Excellent (2010) piece by Michael Lopp on writing a book on the side: „Writing is a game of inches. No author I know sits down every morning in their home office and steadily produces three pages a day. I’m sure they’re out there, but these annoyingly efficient and profitable authors aren’t doing this on the… Continue reading Writing a Book on the Side
Tag: productivity
Balls Bias
During a walk in the swamps on the island, I had to think of a few friends and acquaintances and how they are moving ahead (or not) in their careers and businesses. While I believe they are quite similar in smarts, energy and resources, some of them seem to get ahead much easier. Listening to… Continue reading Balls Bias
Shit I Learned From Not Blogging
So I didn’t publish more than – what? – THREE blog posts in the second half of 2014. One of those was a guest post, so it doesn’t count. And another one was a podcast announcement, so it doesn’t really count, either. Which leaves me with a grand total of one (in numbers: 1) posts… Continue reading Shit I Learned From Not Blogging
Rewriting GTD
David Cain discovers “an interesting fact about our to-do items: they often don’t really need to be done at all.” He goes on to explain why a complex system like Getting Things Done can be tough for members of the Idler’s Guild: Procrastinators and other people without a track-record of steady productivity will have trouble… Continue reading Rewriting GTD
Mountain Shores #5: Summer (Un)Productivity
I’m admittedly late with this, but our most recent episode of Mountain Shores went live last week! Leveraging our proverbial discipline, we gathered with the wonderful Michael Nobbs on one of the warmest days of the year (so far!) to chat about summer productivity, social media sabbaticals, schedules, sleep patterns and self-depletion. We talked about… Continue reading Mountain Shores #5: Summer (Un)Productivity