Does It” (based on the book of the same name) earlier this week. It wasn’t exactly a great movie, but some of the messages in it have been swirling around in my head for the past couple of days. In the film, Kate

How to Do a Weekly Review in Todoist

“David Allen says that if you are not doing your weekly review, you are not doing GTD.” – Leo Babauta, Zen Habits Even though Leo Babauta (like me) doesn’t dive into GTD all that much anymore, he does offer the above quote that is incredibly valuable when it comes to adopting the systematic approach to