Early last month I shared a video about the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown. Since then I’ve been thinking a lot about what’s essential and how I can get better at focusing on those things. This past weekend I packed up a bunch of t-shirts (I’m no longer holding on to things that may fit READ MORE
Category: Tools
What’s Essential?
This will be brief because I’m starting my vacation tomorrow. That’s also why you won’t see a new post here until November 18th. On Monday, however, be sure to check out the Better Me Podcast to here my interview with gynaecologist / singer-songwriter (yes, you read that right) Kristina Dervaitis talking about her new album READ MORE
Welcome to Season 3
The first episode of the third season of the Better Me Podcast went live yesterday. For this, which was the 63 episode since March 2020, I spoke with Dr. Christina Katopodis, PhD about the tenuous position contract instructors are in on a good day, and how the past couple of years have definitely not been READ MORE
For Your Listening Pleasure – Podcasts I’m Listening To
As we head into long weekends in Canada and the U.S. I thought I’d share some ideas for podcasts you may want to check out: Becoming Better – this is by writer Chris Bailey (The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction) and his wife Ardyn. While you may not be READ MORE
How Do I Keep Track of All This Good Stuff My Brain Generates
Quick note: I mention several products in this post. I get nothing from any of these companies. They’re just what I happen to use. I recently listened to an episode of the Becoming Better podcast (Chris Bailey and Ardyn Nordstrom) about “The Productivity Benefits of Capturing Ideas“. Today (the day I’m writing this) this idea READ MORE
The Games We Play
I’ve always been competitive, both with others and with myself. I was a really good softball player. When I was about eight-years-old I had an almost perfect batting average on my team and I loved to hit. I’d learned playing baseball in the street with my older brother and his friends. During one game I’d READ MORE
Making Big Decisions
For the past almost two years, when faced with a big decision, there’s been one big factor that took precedence over anything else. In fact, in many cases, it was the only consideration when making big decisions. Could this potentially be harmful to my mental health? While this is still the most important factor, I’m READ MORE
‘Tools’ That Help Me Be a Better Me
I’ve written before about using the GTD method and about using Brendon Burchard’s High Performance Planner. I’ve also explained that I used an app called Omnifocus for several years to track my projects and “to-dos”. And I’ve warned you that I’m prone to following shiny objects. While Omnifocus was vital while I was struggling through READ MORE
My Quest For The ‘Right’ Planner Revisited
A recent post was about the results I’d gotten from telling people that I wanted to launch a podcast. It’s obviously not just enough to tell people about my goals. I can’t expect them to do the rest, I have to take action and to do that I need to focus on what those actions READ MORE
Experimenting to End 2019
In the past couple of weeks I’ve obtained a couple of, well let’s say nifty things that I’m going to try out to help me end 2019 and start 2020 on the right foot. While in Kananaskis, Alberta to give a half day workshop a couple of weeks ago I made an impulse purchase in READ MORE
