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[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/servererror-3592.html] I started this daft writing project with ideas of fighting complacency. Itās too easy to slip into habits in your blogging, to just keep doing what you did before, without any serious attempt to keep pushing yourself forwards.
corporate culture
You shouldnāt put in so many hours working [http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2014/01/27/140127ta_talk_surowiecki]. Why? > The perplexing thing about the cult of overwork is that, as weāve known for a while, long hours diminish both productivity and quality. Among industrial workers,
Blogging
Thereās more to lists than you think [http://www.fastcompany.com/3021379/work-smart/the-amazing-history-of-the-to-do-list-and-how-to-make-one-that-actually-works] : > Umberto explained in an interview that lists are often seen as relics of primitive culturesāsimplistic devices that donāt belong in our modern day and age. However, the simple form of the list
decisions
Christine has reviewed Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much [http://www.purplecar.net/2013/09/book-review-scarcity/]: > To put it simply, one must have a lot of bandwidth and little-to-no financial scarcity to think about saving for college or retirement. The peace-of-mind expendable income brings allows a person
home
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/09/cloudy-adur.jpg] Thereās something seductive about counter-intuitive solutions. The fact that they feel wrong makes you think that theyāre rightā¦ Iām trying something counter-intuitive right now. Iāve been struggling with balancing productivity and family time
consultancy
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/09/postits-service-design.jpg] One thing thatās vital to bear in mind during busy periods [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2013/09/andback.html] is that managing your time and managing your ability to do cognitively-demanding work are two very
lifestyles
Thereās a whole load of genuine research behind these ideas. One thing Iāve done consistently since I worked on the Nokia project [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2013/05/design_your_day.html] back at the beginning of the year has been designing my day in exactly this
business models
A Digiday post on volume of content per full-time staff member [http://www.digiday.com/publishers/whos-winning-at-volume-in-publishing/] has been doing the rounds today: > Digiday looked at several publications ā from stalwarts like the New York Times and Forbes to upstarts like Buzzfeed and The Awl ā to see how much content
Brilliant Noise
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/reading-design-your-day.jpg] Interested in productivity, working better and making most efficient use of the digital age? You might want to read this eBook [http://www.slideshare.net/NokiaAtWork/smarter-everyday-ebookdesignyourday]. Design Your Day is part of Nokiaās Smarter everyday
Brilliant Noise
Want to make better use of your days? People Who Do are running a series of experiments in productivity [http://www.peoplewhodo.co.uk/2013/02/20/designing-your-day/] that you can join in with. (Full disclosure: this is part of the same body of work Iām involved with via
bookmarking
I really like this thoughtful approach to designing how you read, store and respond to online content [http://www.thewavingcat.com/2013/03/02/my-setup-reading-writing-bookmarking/]. I must do the same.
Brilliant Noise
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/02/2013-02-18-14.22.47.jpg] Writing is, essentially, a lonely business. Itās just you, a keyboard and as much focus as you can bring to a task. Iām in the midst of a long piece of writing now,