Derek Sivers on Los Angeles: “Not just LA but California is the most optimistic place on earth. The side-effects of this can confuse outsiders. When you say, “Will you come to my event?” or, “Want to help with this project?” – they will almost always say yes, full of enthusiasm, and actually 100% sincere, fully […]
In my years as The Productivityist, I’ve learned many productivity practices. I’ve included these – and a few of my own – in this manifesto.
The wrench is curious and versatile tool. It can be used to loosen or tighten things, which is important for making adjustments. Whenever you think of cranking widgets – which is a common productivity term – the tool being used for said cranking is…a wrench. (You may have noticed that I’ve used quite a few
I’ve got my own book coming out in the not-too-distant future, but I feel a little bit like my friend Brett Kelly does about this whole ‘selling’ business around it. 1 That said, I’d be foolish if I didn’t understand that it had to be done. So while I’m not big on hard-selling things, I
We can’t be powered on all the time. Even our computers take breaks — either by sleeping, shifting to screensaver mode or (unfortunately) putting the spinning beach ball or rotating hourglass on display. When our computers do that, we often get frustrated and are anxious while we wait for them to get back to doing
When you close out one week and head into another, why not start really looking at your to-do list at that time…and I mean really look at it.
It’s been two months since I announced The Front Nine, and earlier this week I sent off an update that was exclusive to those who subscribed to the eBook’s newsletter. I’m not going to reveal everything that was in that update (otherwise it wouldn’t exactly be exclusive now, would it?), but there is one bit
I’ve talked about selective productivity here before, but lately I’ve been thinking about sharing and how it’s gotten totally out of control. It’s become an obsession. While we were taught that it’s good to share, I think we’re getting to a point where “oversharing” is more the norm. And as a result, much of it
Today, as Google unleashed Google Drive unto the world,1 I’m wrapping up my Goodbye Google series. To recap, here’s what I’ve covered over the past several weeks: I waded gently into the waters by taking some baby steps away from some of Google’s smaller services. I attempted to leave Gmail in the dust. I tried
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