Organize IT recap for 04th July 2008. There are plenty of stores written about people’s personal experiences in implementing GTD. However, what about entire business structures using the system? A guest post on GTD Times about Vakil Housing in India gives some insight into how they implemented the system across their whole company. Interestingly they have [...]

GTD has helped foster a culture of indiscriminately adding to your workload due to its lack of prioritizing. As a result people spend many a time doing stuff they don’t really need to do. All the tools and systems in the world won’t make life any easier if you have a huge to-do list. How [...]

Regular readers of this blog will know how effective I believe next actions are. It’s a concept I first came across in GTD and while at it’s core it essentially involves breaking your work down (hardly a new idea) it goes further in that it helps you to be clear on what exactly you are [...]

A year ago on Organize IT you were reading: Self-Help Myths: Confidence “Confidence can be an attractive quality. A confident person is charming, knows what he wants and believes in his own abilities to get it. Unfortunately, confident people can also be those who cut you off on the road, act arrogant and cocky, and become blind [...]

Organize IT recap for 27th June 2008. Thinking positively is a big deal but as with many things there is always a catch. Even with positive thinking there is always that destructive side to it that you can slip into, such as confusing positivity with trying to please everyone. Positivity Blog cover three of those such [...]

Last week I discussed several techniques to help you keep promises to yourself, whether it be with sticking to your decision to work on a project or as a motivational tool in your efforts to build new habits. One of those techniques was to treat your promises almost like a business/legal contract. We don’t readily [...]

Productivity bloggers love to go on about getting up early. After some GTD loving, sleep is probably the most discussed topic out there… except here. Is this where I’m going wrong? Anyways, why is it so important whether you drag your body out of bed at midday, 8AM or even (ouch!) 5AM? Apparently, from [...]

Last week I finally bought The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. Like Getting Things Done it has something of a cult following. Though I’m only a quarter of the way through I’m already seeing some intriguing ideas that I will no doubt be discussing in the near future. In the meantime I’ve collated [...]

Organize IT recap for 20th June 2008. The amount of sleep you get is a big issue when it comes to your health, and the time you get up in the morning is equally debated in personal development circles. Many blogs argue that getting up early makes you more productive. Been there, tried it, doesn’t work [...]

We all know the importance of keeping promises to people. Keeping promises leads to trust which is one of the bedrocks of any good relationship, whether it be with friends, work colleagues or your partner. However there is one element of keeping promises that gets overlooked - keeping promises to yourself. When it comes to [...]