[callout title=]Wisdom requires deep thinking and reflection, which requires time and effort.[/callout]The pace of life is becoming so frantic that it is becoming ever harder and time consuming to do the difficult work of thinking. As the collection of human knowledge accelerates and expands, the issues requiring deep thinking and reflection are coming thicker and ...
Did I miss much this time?
Turned on the phone, and checked my emails, suspecting there would be nothing of any urgency that required my attention yesterday: 36 emails received: 31 deleted immediately without reading (advertising and irrelevant stuff); 2 more deleted after a quick scan; 1 required reading for information and then filing, last 2 required responses 10-15 mins to deal with No ...
Turning activity into productivity
[callout title=]Do I have some form of low level addiction to information flow?[/callout]Well yesterday was made a bit more difficult by not having any appointments - in other words a day in the office to fill with doing what matters. Started by writing up a ToDo list, and then reviewing meetings, old emails, and various notes ...
‘missed’ while in WhiteSpace
Morning after, checked my emails and turned on my phone, ready for the deluge: 41 emails received: 29 deleted immediately without reading (advertising and irrelevant stuff); 4 more deleted after a quick scan; 6 required reading for information and then filing, last 2 required responses All up, about 10-15 mins to deal with Interesting, as I could have ...
First day in WhiteSpace – will I survive?
Having ventured out and told a few people my New Year's resolution would be to spend 2 days each week in 'whitespace' - and met with great enthusiasm on their part - I thought it may be wise to test this on a couple of days. No use getting into mid January and finding this ...
