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My days are filled with lists. They help me to turn noise into action and get things done. The lists end up in different forms, but ultimately, it is what helps to keep things from becoming overwhelming. Here are the lists I check to keep things on track with my
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I have been thinking a lot about creativity lately. Some days I feel more creative than others. It depends a lot on the flow of work and how motivated I feel. The balancing act of managing business responsibilities and driving innovation is a continual tension. Daniel Pink's book,
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It's delicate. You can't annoy people and expect them to like you. Pushing ads in people's faces only creates a repelling effect. You will be ignored. Yet, out of desperation, businesses sell hard today. They see all the shiny new tools available for marketing
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I have my good days and bad days. There is always a relentless pace to work. In equal measure, there are so many demands on my attention that distract. When I can't get my mind clear or I feel the weight of the world, I look for things
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“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.” - Charles Mingus Sure, you can take on more. That's the allure. With all the options in software, people, square footage and product lines, you can make yourself feel bigger. However, everything
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I have a core habit which I think can help out a lot of people dealing with the distractions and noise of today's economy. I think of it as clearing the decks. It is the practice of finishing what I am doing to get to more important things.
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Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion Parkinson's Law is a powerful natural force which describes our behaviors, motivation and work. I find it hard to focus with many distractions. When there is not that singular pull that rises above the noise, so
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Some days, the world comes at me with dizzying speed and it's hard to keep up. I have a few choices: * Check out * Disengage * Attack the problems * Hand off I don't necessarily like being out of control, but I come to expect it as part of
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I have been thinking a lot lately about focus and the relentless distractions which pull at me. Where I am putting my time and energy can mean the difference between a successful week of work. My recent road trip has me thinking about prioritizing. Here are some questions I am
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"The harder I work, the luckier I get." - Samuel Goldwyn I just got done running the Nashville half marathon this past weekend. Over 35K people were out there pushing themselves through the heat and hills. I can't say it was the most pleasant experience. It
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Just because there are more outlets to dabble in does not mean it is always better. I have to fight the battle just like everyone else with extreme vigilance, especially with the frequency and ease of new products that continue to flood us. The problem is that each new software,
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Twitter is a great place for building some personal processes. The convenience of posting a quick tweet from anywhere makes the medium highly appealing. My own Twitter feed @dondalrymple is where I like to not only provide value for others, but I also like to use it for feeding other