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Get more free time!

How does one “free up time” in your day, getting “more free time” when there are so many competing priorities and high stakes projects that won’t ever go away (but we hope they will)? It takes brief moments of reflection. A pause for thought, even if only 2 minutes, once or twice a day. Mindfully looking at what’s really causing the chaos.

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Everything is fine.

Most people are settling for fine when things can be phenomenal. What do I mean by phenomenal? Good question. Have you ever been using your Mac and you stumble on something unexpected and awesome you never knew it could do? Well, I call those “Mac epiphanies.” They’re pretty phenomenal.

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Distraction – a misnomer

Imagine you want to accomplish a certain goal very badly. Something very important to you. Now, imagine if you know you can’t fail. You already know how to do it, you’re well fed and well caffeinated. Could you bring yourself to do it? Most people say yes. But… We just keep getting… Distracted!

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Coaxing the elephant…

Imagine sitting in your living room, confused and stuck, where suddenly a door to a crazy new reality opens up in the middle of smooth flat drywall across from where you’re sitting. An opening you couldn’t know existed, that changes everything…

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Getting (and staying) organized

I have bad news, everyone: The very best tools are daily discipline and significant mental effort devoted to building and maintaining a system. It takes a combination of software tools and a continual hunt for better options. That, or a mind-reading personal assistant android Jedi with astounding artificial intelligence, from the future…

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