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I notice that my mind can't hold onto good ideas so easily because of the distractions and speed of modern life. Twitter is great for posting what you are thinking in the moment. I like it for this and often refer back to some of my stream of
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For professional service providers, there can be a dread and procrastination when it comes to billing customers. I can understand. It can feel like drudgery when viewed as something separate from your core business. However, I have found that billing is much more than just a transaction. It is another
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If you are seeking to keep a ZeroInbox with a little more ease, I have tested a tool which can be a bit more helpful in the followup process. The tool is FollowUp.cc which has a simple function. It puts your emails into a queue that comes back to
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A lot of my work is helping business owners and organizations build and manage systems that help them sell more or go faster with less headache. Sometimes, I feel like the engineer who automated an assembly line and increased efficiency. Perhaps, my engineering background lends itself to a systems focus.
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Every day we face the blank page, it's hard to know whether we are doing the right things at the right time. All the choices we have as well as all the noise which intrudes on our lives can create a lot of angst. Sometimes it's
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We hate open loops. Our brains don't deal with them very well. Watch half a movie and the the incompletion creates a gap in your mind. You have to get the rest of the story. Television producers understand this. They create suspense for each commercial break in order
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Saying, "Yes," to something does have costs regardless if there is not a monetary one. It's always tempting to sign up for something new or try out a new technology. You have to manage it and this takes attention. If you are not committed, then it
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Remember when we used to talk about how fast our PC's operated? 512 MHz was amazing. Then 1 GB was a bragging point. 2 GB blew our minds. We don't talk with each other about processor speed anymore. That technology has matured, become commoditized and quite
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Getting the tool is pretty easy. Your friends tell you about what works for them, but the problem is that it may not work for you in what you do. The hard part is lining up the process step by step to create the experience for your own productivity and
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I think what keeps a lot of people from achieving anything worthwhile or realizing the success they desire is the noise they find in their life. While we cannot escape noise, we can minimize it. A carpenter who wants to build furniture is going to have sawdust and tools everywhere.
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Sometimes all you can do in life is solve the problem in front of you. This helps to clear the decks if there is a pipeline of work to get done and it gets difficult sorting through everything. The nature of work in the new economy creates an otherwise overwhelming
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When the week has piled up, it can be hard to get to a zeroinbox. The attention we have to place on what is urgent and demanding can absorb all of our energy and focus. As the weekend hits, we can slow down. There are far less demands. I like