We can have better results in all that we do by creating better default behaviours (aka habits).
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My wife listens to a lot of shows on CBC [http://www.cbc.ca] radio (the Canadian equivalent of NPR). Over the holidays she was sharing some details from an interview [http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/a-survival-guide-for-thinking-because-we-re-a-lot-worse-at-it-than-we-think-1.4462109] Nora Young of Spark [http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark] conducted with Alan Jacobs. It piqued my interest and led to me checking out Alan’s site [http://ayjay.org]. And that led to this article here, one of the best pi…
I haven’t used this service, but I sure appreciate the thinking behind it. The team at Doist (the creators of Todoist) noticed how Slack was changing how they worked: > When our remote team started using Slack three years ago, we experienced the subtle but real impact that design has on behavior. From its free-flowing chat channels to its one-line-at-a-time message composers, everything about Slack was designed to keep you communicating with your team in real-time, all the time. (It’s not surpr…
I must confess that I’ve been slowly coming back around to the idea of using an iPad for serious work once again. I need the help!
Here’s another enjoyable essay from Craig Mod. He’s one of my very favourite writers and this article was no different. However, although I usually read Craig’s writing and feel like he’s ahead of the rest of us, that was not the case for this article. His experience reminds me of many others in the past year or two (example [http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-technology-almost-killed-me.html] ). By the time I finished the post, I thought back to how Cal Newport opines that Inte…
Happy Monday, everyone! I wanted to remind you that The Focus Course is open for registration as of today. Shawn and his team have refreshed the course and added new content (including the recent Focus Summit videos). For all those who sign up early on, there is also the chance to win some cool prizes. Register here [https://thefocuscourse.com/?ref=10] Full disclosure: as a guest of the Focus Summit, I benefit from referring people to sign up for The Focus Course. I hope that you’ve been read…
It's no secret that I think a bit lot about how people work. That's one reason why I enjoyed Shawn Blanc's Focus Course so much and why I've talked about it so much over the last 18 months. And so I'm also excited for his upcoming Focus Summit [https://thefocuscourse.com/?ref=10]. What is it? > An online summit featuring candid and powerful video conversations with some of the world's best creative entrepreneurs. I was flattered to have Shawn invite me to be involved. And now that…
The act of walking around frees your thoughts and enables better thinking.