Archive for the ‘Techniques’ Category
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Though I'm a coffee nut, I really don't like Starbucks coffee. I never really got into the habit of going to Starbucks (other than for Experiment #1), but I know a lot of people that do.
To make my coffee, I ususally just use a Melita ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
I'm feeling like I'm coming down with something. I've got headache, I've not slept enough. It's Friday, it's 9pm, and I'm still at work. Leaving right after I click 'Publish' on this one.
In football, there's this great statistic called 'Yards After Contact'. It describes the ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Image of my 'GTD' sheet. It's a weekly printout of my Outlook calendar along with Tasks and I can't function (well) without it.
I've been a Steven Covey fan for a long time. So when I heard about how awesome 'Getting Things Done' was, I had to check ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Abstract
Do not underestimate the correlation of facial expression on mood. Use this correlation to impose your will on your mood. If I'm not quite in the right frame of mind to be productive, but I know I want to get some things done: I put on my ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Gift exchange during the holidays is a big deal in my family and for that reason, I've come up with this shopping tip. I do realize that I may have to revoke my 'man' -card with this post, but that's okay, I'm very secure in my manliness.
The Problem with Buying ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
These are some pics I took on the bus ride to work. I don't make it every day, but I enjoy it when I can.
Gathering Up the "Courage"
It took me a while to finally try public transportation. I grew up in Texas, so driving everywhere was perfectly ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
In my last post, I suggested that nature is the best thing you can rely on. The world can be thought of in terms of input and output. You give the input, you perceive the output. (e.g. I go to bed early, I wake up refreshed and avoid ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
I was just thinking about some catchy phrases to brand this website with.
Here's what I had come up with:
Run lean, pack light and stay hungry.
Then... in the random way that the internet works, I came across a quote from Steve Jobs: 'Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish'
I love this quote.
Applying this quote ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Went to WinCo yesterday and bought all these groceries for ~$78. We've got this grocery store in Oregon called WinCo. It kicks butt. You bag your own groceries and the prices are incredible. I tried to be conscious of following the advice of avoiding the ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
First: Separate the problem from the person.
Then: Align yourself with the person, and attack the problem.
I heard this advice recently and I found that it actually goes hand-in-hand with my post on the Jedi mind trick. This technique is also sometimes phrased : "Go hard on the ...
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