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It’s Time to Pre-Order The NOW Year

The wait is over…sort of. (And I’m not talking about today’s Apple announcement, either.) Newsletter subscribers had a head-start when it came to pre-orders. And while I planned on waiting to unveil my latest work here until next week, I just couldn’t wait to share details of my new self-published eBook with all of you. […]

Why Productivity is a Matter of Life and Death for Me

This a guest post by Dallon Christensen. Dallon is the direct of accounting and finance and chief financial officer of Evolution Power Tools in Davenport, Iowa. Dallon has fallen off the Getting Things Done wagon more times than he can remember while organizing his roles as devoted husband, father, friend, co-worker, and blogger. Dallon is

Review: Die Empty by Todd Henry

I’ve been a big fan of Todd Henry’s work for a while. His first book, The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice has a cherished spot on my paper-based book shelving area, and he recently released its follow-up, Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Every Day. And he’s delivered another winner with

Chasing Rainbows

The following is a guest post by Tim Sprosen. Tim is a medical researcher at the University of Oxford and a long time GTDer. He writes about productivity at timsprosen.com focusing on the higher-horizons and how they can add meaning, passion and purpose to our daily lives. Are you chasing the rainbow? As a kid

Review: Velodyne vQuiet Noise-Cancelling Headphones

I haven’t had a decent pair of over-ear headphones in a long time, and as a podcaster I really need one. The earbuds I’ve been using (the RHA) are great for a lot of things, but there’s nothing like having some more isolation when editing Mikes on Mics in a very busy household (or taking

Test Patterns

The following is a guest post by Sam Spurlin. Sam studies positive organizational psychology in Southern California. He writes and coaches personal development at Sam Spurlin Coaching & Consulting and recently founded an organizational consulting firm called Outlier Consulting Group. Basically, he really, really likes understanding how to make work more engaging, meaningful, and enjoyable

How My 8 Year Old Daughter Uses Evernote

I’ve already outlined how I use Evernote to track my beer cellar (and I will probably write further on that use case somewhere down the line as the cellar grows), but I’m not the only one using Evernote in my house. My daughter also uses it regularly…and it’s all by design. My daughter is now

Bring The Noise

Here are some other ways I break the silence and still move forward with my work.

Review: 1Password 4 for Mac

Having a password management tool in your arsenal is a huge productivity booster, and I’ve been putting 1Password 4 for Mac through the paces for a while. Today it arrives in the Mac App Store, meaning the transition to version 4 on the Apple side of things is now complete. I’ve been using the iOS