I’ve written a lot of articles about productivity over the last two years. Since I set the goal of making myself more productive several years ago, I’ve read dozens of books and thousands of articles on the topic. If you’re trying to become more productive, it can be a bit daunting to get started. Just […]
I’m 20
Today is my twentieth birthday. I’ve made it an annual habit of writing a rather self-indulgent post about myself on my birthday. I’m going to take that opportunity to write about my last year, things that I have improved on, setbacks and future goals. If you were hoping to read an article about productivity or […]
Friday Links 08-08-01
From the Web How to Read a Book (Hint: Do it Slowly) – Blogger Brad Bollenbach posts the anti-speed reading manifesto. His thoughts are that the amount you read isn’t nearly as important as the quality of what you read and the amount of mental digestion you can offer to a new book. Despite writing […]
Where Are The Friday Links?
I’m guessing a few readers of the blog noticed there were no Friday Links yesterday. Unfortunately, since Monday evening I’ve been sick in bed. I’m hopefully in the recovery phase right now, but I’m still nowhere near 100%. Posts for the week went out without problems because I do all my writing a week in […]
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