I think that the problem of procrastination is overblown, or at least poorly defined which allows it to create a problem.
The Thinking Problem
For many, the problem is simply one that is no more than an issue of thinking. In other words, a stressful thought appears in the mind — “I am a procrastinator, […]

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This is a great article on Tim Ferriss’ blog written by Josh Waitzkin.
Ever since I read the book Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, I have been a believer in the power of focusing on a single task at a time.
At the same time,  the manufacturer’s are churning out more and more reasons to be distracted during […]

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This sentence is said perhaps thousands of times per day by someone who has just forgotten to take out the garbage, pay a bill, return a phone call or send an email with that phone number you wanted.
It’s the kind of phrase that a novice in time management (or White belt) often says in response […]

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I just completed the process of leading another NewHabits program in the Caribbean - this time in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
I learned a great deal from the experience.
It confirmed my observation that most people entering the program in the Caribbean do so at the White Belt level. Some are pure White Belts, practicing at […]

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I was searching the internet to find some ideas on the most recent thinking on how habits are learned and unlearned when I ran across a rather dense article “for beginners.”
“Cognitive Load Theory for Beginners” makes some excellent points that seem to echo what we know about developing the skills we normally see at […]

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I just listened to a very interesting interview of David Allen of GTD fame conducted by Merlin Mann of 43 folders.
In the interview Allen speaks frankly about the development of the GTD system, and concludes that if he were to write the book today, several years later, it would have “no difference whatsoever” from what […]

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I was listening to an interesting interview the other day between 2 authors, Malcolm Gladwell and Joseph Finder. The former is the author of the Tipping Point, while the latter is the author of three or four novels, including “Killer Instinct” which I happen to be reading.
They made the following points:

Email is driving […]

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I mentioned in a
prior post that I have been looking for someplace on the internet where I could find a serious discussion about the philosphy behind Microsoft Outlook. I hoped that it would include those who developed the software.
Well, I found a website that might be serious.
Check out this link: […]

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I think that
this New York Times article is an interesting one.
It makes the case that there is no such thing as “clock time” and that there is only time that is experienced in the mind of human beings. We treat time as if it were money - something that can […]

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I had the good fortune to attend a training course conducted by
Tom deMarco and
Tim Lister. (I may be swapping an “i” for an “o” in their names, and my apologies go to them if I am.)
Tom and Tim were experts in software productivity back in the early 1990s, and their research revealed a […]

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