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Category: Books

  • Are You Ready for Anything?

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    Yesterday I finished David Allen’s “Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life“. If you are in the concourse of productivity, looking for gems and fine tuning, questions to ask yourself (and [ready to answer](http://blog.nuancelabs.com/2007/02/27/the-importance-of-managing-self/)) then you’re ready to read this offering. I’ve had the book in my possession for years. Picked it…

  • Optimal Principles

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    As many know I enjoy “[Strength](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_psychology)” work. As such I’m diving in to a new (to me) book [Optimal Thinking](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471414646/sr=8-1/qid=1144240752/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7900888-8997554?%5Fencoding=UTF8): How to be your best self, by Rosalene Glickman. Every thought is creative. Make the choice to be your highest and best self, regardless of the circumstances. The language of your highest and best self…

  • Early Book Review: Getting Things Done, by David Allen

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    While I am still working through David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done, the Art of Stress-Free Productivity; I would like to go ahead and begin my recommendations of it. That being said, it requires input. If you are of the demographic that expects the world to center around you and it should be easy and…