Keep trunkin'

"When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb seems endless, and suddenly nothing will go quite as you wish – it is then that you must not hesitate."

– Dag Hammarskjold, statesman

Productively Talk with Dave Allen

David Seah - Productive Talk Compilation: 8-episode podcast with GTD’s David Allen

How to fight with other bloggers

Paul Boutin: How to fight with other bloggers.

When you know...

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without
integrity is dangerous and dreadful. - Samuel Johnson

I see this all the time with my web application clients..... when
people don't have the skills and experience, they make costly decision
in terms of both time and money due to pure ignorance. With knowledge
comes the power to influence decisions, estimates and overall
direction and therefore save or cost a client time and money. It
takes a foundation of integrity to use the knowledge for positive
influence.

"The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward
making it happen."

– Lee Iacocca, automobile executive

Internet Deals

If you are looking for other good deals online try this website:
www.bradsdeals.com it has a comprehensive list of coupons and deals on
the internet. Very good and highly recommended.

Whatever you see determines what grows inside of you...

Make visual pictures of what you want in your life.

Make a list..

Make a list of...

1. 100 people you want to meet.
2. 100 places you want to go.

Growth

"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act
without benefit of experience."

– Henry Miller, novelist

Struggle is good

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved."

– Helen Keller, author, lecturer

Can't Stuff This

Ways to have an effective network

Your network should know:

1) What you care about:

Cultivate, maintain and publish a list of things you care about.

• This will help people understand how to help you and what information to push to you.
  
• This will help people know your expertise so they can connect you to opportunities

2) What you are the "goto" person for:

This includes not only your skills, but the people you know and the resources you can think about. Your personal "Team 100" or Million dollar roladex". By knowing you, they are also connected to contacts, suppliers, and resources.

3) What you know:

Make your knowledge available to your inner circle.

How do you value beyond "the transaction" to your clients and friends.

Boston Haymarket Late Sat. Afternoon

Saturday night at around 6PM is the time to go.  Vendors are breaking down and eager to go and shouting "box for 1 dollah".  A complete mad scene, but I got 2 containers of strawberries, 2 containers of blueberries, a bunch of bananas, 6 pairs, 3 bags of grapes, 10 lemons and 3 avacodos for $6.50.

Five Simple Rules For Keeping An Empty Imbox

Five simple rules for keeping the inbox clean:

1. If you don't need to read it now, it shouldn't be in your inbox.
   
2. If you've already responded to it, it shouldn't be in your inbox.
   
3. If it comes from a known source (some person, retailer or mailing list that sends you mail more often than once every few months) it should be labeled automatically.
   
4. No one needs to look at their own inbox more than once an hour (and for many, once every 2-3 hours).
   
5. To borrow from the cult of GTD, re-factor constantly and mercilessly

Old Blog

My old blog was hosted by the Berkman Center at Harvard, thanks to Dave Winer.