Archive for 2007/10


Inbox Zero Progress report #2

Progress report #2 (progress #1 on Aug 14) for Inbox Zero experiment: Success!
(Reminder that the Inbox Zero game comes from Merlin Mann of 43 Folders. My hat’s off to him for this one!)
It’s been about 10 weeks of a daily empty inbox. The options have become progressively easier to fly through: “delete, delegate, respond, defer, […]

An unexpected moment

A client who has made great strides in changing her work habits to be more sustainable made a great observation yesterday. Her day had been one of the busier ones she’d had in a while. In exploring ways that she could have mitigated some of the craziness, she realized that she had done something differently. […]

The Simplifier #48 is Online

The forty-eighth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Simplifier is now archived on our newsletter archives page.
Here is a brief summary of the contents:
1. A Note From Shawn
A peek into the future of Project Simplify
2. Our Featured Quote
by Wayne Dyer
3. Article: Take Inventory of Your Assets
by PS Head Simplifier Shawn Tuttle
4. This Week’s Simplification […]

Release the Power of Intention

This article was originally published in The Simplifier #48.
Article: Release the Power of Intention
By Shawn Tuttle
Do you park your car in the kitchen?
Do you think about cleaning your shower during a client appointment?
Do you take a week-long vacation right before a big project is due?
No, no, and no! What silliness is this?
Well, why wouldn’t […]

Fortune cookie

Dessert at the Chinese restaurant is usually my favorite part of the meal. Just as many kids in the inner city have no idea where spinach comes from, as a kid, I had no idea where fortune cookies came from. They were so wise, getting the right fortunes to the right people, they must have […]

Space

The theme of the week is “space”. Last night at class (Zen and the Art of Comedy Improv), our teacher asked us what we see when we look up at the sky at night. “Lights” “Stars” “Satellites” “Constellations” were some of the answers.
“What about space?” he responded. “Everything is suspended in space. Space is […]