I was in the middle of planning another revision of Thinking Things Done’s chapter 7, when I stumbled across a year-old email from Mind Hackers’ Guild member Mike Brown.In it, he mentioned an article he’d run across, talking about how some scientist...
When I was a kid, I thought superheroes were awesome. And I wanted to be one, ’cause then I could wear a cool costume, fight for the right, protect the innocent and all that kind of thing.But in the last few years, as I’ve been studying the...
I wasn’t real happy with myself this evening.The MindShift workshop – the first one of the new year – wasn’t going as well as I would’ve liked. We had a lot of new members, but the topic I’d chosen was a rather advanced one, and I found myself...
I was originally planning to write this as a regular blog article, but since one of my resolutions is to do more videos this year, here it is in video form: the top 3 mistakes that cause 88% of all new year’s resolutions to end in failure: If you...
Writing Thinking Things Done is probably the hardest project I have ever undertaken in my entire life. Not because the writing itself is difficult, or because of my ridiculously ambitious goals for the book. But rather, because the project itself...
Almost four years ago, my father died. But all the same, I learned an important lesson from him today.I loved my father dearly, and remember him fondly. In my entire childhood, he was the only person I can remember – family, friend, or otherwise –...
I felt like I was living a lie.These past few months, I was supposed to be working on my new book, Thinking Things Done. But somehow, I didn’t seem to actually be getting anything done on the book itself!Sure, I made videos, tons of notes and...
Python seems to keep turning up in the most unusual places. Today I went to the library and borrowed a couple of books on graphic design to assist in making some layout decisions for the book I’m working on. One was a book I’d read before, Editing...
A couple of nights ago, when we thought a hurricane was headed our way, I went out around the house with a flashlight and a broom, knocking down wasp nests from the hurricane shutter frames.And my mind went back to hurricane season a few years ago...
I get a lot of emails from people who are struggling to change their lives in one way or another: losing weight, quitting smoking, getting fit, fighting procrastination, changing careers, and generally trying to live their dreams.And I’ve been...
When I made the to-do list, I had no idea how big a mistake I was making.It was Friday night, the end of a spectacular week in which I made more progress on more projects than I would have dreamed possible for me just a few years ago. I hit all my...
Boy, do I feel stupid. All this time, I’ve been reading books about planning and organizing and just completely not getting it.See, every single book says that to make a good plan, you need to break things down into smaller pieces. But my trouble...
