Do you remember at school when you had to show your workings to get full marks? Just giving the right answer wasn’t enough you had to show how you got there.
Most people are constantly looking for quick, easy solutions to problems which require the minimum of effort. But does this miss the point? Is the [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Is how you do something more important than the result?
October 15, 2008
Use the right tools to be effective
Today I saw a guy trying to cut back a huge hedge with a small pair of shears.
I guess he’s still going at it now and not making much progress.
The moral of the story?
If you want to be effective in your activities then you need to find the right tool.
This could be the right piece [...]
October 14, 2008
Productivity is like juggling
I don’t just mean that it is about keeping a lot of things in the air at once. There is another thing about juggling which I find it useful to think about when trying to be more productive.
Photo: Helico
It’s about throwing not catching
October 13, 2008
Productivity 2.0
Really interesting post from Leo at Zen Habits on Productivity 2.0
These are his eight headings:
1. Don’t Crank – Work With Deeper Focus.
2. Minimize Out Meetings and Planning — Just Start.
3. Paperwork is out — automate with technology.
4. Don’t multi-task — multi-project and single-task.
5. Produce less, not more.
6. Forget about organization — use technology.
7. Out with [...]
October 13, 2008
Do you value the right things?
Who is the most intelligent person who ever lived?
I’m sure the most common answer to this would probably by Albert Einstein. Someone did run a poll and get this answer (see here), it is interesting that all the other choices given in this are scientists (what about Shakespeare?)
Einstein was obviously a scientist and when we [...]
