re: 9 Wonderful Ways to Get Started in the World of Personal Productivity

Note Taking Nerd — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:17:54 GMT

Awesome post Dr. Mercola,

One more edition to this list I think would serve
your readers well would be from a man who
rocked the stage with you at Yanik Silver's
Underground 4 Seminar.

Eben Pagan.

His Wake Up Productive Program absolutely
kicks booty.

One of the finest I've come across. I use it every
day and here's one example of how it's made a
difference in my life.

I used to sentence myself to blocks of time to
work on projects. Two hours, Three hours
and I take a break when I just couldn't sit in
front of the computer anymore.

Or if my ADD was in high gear I work for a little
and get distracted and next thing I knew I was
behind on what I wanted to do.

Eben gave me to idea to follow the natural
rhythms of our body.

We can only focus so long before our mind
goes to lunch and starts zoning out.

He uses what he learned from Tony Schwartz,
co-author of the Power of Full Engagement, and
says a productive way to work is one project at a
time in what he calls 50/50/30's.

Work straight for 50 minutes then take a 10 minute
break. Work another 50 minutes, then take a 30 minute
break to have a small meal.

The first 10 minute break is where you totally disconnect
from what you were doing so your mind rests and the next'
30 minute eating break where you eat something healthy
keeps your blood sugar from tanking so you don't get
all tired.

Check out Wake Up Productive. I'm sure you'll love it
and if you don't he gives you all money back, so whattya
got to lose.

Note Taking Nerd Numba 2
mynotetakingnerd.wordpress.com

re: 9 Wonderful Ways to Get Started in the World of Personal Productivity

moises — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:02:14 GMT

Do It Tomorrow --Covey's Seven Habits book is top-down. You start with your mission in life. It makes sense conceptually, but doesn't work for many mere mortals, like me. David Allen's Getting Things Done book is bottom-up. Once you master Allen's principles and clean up the mess around you, you can then reread Covey and create high-level goals and missions.

The problem with Getting Things Done is that it doesn't help you get things done; it helps you get things organized. You can be very organized and do very little. With Do It Tomorrow you will get things done. From start to finish it provides an incredibly simple system for using your time more effectively and feeling better for it. Do It Tomorrow is the book that will get you doing more today and every day.