Posts Tagged ‘work’
Lessons from the “Drive”
Posted by Rafal | Filed under Productivity
Keeping up with any productivity systems requires dedication, will power and motivation. Making sure that the system is constantly updated that it contains actual information can take a lot of work. Sometimes when we struggle with too many assignments it’s easy to let the whole system go. The book that made a [...]
Tags: Daniel Pink, mastery, motivation, performance, purpose, work
Dealing with backlogs the MAD way
Posted by Rafal | Filed under Productivity
Recently I’ve read a book “Focus: Use the Power of Targeted Thinking to Get More Done” by Jurgen Wolff and came across very interesting approach in dealing with backlogs.
It’s called “MAD” which stands for Massive Action Day. The main idea behind this is that you make your self completely unavailable, set a [...]
GTD can be painful
Posted by Rafal | Filed under Productivity, gtd
This idea came to me when I was ironing (not my favourite household duty).
Triathlon is a sport that’s very much orientated on efficient of energy use. The shortest of races takes at least an hour to complete and the longest Ironman last from 9 hours up to 17. To achieve best possible results in this [...]
A Perfect Day
Posted by Rafal | Filed under Productivity
What is the purpose of all the productivity systems, tools for managing tasks and projects?
What do we want from them? Why do we need their help?
I would assume that we all want to create something, be it writing an article, coding a website, putting a presentation. Each of us may have a different answer to [...]
Work and swimming
Posted by Rafal | Filed under Productivity
Water is not a natural environment for humans, when we swim; there is a lot of resistance to overcome. To move forward and to limit the friction we need to streamline our body and ensure that maximum power is achieved from each stroke. When you swim in chaotic and uncoordinated way you’re not [...]
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