by Shane on March 21, 2010
My newest self-experiment has run it’s course and as I already reported in the last post, it’s been an interesting experience and an experiment that I can consider a success. In this post, I report on what I learnt and go over some new ideas that I want to implement in order to further improve [...]
by Shane on March 18, 2010
It’s been three days since I started my “5 hour workday” experiment. This post is simply a quick update on how things have been going so far and some initial thoughts on what’s working out well and where I’m still having trouble.
by Shane on March 13, 2010
A very well-known principle of productivity and time management is known as Parkinson’s Law, which simply states that any task will expand to fill the time allotted for it’s completion. In other words, if you have one week to write a report, it will take you about one week to finish. If you have only [...]
by Shane on February 14, 2010
What if only what you do counted? What if that was the only thing that carried any weight or mattered to anyone? What if only your actions mattered? Not your words, not your thoughts, not your beliefs, not your principles, not your plans, not your hopes, not your dreams, not what you actually really mean, [...]
by Shane on February 4, 2010
In the movie “13th Warrior”, Antonio Banderas plays the main character who is an Arab who finds himself out of place on a quest with a bunch of burly Vikings (makes more sense when you actually see the movie). When he is given a sword by one of the Vikings, he complains that the sword [...]
by Shane on January 22, 2010
In 2010, there will be one large focus in my life and also on Explorative Approach. That focus is productivity. Recent developments in my life and my businesses have been very interesting and promising, but unfortunately, my life is pretty chaotic right now. So, in 2010 I’ll be concentrating on getting my time-management and personal [...]
by Shane on December 29, 2009
Image by Faro A few days ago my 30 Videos in 30 Days challenge came to an end. This post is about two things: first, I have to deliver proof that I actually made 30 videos in the past 30 days. And second, I want to tell you a few things that I learned during [...]
by Shane on December 9, 2009
This is another entry in my personal 30 Videos in 30 Days challenge. I tried out a new webcam with this one and the result is… well, not as charming as I had hoped. But it’s all about the content, right? In this video, I share a short story about a personal realization I had. [...]
by Shane on November 29, 2009
Original image by santo rizzuto My 10 Distraction-Free Days experiment has come to a close and in this post, I want to share the very interesting experiences I had with it. Let me say right to begin with: The experiment didn’t go as I had imagined it would. What it did do, however, was open [...]
by Shane on November 18, 2009
Original image by santo rizzuto I have a lot on my plate, right now. So much, in fact, that I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed these past few days and I found myself wasting time more often than not. To give my productivity a boost, I’m starting a simple 10-day challenge. In this first post, [...]