Posts Tagged ‘Low level’
I love books, so I always try to improve my reading system by making it as organic as possible; I intend to get a system that sort of “defends itself” from the aggressions of modern life, hurry and other everyday monsters. I’ll talk another day about the working and behavior of my reading pile, which is still evolving. Here I want to explain the tiny ecosystem of my “now reading” area and how it works. (more…)
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Tags: Books, Classification, Experience, Filing, Focus, Growth, GTD, Habits, Lists, Low level, Motivation, Noguchi, Organizing, Reading strategies, Reminders, Time Management, Tips, Weekly review
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In full obedience to David Allen’s teachings (there might be taller or stronger firemen, but he is the one who took me out of the flames), I periodically review my medium and long term goals. I have them written down in a list with a deliberately conventional, impersonal format, using infinitive verbs: “work as…”, “live at…”, “become…” (more…)
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Tags: Creative thinking, Focus, Goal setting, Growth, GTD, Inspiration, Language, Lists, Low level, Organizing, Outlining, Perception, Planning, Projects, Reminders, Stephen R. Covey, Time Management, Transcendence, Weekly review
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While any moment is good to start, personal journaling has always been a classical example of new year resolution. And a very healthy one: it increases your awareness and allows you to squeeze to the most the juice of every moment. Furthermore: in an age where time plays and fools us so badly, I have come to think that journaling is a must for mental sanity. (more…)
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Tags: Beauty, Capture, Christmas, Classification, Creative thinking, Emotions, Experience, Focus, Gratification, Growth, Habits, Inspiration, Journal, Labeling, Language, Learning, Love, Low level, Mind, Motivation, Notebooks, Perception, Personal productivity, Personal relations, Subliminal, Time, Writing
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…to enhance lists
“Man gave name to all the animals”, sang Bob Dylan, and he knew what he was doing. From tribal cultures who honor the magic power of language (with their taboo words that cannot or can only be spoken under certain conditions) to high culture products like Borges’ short stories (more…)
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Tags: Books, Capture, Classification, Entitling, Habits, Ideas, Inspiration, Labeling, Language, Learning, Lists, Low level, Motivation, Outlining, Reading strategies, Reminders, Tips, Writing
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…”but I used to have a calendar!”
Don’t worry: you still do. It is just that it is not going to be that populated anymore. Allen’s methodology reduces its using to:
a) events with a fixed date (dentist, birthday, deadline set by somebody else) (more…)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Tags: Books, Classification, Filing, GTD, Habits, Ideas, Inbox, Labeling, Language, Lists, Low level, Notebooks, Organizing, Outlining, Personal productivity, Planning, Projects, Reminders, Tasks, Time Management, Tips, Weekly review, Writing
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The weekly review, or where we mix 1 and 2
So now we have 1) lists of tasks (one for each context), and 2) project plans full of future tasks, grouped by sequences, priorities and components. Let’s mix 1) and 2) and we’re almost there, can you believe it? (more…)
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Tags: Books, Capture, GTD, Habits, Ideas, Inbox, Inspiration, Lists, Low level, Motivation, Organizing, Outlining, Personal productivity, Planning, Projects, Tasks, Weekly review
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Abbreviations: a discipline itself
A very common mistake in my note taking was (and still sometimes is) that I unconsciously intended to be “understandable” to others. There always seemed to be a sort of imaginary reader (more…)
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Tags: Capture, GTD, Ideas, Inspiration, Language, Lists, Low level, Moleskine, Motivation, Notebooks, Organizing, Personal productivity, Tasks, Tips, Writing
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I have always been a natural note taker. Ever since I learned to write, I have been used to carry with me some kind of capture device. Looking back at my (huge) piles of notebooks, I guess I was missing the second half of the process (more…)
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Tags: Capture, Carl Gustav Jung, GTD, Ideas, Inspiration, Low level, Moleskine, Motivation, Notebooks, Organizing, Personal productivity, Tasks, Tips, Writing
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