Aaron Potts Tagged me with his "Simply Successful Secrets" meme. *Sigh*. Memes. I love reading them, find it hard to do them. This one could be interesting though. Here are the rules. Compose a new blog post listing the top 5 to 10 things that you do almost every day that help you to be successful. They can be anything at all, but they have to be things that you do at least 4 or 5 times every week. Anything less than that may be a hobby that helps you out, but we are after the real day in and … [Read more...]
The Scarcity Fallacy
Ever feel you don't have enough time? Not enough money?I'm sure it is a familiar thought. There are lots of things I would like to do "if only I had the time". I wish I could afford ... lots of things.Thinking about this though I have found there is often enough time to do many of the things we dismiss with this claim. Rather than time being the problem, as usual, the problem is with us. Or rather, our sense of priorities.Some people do have terrible money problems, I am deeply grateful I am not … [Read more...]
If It’s Worth Doing It’s Worth Making Extraordinary
A few people took my post on defeating procrastination to be advising producing poor quality under the guise of "just getting something out there". I would like to correct this if I wasn't clear in my post. My opinion is if something is worth doing it is not just worth doing well, it is worth making extraordinary. The point I was making in the original post was to get through your to-do list, perhaps starting with the easy stuff, to get on a roll. When you make some small progress you can build … [Read more...]
Defeating Procrastination: Analysis Paralysis
Analysis Paralysis is where you can't make any forward progress because you bog yourself down in details, tweaking, brainstorming, research and ... anything but just getting on with it. Sound familiar?It's something I struggle with. Partly out of fear of failure, partly because I love the idea-generation phase of projects, mostly because I am an anal geek on occasion. The very worst form of Analysis Paralysis is at the organisational level. If the company you work for spends more than an hour a … [Read more...]
Getting Organised: Don’t Fall into the Geek Trap
I've never been so disorganized since I switched computing platform. Pre-Mac I used Microsoft Outlook for pretty much all my organizational needs. Sure it was slow, bloated, buggy, crashed a lot, soaked up pretty much the computers entire memory, but it kept my desk tidy.Now I am lost for what to do. I have made do with post-its, spreadsheets, emails to myself and any number of workarounds. Eventually I need to sort out a solution but this post from BizNicheMedia reminds me to not get caught in … [Read more...]
Hi, I’m Chris Garrett: I work with business owners and entrepreneurs to help them build lasting and profitable relationships with audiences who grow to know, like and trust them
