Book review – Double Your Learning Power, Geoffrey A. Dudley (1986).
Some handy hints from a book review In the bid to get through more books per year, I’ve followed the approach of seen cited in various podcasts, to read 20…
Procrastination 101
I originally answered this question on Quora and have re-purposed it since I think the answers in it are relevant to anyone. Why do we have problems focusing? Simple answer,…
When will your skills take off?
When you embrace learning as a lifelong job I was in a dark place a few years back, and felt thoroughly overwhelmed with everything. Years of procrastination had come home…
Overlooked aspects of software development
When you’re new to software developer, you have so much to learn. IDE’s, architecture, design patterns, algorithm perhaps. It got me thinking about the less glamorous parts of the job,…
When you’re struggling to perform to the level of your peers
Having been through a situation where I felt thoroughly out of my depth at work, when I saw this question on Quora, I just had to answer. I’ve put a…
Using Contexts when you’re low on energy
Overview There are times when you just simply don’t have the energy to carry out tasks, but you know you should really get some stuff done today. I have a…
What to look for in a GTD tool
Photo by Bram Naus on Unsplash After a few recent problems with a GTD vendor I use at home, I took a look into what I think goes into a…
Open Loops
Open loops and the ‘second brain’ Getting Things Done defines ‘Open Loops’ as those things that are nagging away at you because you haven’t got them out of your head…
How GTD ® Works – an introduction
GTD ® at a High Level How GTD ® works can be explained by working through the diagram step by step. It might look baffling at a first glance. However…
A GTD Sprint example using OmniFocus and Freemind
So here, I’m going to go through a sprint example using GTD ®. The purpose of this is to show how the principles of GTD can apply to a real…