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Shoveling

Here, it’s 1 degree fahrenheit. The wind chill’s minus-19. I would put the metric equivalent for my Canadian readers, but you’re both used to snow and temperature conversions. :)
Snow blows.
It’s a perfect day to shovel all your s…now … ’snow’ here being not particularly witty code for tasks, emails, and other mental clutter drifting through [...]

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Snow Day Play

No school today. Snow day. There is some rejoicing. The boy actually likes going to school.

Our son’s gotten into science and cause/effect in a big way thanks to a free online video series over at PBS Kids’ Curious George pages.
The videos are each only a few minutes and present subjects like making music, how to [...]

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Being Productive? Or Just Busy?

You start the day with the best of intentions. You have your to-do list in front of you, and you crank-start the first task and settle in.
A few moments go by and someone [drops by/calls/IMs/swoops in on a bullwhip] to chitchat about work, play, reality tv, or other.
They leave. You decide you better check your [...]

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Speaking of …

Miscellaneous recent thoughts and conversations involving a happy-but-road-weary holiday traveler:
Gifts v. Presents: There’s a difference. But sometimes the separate circles intersect. I’m not sure the specifics, but in the intersection of the two, you find grace.
Speaking of grace, babies make grandparents downright daffy. Maybe a baby’s abundant gas contains some sort of special pheramone that [...]

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Making A List

Making several lists, actually.
We’re getting ready to hit the road with Baby Sarah for the first time. There is much rejoicing (and a bit of sadness that Honda doesn’t make a larger vehicle).
Over the holiday, I’ll be digging through the archives to bring you some classic-but-valuable chestnuts.
I’m seriously thinking about unplugging more – not less [...]

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One Step Forward …

You write check after check for tens and tens of thousands and thousands. You invest in special schools, doctors, diets, and therapies. Hours become days. Days become years. You give everything. You give stuff you didn’t know was in there because you have no choice. You didn’t ask for this, but you were given this [...]

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8 Simple Questions and some Whys. (Godin. Again.)

Back home and working on – among other things – a solid draft of part 2 of effective, efficient strategic planning. I’ll post it later today.
In the meantime, did you see the 8 questions Seth Godin posted yesterday?
Who are you trying to please?
What are you promising?
How much money are you trying to make?
How much freedom [...]

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On the Road: Thinking Strategically

Hiya. I’m on my first (brief) road trip since our daughter was born. Made a couple notes yesterday I thought shareworthy:
1. You’ll be so much better off when traveling if you force yourself to drink more water and less soda, coffee, and tea. Also, if you struggle with falling to sleep on the road, try [...]

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What Matters Now? More Than 70 Leaders Contribute …

Here he goes again. To help promote the January release of his new book, Seth Godin arranged for more than seventy of today’s big thinkers to contribute to a free e-book on what matters now.
It’s thought-provoking. It’s free. It’s traveling the web at high speeds.
Download it here.
Well done, Seth. Promotional mission: accomplished. Here are [...]

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World's Easiest Productivity Tip

Turn off your automatic email notifier. Now.
Turn off automatic send/receive. Turn off GrowlMail. Better yet, close your email completely.
Stop letting other people’s business interrupt your own workflow.
Now. (See also: Tweetdeck, facebook, twitter, YouTube)
Back to work. Bye.

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