Posts Tagged ‘project’

Stay on Track with a Treadmill Journal

Nobody knows more tricks and hacks to keep themselves working towards their goals than writers! From getting fired up to start to knowing when to quit — and all the struggles to keep on going in between — writers need every dollop of motivational help they can scrape up.

One trick that some writers use is a “treadmill journal”. Unlike a typical journal, a treadmill journal is a single-purpose journal… » Continue

February 29 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: journal, motivation, project, sticking_point, tasks, time_management, writing | 16 comments»

What’s YOUR Sticking Point?

I’ve written recently about starting and finishing the big projects in your life, which leaves the big, wide middle — the day-to-day slog of working steadily to get to done.

When we start something new, we often have a huge burst of enthusiasm and energy that carries us through the early stages. But eventually the newness wears off, and the project settles down into a… » Continue

February 1 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: finishing, frustration, obstacle, project, sticking_point | 12 comments»

Getting Past Done: What to Do After You’ve Finished a Big Project

There’s no feeling in the world quite like the mixture of triumph and sadness that comes after finishing a project you’ve been working on for months or even years. On one hand, you’re done and can finally release your finished product, whatever it is, into the world. On the other hand, though, completing a big goal leaves a little emptiness in your life, like sending your kids off… » Continue

January 25 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: completion, goal, mission, project, self_development, vision | 13 comments»

What’s Stopping You from Getting Started (and What to Do About It)

If you’re like most people, you have a lot of projects on your back burner that you hope to get to someday but aren’t quite ready for. Writers call this a “one-day novel” — as in “one day I’m going to write that novel.” Of course, that one magical day never comes.

Perhaps too there are a few things on your list that have been sitting there… » Continue

January 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: confidence, focus, project, starting, time | 21 comments»

Introducing Our New Podcast: Lifehack Live

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Because the end of the year isn’t busy enough, this week lifehack.org is launching a new podcast series, Lifehack Live. Every week, we’ll be discussing personal development, productivity, organization, and creativity with our guests — and with you! Lifehack Live is recorded using the BlogTalkRadio system, which allows us to broadcast a live stream during the show, and take callers while we’re recording.

It’s going to take… » Continue

December 24 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: interview, Podcast, procrastination, Productivity, project, writing | 2 comments»

Effective is Not the Same as Efficient

Are you efficient, effective, or efficiently effective? As you are focused on getting things done efficiently you may be making very quick decisions. You rapidly move through tasks and check things off your To-Do list one, two, three. You look productive because there is activity, your list is full of check marks or strikeouts showing completion, and your calendar shows meetings. That To-Do list isn’t too long and overwhelming… » Continue

November 1 2007 | By Susan | Tagged: deadline, effectiveness, efficiency, project, work | 17 comments»

Advice for students: Staple!

There are many ways for students to annoy their professors: “Did I miss anything important?” (No, nothing like that happens in our class.) “Will this test affect my grade?” (No, not at all.) “What are your office hours?” (They’re the first thing on the syllabus.) Most professors understand that such questions are harmless; few, if any, would give the responses I’ve imagined here.

An annoyance that’s less understandable is the… » Continue

November 1 2007 | By Michael | Tagged: project, studying | 24 comments»

7 Steps To Finally Complete That Project

Those elusive projects that always stay undone could benefit from a red, hot go, as Leo Babauta suggests, instead of slowly chipping away at it.

However, you need a plan. These steps cover everything from setting your time up to resolving the project at the end. Won’t you feel awesome once you get this one done?

4. Make a project modular. Similarly, sometimes there’s a project where it would be impossible… » Continue

October 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: Productivity, project | 4 comments»

What Are Your Talking Points?

When I started doing my own research after completing my graduate coursework, I was advised by a mentor to have three descriptions of my work ready to recite at a moment’s notice: a three-minute overview, a 12-minute presentation, and a half-hour discussion. The three-minute version is what you tell someone when you’re sharing an elevator at an academic conference; the 12-minute version is suitable for giving a conference… » Continue

October 29 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: Communication, presentation, project, speech, talkingpoint | 5 comments»

Why Your Plans Fail

Business plans, diet plans, plans to get a degree and your plan to get rich. Life is full of planning. You’d think that all your practice planning would make you at least somewhat good at it. Then why do so few things go “according to plan?”

Your business can’t make money the way you intended. You quit your diet on day three and start eating the chocolate… » Continue

October 9 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: future, Management, plan, planning, prediction, Productivity, project, rational, time | 30 comments»

Lead, Follow, and Get Out of the Way

Leadership seems to be on everyone’s minds one these days. Educators talk about “teaching leadership”, religious and charitable organizations host “leadership development” programs , businesses invest heavily in “leadership training”. But what is leadership, exactly? And how do we practice it?

Leadership is about bringing out and mobilizing the best in the people around you. It’s about helping a group of people work
together towards a shared goal or set… » Continue

July 10 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: Communication, confidence, decision, leadership, project | 20 comments»

Basecamp Project Integration

Basecamp is a great collaborative project manager from 37signals.

With their API they have released a few ‘official’ extras to integrate Basecamp with other programs. These include:

Know of any more that aren’t listed? List them now.

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April 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: 37signals, project, project-management | 2 comments»

Miniaturize a pen

The folks at Instructables have once again posted a “why didn’t I think of that” project. The idea is simple, yet really useful: cut a Bic pen in half. A Bic pen that has been halved becomes much less intrusive, and becomes a real convenience. It is really easy to carry in a pocket (especially for those of us carrying a Hipster PDA). Surprisingly… » Continue

January 17 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: hipsterpda, pen, project | 3 comments»

Are You Building It Up Or Breaking It Down?

When it comes to thinking about projects - do you spend more time building them up in your mind or breaking them down? When you put up a rig for a show - props, a speaker rack, or a large projection screen for example - thinking ahead about the strike can impact how you put it up. If you’re spending a lot of energy building up a project… » Continue

January 17 2007 | By Tony | Tagged: action, breaking-down, chunking, project, task, thinking | 1 comment»

How Projects Really Work

How the customer explained it

This is one of the cartoon cells in the site called Project Cartoon to show how different people in a project group has different representations on a product. I thought this is quite clever.

If you are involved in any project, take a read on the cartoon, I am sure you will enjoy them.

How Project Really Work - [The Project Cartoon]… » Continue

December 20 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: Management, project | 5 comments»

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