Category Archives: Time Management
Time to Get My Core Rhythm Back
It seems like every few months I need to be reminded about healthy rhythms and routines. Fortunately I do have a few things built into my life that remind me. One is subscribing to various blogs — one of which is The Energy Project. It was The Energy Project author, Tony Schwartz, that inspired me [...]
Solitude
“Solitude is not a private therapeutic place. Rather, it is the place of conversion, the placw here the old self dies and the new self is born, the place where the emergence of the new man and the new woman occurs.” – From The Way of the Heart by Henri J. M. Nouwen Two kids, [...]
#YearInReview Rituals and Foundations
Last week I wrote a blog post on my 2010 accomplishments in response to Seth Godin. Now I must write a post in response to my mom. After reading my post, she asked a good (and challenging question) — why is your church and prayer missing from the list? My response… Church and prayer are [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
