Archive for the 'User Manual For The Brain' Category
20
Jun
07
Jun
07
Keep A List Of Your Assets
It's important to keep an up-to-date list of your assets. Why? Well, let me show you a little enhancement I set up today, which came about as a result of me working my own asset list.
22
May
07
May
07
Advice on Remaining Focused
Someone posted on a forum recently about how to remain focused and not to keep hopping from project to project. Here's some advice I gave them: I'm with you. "It just takes discipline" is easy to write, but not so easy to do if you don't know how to do it. Remember: there's no such thing as "discipline"... someone "discipline's themself"... it's a verb, an action, a process. The trick is learning that process. I've recently got tremendously more productive. One reason was to commit myself to doing one project at a time. The other was to keep my daily tasks in front of me (using jvmPrintHref('http://www.stayonfocus.com','Stay On Focus');) all the time, and keep reminding myself what those tasks are on a regular ...
11
Apr
07
Apr
07
Automatically Avoid Spending Money on WSOs
WSOs. Warrior Special Offers. The bane of many people's life. And the love of many credit card companies. If you don't know what they are, don't worry. I'm not supposed to link to the site in question, so I'll stick by that even though thousands of others don't. I've started a new process when I see an interesting WSO: 1. Copy and paste the initial post outlining the WSO, pasting it into my outlining software I use for all note-taking. 2. Make a note of the author's username on the site, and when it was posted. 3. Go through what I've pasted, and make sure I've got all relevant URLs pasted OK Save my money for a rainy day. Come back weeks later and contact ...
15
Feb
07
Feb
07
Automating Problem-Solving
I've just read this post by Jonathan Ledger about problem-solving, and I've noticed something similar. If I'm writing a piece of software, and can't get my head around how to resolve a particular problem. I go to the thinking room. Most people call it the toilet. (Apologies if this is too much information considering you don't know me!). Two minutes later, more often than not, I have my solution. Ideas often come to me whilst taking my son for a walk in his pram. Different situations, for different purposes. What are your best "epiphany" moments, and for what type of problem-solving/idea-generation? Answer that question, and you'll learn how to solve problems and generate ideas almost on demand.
