Matt Soreco

First 30 day challenge ends in a tap out

Well that one didn’t last long at all. I started my first 30 day challenge last week. And it only lasted 4 days. I wanted to do a stream of consciousness writing every night for 30 days. I may go back to the drawing board though and try to salvage it for another try (another month).… Continue reading First 30 day challenge ends in a tap out

30 Day Challenges

I got this idea from Matt Cutts of Google. Committing to something different for 30 days each month (or every other month or whatever). I was thinking about doing this for quite a while. During Lent this year, I gave up junk food, which I narrowed down to the 4 c’s (cake, candy, chips, cookies).… Continue reading 30 Day Challenges

Book Review: 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

I finished up 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman a few weeks ago. I actually listened to it on Audible. I’ll get into it more in another post, but listening to books rather than reading neither saves time or effort. The book was so so. I guess… Continue reading Book Review: 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done

2012 Resolutions

For the first time ever in my life, I thought I’d give new year’s resolutions a try. I’ve been compiling a list for a few weeks leading up to today. I think I came up with great goals for personal development. One thing stood out–the list seemed daunting and unstructured. I’m a big believer of adopting small changes… Continue reading 2012 Resolutions

Stream-of-consciousness writing

I’m going to give this a try. I’ve been contemplating for a while to do exercises to sharpen up my writing and communications skills. The idea of a blog is good, but there is always debating of what topics to write about, then finding the time. I read up on stream of conscious writing. I’m… Continue reading Stream-of-consciousness writing

Mind, Body, and Spirit

I’m trying to document all of the areas that I’m zeroing on in my pursuit to think clearly and focused at all times. What I’m learning, and what I’m truly believing, is that the mind, body, and spirit work together in sync and influence areas like focus, concentration, memory and other areas like creativity, happiness, outlook, etc. Many overlap, but I… Continue reading Mind, Body, and Spirit

Book Review: The Accidental Creative How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice

I finished up The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice, by Todd Henry, recently. I can’t recommend this book enough. My feeling though, is a book of this type can be seen as great or not depending on where you are with your knowledge of the subject at the moment. This one struck (me) while the… Continue reading Book Review: The Accidental Creative How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice

Book Review: Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan to Defeat Distraction and Overload

I recently finished up Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan to Defeat Distraction and Overload by Lucy Jo Palladino. While it got great reviews on Amazon, I don’t recommend it. I was expecting a lot more detailed and thorough strategies and exercises to combat distraction. I guess every author comes up with some kind of analogy to build… Continue reading Book Review: Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan to Defeat Distraction and Overload

Getting Things Done

Pretty strong statement, no? In an effort to develop my blog more, I decided to post some of my favorite things. What’s this have to do with Getting Things Done? Well it’s a book, as well as an entire productivity principle, by David Allen. I’m a fan and have made GTD a part of my… Continue reading Getting Things Done

Speaking of finishing…

This is sort-of follow up to my last post about this summer being about finishing projects, getting ideas off the ground, etc. Already I feel better. In the GTD sense, I think I’ve mastered the day to day, week to week, month to month, things that have to get done. What was seeming to escape… Continue reading Speaking of finishing…