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Who You Gonna Call? Get It Done, Part 3 of 3

By on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 | No Comments

Sometimes, reality hits you right between the eyes. This can range from devastating (e.g., a fire that forces fast, mass evacuations) to mild but unavoidable, like having to go to a second step-nephew’s 3rd grade mid-semester graduation. The key effect is that you can’t be on top of your game.  You don’t have time or […]

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Motivated but Stuck – Get It Done, Part 2 of 3

By on Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 | No Comments

Continuing the discussion about getting back on track when you’re stuck. (Read part 1 here) What happens if you are motivated, perhaps even highly motivated, but either don’t know what to do or how to do it? If you can’t figure out the next steps, I recommend two different strategies, perhaps using them together. Strategy […]

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Unmotivated? Get It Done, Part 1 of 3

By on Monday, June 25th, 2012 | No Comments

Has this ever happened to you? You have a project, but you can’t seem to get going. In this and the next two posts, we’ll explore three ways that this can happen, including: 1 – A lack of motivation. (discussed in this post) 2 – An inability to figure out the next steps. 3 – […]

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Video Creation Challenges

By on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 | No Comments

I thought I would describe  a few of the challenges I have when creating videos for you. Perhaps it will help you with your own video creation efforts. First, I’m using a new computer and it doesn’t seem to “let” the video tools I use work the way I am used to. For instance, the […]

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Saving Time by Scanning Smarter

By on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 | No Comments

This short video illustrates, among other things, how assumptions can keep you from doing things more easily. In it, I describe how a task that could take as long as an hour gets knocked down to 10-15 minutes. If you’ve been using old technology because you think “it’s good enough” (and not because you can’t […]

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Information Triage

By on Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 | No Comments

I was drowning in tsunami after tsunami of information. New waves crashed upon the shores of my consciousness daily – sometimes hourly. I wasn’t even treading water. Then a hard drive crashed. Then my computer died altogether. And an opportunity was born. An opportunity for information triage. Video #1 – Drowning in Information Video #2 […]

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A Simple 3-Line Post

By on Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 | No Comments

Go read this blog post by Lynn Terry. Time Management and Increasing Productivity Your welcome.

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Envision Clearly to Get Help

By on Thursday, June 14th, 2012 | No Comments

I was on Skype with a friend and client, Hank, who has very ambitious goals that he is going after. He has given me permission to discuss this chat.  In the beginning of the conversation, he indicated deep frustration about not having people who would benefit from his success helping him out now. He complained, […]

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Life Design Theater

By on Thursday, June 14th, 2012 | No Comments

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts…” – William Shakespeare A week or so ago, my much better half, Donna and I went to the Village Theater in Issaquah to see Mel Brooks’ […]

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Windows Live Writer – a Real-time Evaluation

By on Saturday, June 9th, 2012 | No Comments

Unlike ScribeFire, Live Writer (part of Windows Live Essentials) does not require you to use Firefox. (It does require Windows.)  Downloading and installing Live Essentials includes Live Writer. I’m not saying it’s a good or bad thing. Just reporting. And obviously, I downloaded and installed Live Essentials. In this real-time evaluation, I will do the […]

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