Over the recent Christmas break my attention was taken by the simple and powerful idea that what we do today sets us up for the success of tomorrow. John C. Maxwell writes about the concept and his experience applying it to life in the book Today Matters. My experience of self improvement books is that [...]
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An open loop is something which is pulling on your attention. I have a few from 2009 relating to Quantum Gardener which I will close today lest they fester and end up consuming more and more of my time. 50 book challenge (2009) In 2008 I successfully read 50 personal and self improvement books in a [...]
In July 2008 I began the daily habit of selecting something I was grateful for and noting it in my diary. Gratefulness is one of the most powerful emotions we can have and for me the daily habit of reflecting was a moment of quiet and stillness as the world rushed around me. My experience of being [...]
Poojan Wagh’s list of learnings from a recent GTD seminar makes interesting reading. There may be some things you can learn as well. The biggest thing I learned from the seminar was that I need to experiment more. I had taken the GTD methodology to be a mandate. Most of my frustration with GTD has [...]
“What stands between you and greatness today”, is a fantastic question to ask at the start of the day.
John is a typical upper-level manager. He began work with a large corporate the week he finished university. He thought his training was comprehensive but the real world knew better. It was a further eight weeks before his induction training was complete. John was well versed in the matters of timesheets, stationery requisitions and the [...]
Stephen Denning, the author of The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling has commented on the role of emotions in learning. He conjects that “narrative is important for high-speed learning: it can engage the heart” and suggests that learning is easy when we are motivated to learn. I agree. As with anything, a mood of ambition or [...]
Some side-benefits of opening up your personal knowledge management system
I’ve just taken my business partner through the in’s and out’s of how I join my blog, del.icio.us and newsgator into a personal knowledge management system. I hadn’t recognised the complexity and power of what is on offer and how easily I can now share that information with others. It has created a greater sense [...]