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The Pruning & Purging Continues
Pruning & Purging: How The Clutter Will Soon Be Cleared
Enough is enough.
In the name of productivity (and my sanity) I determined a couple of days ago that I can’t go on the way things are. My office environment, quite simply, is just too cluttered. Well, it was too cluttered — now it’s just plain messy, until I finish getting everything where it needs to be.
- My desk in the midst of de-clutter
As a peek into how I arrived at this process, here are the steps that got me here and where I’m going with it:
Personal Study Theme Part 2 – Implementation
In Part 1 of this post (last week) I introduced the process of selecting a “personal study theme” which is essentially choosing to focus for an entire calendar year on one area of my life, particularly in my reading plan. (Yes, I have a “reading plan.” This is one of those areas where when I fail to plan, I’m really planning to fail. I need to map out my month, quarter and year when it comes to my reading or it just doesn’t happen. You?)
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I can emphatically say that I am far beyond where I would have been without this process because I know me. I mentioned in Part 1 that I would provide some tools and resources for you in this post that have assisted me in this process.
Every Presentation Ever: Communication FAIL [Video]
Courtesy of Six Pixels of Separation, this funny video illustrates a representation of about 90% of the business, organizational or local church presentations I’ve ever sat in on, as the Six Pixels author notes also. It’s funny because it’s true. Lack of preparation because I’m not being productive is no excuse for a bad presentation; if what I have to say is important enough to present to other people, then I’d better prepare and present well.
I trust this brings some levity to your day as it did mine. Enjoy! Feel free to leave any comments you have below.
Personal Study Theme Part 1 – Explained
Each calendar year I choose a “personal study theme” to focus on, particularly in the reading I do. Basically this means that I identify an area of my life where I most need to change and much of what I read about is then centred around that one theme for the entire year.
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The idea is to better myself in certain areas of my life that I know I need improvement and focusing on one area at a time allows for more effective and long term change in that area. Continue Reading…
