Monthly Archives: December, 2010
The Slide
check out campbell and piper on the slide:
Book Summary: How to Make a Switch
“For things to change, somebody somewhere has to start acting differently.” Per the Heath brothers (authors of Switch), every person has an emotional side (the elephant) and a rational side (the rider) and to effectively change you have to reach both. Not only that but you’ve got to clear the way (shape the path) for [...]
Really Google? A Gmail Notifier…No Thanks
Really Google? You want to alert us every time we get an email … are you trying to be Microsoft Outlook? I’m sure thousands of time management gurus would agree this is an awful idea. I pretty certain Randy Pausch as well as David Allen would frown upon this. Read your email during scheduled times. [...]
Joke is on the Theives
We woke up this morning to a smashed driver-side window on the Mini Cooper. Good thing my golf clubs were inside staying warm for the winter. The thieves did not steal the car seat or my work out clothes that were in the back. I guess I did good of a job securing the car [...]
Naked and Alone
I down graded from my “Smart” phone (Motorola Android 1) to an old-school LG Chocolate phone this week. It’s another phase/test in simplifying life. In doing so I feel naked. I don’t have a large phone in my pocket and I’m a bit alone … no (easy access) to email, no contacts (I can’t sync [...]
How Simplifying Will Save Us Over $500 in 2011
We are making some changes for 2011. Many of the changes are based on simplifying life and making sure we are being good stewards of our resources. One step in our simplification process was to eliminate unnecessary TV (some would argue that’s all TV). We didn’t go that far but we did disconnect Dish Network [...]
