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Start small and get something, anything done today

One of the greatest feelings in the world is finishing up a project, getting that laundry all done and put away, finally fixing that leaky faucet or you know launching that side project that you’ve been working on for the last 6 months.  Conversely, one of the worst feelings in the world is looking at [...]
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Solution for bookmarking…

I can’t remember the last time I used my browsers built in bookmarking functionality (can you?), and for a while I’ve been looking for a better solution for keeping track of sites that I know I”m going to want to come back to. I’ve gone through the following various methods of keeping track of [...]
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100 Pushups

I don’t remember exactly how I stumbled on the 100 Push ups Training Program, but it immediately caught my attention as something I could integrate into my existing exercise program (note: my current exercise program consists of nothing more then waking up every morning). The frequency and pace of the program seemed like something I [...]
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What went well, what didn’t go well, what can I try next time?

At Q4 we have a monthly retrospective at the end of each month, and we ask our selves these 3 questions: 1) What went well this month? 2) What didn’t go well this month? 3) What can we try next month? This is an agile philosophy that we use on the month and week level at work depending on [...]
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When things are complicated, simplify

What do you do when you are overwhelmed with stress and pressure and immediacy?  It’s a question that I try and evaluate occasionally to see how my opinions change. These external forces can come at you from many different avenues.  Work, family, kids… all the usual suspects.  Everyone needs something from you now so how do [...]
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new lifehacker.com!

I love this site, it’s a huge resource for really cool GTD type stuff… even beyond that it’s got tonnes of information about how to manage your life, your toys, your technology and so on. go check it out. http://www.lifehacker.com
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