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    Archive for 2010/11


    Rule #15 Don’t over do it

    We tend to heed this one when sick… And why do we get sick? Uh-yup. I find it so odd that we act as if in order to be productive, we must get to the point where we are running on reserves. Very odd. Or that somehow it makes us feel important to have so [...]

    The Not-So-Simple Life: Flashback: Shutting It All Down

    by Lance Brown — The year was 2003. I was very busy. Like burnout busy. For starters, I was community manager and sole tech support provider for an online discussion community with 5,000+ members. I was chair of a local political party, with a focus on coalition-building and reaching out to new people. I made [...]

    How my Wise-Team saved me from Drama Queen

    Intersection of blood-sugar weakness and insecurity weakness. Not a pretty site. Blood-sugar vulnerability came from waiting until 11am to eat breakfast. Insecurity weakness triggered by getting stood up by coffee date. Never fear, Drama Queen (D.Q.) steps in to deal with the situation. Uh oh. She always takes it so personally. Annnddd, she plays dirty. [...]

    Simplifying thought of the day

    Scrape away the distractions in order to stay tuned to your place of knowing. : : : : : : : : : : Photo credit: Collision of Fall and Winter by Shawn

    Engaging with your task manager

    Confession: Maintaining a productive and useful ToDo list is challenging for a lot of people. It is. Writing out a list for the day and crossing things off, that’s not so bad. The question that follows though, must be answered truthfully: – Does that list reflect your priorities? – OR is it reflective of the [...]

    The Simplifier #5.23 is Online

    The one-hundred-eighteenth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Simplifier, titled “Excavating the Desktop”, is now archived on our newsletter archives page. Read the full issue here. Listen to the audio version here. Subscribe to The Simplifier here.

    Audio Version of The Simplifier #5.23

    Here is the audio edition of our newsletter The Simplifier Issue #5.23 – “Excavating the Desktop” NOTE: The links that are mentioned throughout this recording can be found in the web version of this newsletter. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (If you don’t see an audio player or link above, you can access [...]


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