Tag Archives: Optimize your life

I often tell folks that schools teach bad habits as well as good ones.   For one thing, your typical college course habituates students into believing that everything consists of neatly packaged problems that they can be graded on.  Is … Continue reading →

Everybody has to get things done.  That's just a fact of life.  However, how you go about getting things done varies tremendously from person to person. You might say that every time we do something, it consists of two simple … Continue reading →

Well, that’s an interesting title for an article.  While I’m at it, I’ll advise you to eat less.  And make more money too. Actually, odds are that if you are reading this blog post you probably read pretty quickly already.  … Continue reading →

OK, in the previous article I wrote about why audio books are a great alternative to the radio.  This time, I’m going to make some specific recommendations about how to get yourself started. 1. Get an MP3 Player First order … Continue reading →

In my last article, I talked about what kind of tasks we can successfully combine together to save time.  This article discusses one specific way to multitask that I find useful, which is listening to audio books while driving to … Continue reading →

As I’ve mentioned before, it’s difficult for us, as mere human beings, to maintain our effectiveness when we try to switch rapidly between multiple tasks.  It’s nothing to be ashamed of…it’s just how the species is wired.  We’re not computers, … Continue reading →

This post is the second post in a series on how to manage your e-mail.  The first post is here. Tip #3 – Use a “Getting Things Done” workflow for managing e-mail. I’m a huge fan of the “Getting Things … Continue reading →

A few months ago, I did a “Getting Things Done” presentation for the team here at SnapStream.  As I’ve mentioned before, GTD is a system developed by David Allen for organizing and dealing with your tactical commitments.  The presentation focused … Continue reading →

As I move on from the inaugural tip, I feel I should mention that I write these tips from the context of what is right for me.  I do not claim to know you personally or know exactly what’s right … Continue reading →