Next Few Weeks I plan to share the tips based on my experience using Linked In. Some of the tips are about developing a strong professional network, in general, and less about LinkedIn itself. While others are specific to LinkedIn.
I always keep reading about the famous “Two minute Rule”. Personally for me, it was the second most import thing I learnt from the GTD. (First one being, write down everything). Let me explain to you how I use this to help improve the productivity. Read more »
Comments(1) Comments(0) When I work from home, I connect to the corporate network over the VPN and need to use the corporate proxy server. When I’m not working, I do not need to go through the proxy. Similarly, when I need to connect to my Wireless router at home, I do not need proxy. It was getting cumbersome each time to manually turn on/off these IE settings. So I decided to automate this.
And then what ? I thought. And then more, always more for life-hogs to learn. To learn, to practice, to give back to other life-hogs, to remind them we’re not alone.
- Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever, Chapter forty five, Pg 356-357.
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During one of the training I attended, I learnt the concept of invisible Make me feel special tag. Everyone wears this tag. But we need to learn to read this. If we learn to read this, it will help us in all the aspects of life, personal or professional.
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I was recently reading The Bridge across forever , possibly third time in last few years. I was not aware of the whole GTD concept when I had read this book last time around. In his book, Bach mentions his habit of writing down his notes. He always has a notepad and pen handy. He used it to jot down his thoughts, notes to self. He always had notebook near his bedside table, to note down his out of body experiences, or experiences related to lucid dreaming.
This is very similar to the UTC mentioned in GTD. Richard doesn’t talk about rest of the GTD, but I have a feeling that person like him, who has accomplished a lot, must be following something similar to GTD.
Comments(1) The New Year is upon us, and everyone will be making new year resolution. Most follow through, for few weeks (some, for few months) and then back to their usual self, till end of 2008. I don’t mean to imply that I never had that problem. I did, when I used to make New Year resolutions. I don’t any more. I mean, I don’t make new year resolutions any more. That brings me to the title of this post. I have seen that new year resolution is just another way to procrastinate. Read more »
Comments(5) I have been a big supporter of automation where possible. I was reading about how “ActiveWords” was the best piece of software, and that is when I became aware of AutoHotKey, or AHK as it is fondly called. I learned more about AHK on LifeHacker
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I came across following quote in an article about David Allen
Allen says his goal is to be free from worrying about anything he has to do. His techniques allow him the pleasure of having, much of the time, nothing on his mind. “People are afraid of the void, afraid of negative space,” he says. “But having nothing on your mind is one of the most awesome experiences.
This quote was very relevant for me in my current context. After I started following GTD, there came time when there was “Nothing on my mind” and it actually scared me. I had never imagined such a state of mind. But soon I realized that this was a good thing. It allowed me to think of more things to do, take on more challenges, to improve myself in certain areas, and learn new things. After all, this is what the blog is all about.
Thanks to Rich Dahlgren for the image
