Category: personal development

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

Summer 2010 is going to be about finishing

For someone who’s keenly interested in personal productivity, I have a ton of half finished personal projects, house projects, ideas, etc. They have started to creep into my psyche. Now, using the GTD system, at least they are all tracked. Too bad they’ve all been on a quasi “someday-maybe” list. Looking at all the “unfulfilled commitments” at once… Continue reading Summer 2010 is going to be about finishing