In the interests of limiting information overload, and partly because this post turned in to a bit of a rant, I’ve split this article in to several parts. A few weeks ago I posted about how I was suffering from information overload. I decided to try and dramatically cut down on my consumption of information. [...]
There other night I saw the new film Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey. This is based on a book by the writer Danny Wallace, although the film follows a different story to the book. The basic premise of the plot is that the main character leads a boring life. Since the breakdown of his marriage [...]
Bond is an icon. A man of confidence, character, poise and style. I realised that Bond can teach us a lot about Lifestyle Design, and has some key characteristics that have been crafted over decades to make him in to the ultimate double-o agent. Check out this list of things we can learn from [...]
“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” Harvey MacKay *Please note that I use the British English spelling of Maximise as I am in the UK! Time is [...]
“We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going… Concentrate on something useful.” Arnold Bennett There has been a trend recently of understanding what Productivity is and isn’t, and the realisation by many [...]
The other week Leo Babauta of Zen Habits fame did a live Q&A on his writing blog Write to Done. I was fortunate enough to get my question in and answered by Leo and it was great to be able to interact with a true blogging hero. Here’s my question: “I am a fairly new [...]
I’m on holiday this week visiting New York City (follow me in real time on twitter), so here’s a video that is in keeping with the topics here and filmed in New York. Hope it inspires you to take some action! —- Start every day with this question. What will you do today? How can [...]
One of the things that has become more and more apparent in the media recently is the need to cut back, save more and be frugal for the road of recession ahead. Recession or not, I like to try and make sure that I keep my life as decluttered as possible (it’s in my genes), [...]
I’ve been ill with a stomach bug for the last few days and this has reminded me of the importance of rest and slowing down. When you are interested in productivity and achieving your goals it is easy to become too focused on always doing something, and neglect the fact that sometimes doing nothing is [...]
