-
Sometimes stalling looks like stalling. Sometimes stalling looks like working. Sometimes working looks like stalling. Sometimes working looks like working.
-
On occasion, I come across online tools that are crazy-helpful, well designed, and free for most users. One of these services I have found is workflowy. I don’t use it every day, but it’s great for mind mapping, outlining, brainstorming – anything requiring either a list or a list within a list. I keep
-
I’ve heard it said that “successful” CEO’s make fewer decisions. In the past this meant the executive would figure out what to do about a given situation and then simply apply the same rule for every similar case thereafter. However, competitive advantage goes to the company that can also leverage distributed authority. This means empowering
-
The difficulty with online publishing is not: Choosing a design Making it pretty Adding widgets Having it figured out The hard part is simply the decision to publish. To create content and hit go. To overcome fear of letting this fragment be. It’s not even about perfection. The act of doing creates momentum that improves
-
I’m becoming more convinced that the hard part is not strategy, techniques, getting picked, or making a perfect product. The hard part boils down to this: Choosing to do work that matters Doing the work in a way that connects with people If we focus our efforts on these two things, the rest might just
-
The metric of connection. Isn’t this what people are hoping to measure when they talk about page views, Facebook fan count, twitter followers and newsletter subscribers? There might be some correlation, but we’re still trying to find a truthful way to interpret what those things mean. It seems that those things can be indicative of connection,
-
TV and Radio stations like to throw around numbers showing how many people might watch your program or see your advertisement if you were part of their distribution. These numbers carried more weight in an age when there were only a few stations to choose from. In an age of distraction, of niche media, the
-
I study individuals who share openly about their productivity workflows. Their processes range from simple to complicated. But the daily common denominators boil down to this: Plan Review It seems too basic, but when I look at stretches of days where I feel like I’ve accomplished more, it’s usually obvious that I’ve been more intentional during
-
If you have an iPhone, I’d like to suggest a whimsical experiment. Try talking to Siri. And try to think of phrases that might solicit an unusual response (considering you’re talking to a phone). Here are some starter ideas: Siri, what should I do? Siri, do you like me? Siri, beam me up. Siri, I’m
-
Going social… what does that mean? My first inclination has been to think that it has something to do with setting up a blog, a twitter account, or a facebook page – and that might have something to do with it. But it seems more and more evident that those are merely tools. They can
joeltimothy.com 