18 April 2008 ~ Comments Off

Personal effectiveness does not mean you suck…

Now if you are going to disagree with someone to make a point, you need to pick someone who’s opinion is worth considering. So I am going to pick on the thoughtful and helpful Merlin Mann. Now I have been gettingt lots of useful information about how to get yourself moving on things, how to handle forgetfulness [...]

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02 April 2008 ~ Comments Off

It’s all really Peter Drukker

Having read that Peter Drukker was a major influence for aspects of GTD and having come across more Drukker-isms in the work of Steven Covey I decided a while ago to read “The Effective Executive” for myself. It is now forty years old and not in the least bit out of date. His examples refer [...]

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28 March 2008 ~ Comments Off

Being inspired

Sometimes I write things on this blog that am almost ashamed to admit it took me years to realise. I find that the great revelations for me appear not as a flash of light but a slap on the forehead. The corollory of that is that I also hesitate to tell you guys what I [...]

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