Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 19, 2010

It’s important to learn how and when to say no. However, many people run around stressed because they’re saying yes to everybody but themselves. Heather, came close to burnout, working long hours and weekends, until she learned how to make a priority of what she had to, should and even wanted to do.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

How do you measure your progress other than just finishing the pursuit of the 50,000 word goal. If simply finishing is your goal, then yeah, have a beer. Especially if you’ve learned something along the way. Once you fess up to that unspoken goal, everything changes. Nothing wrong with that. Whatcha think?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 21, 2010

Some people view time management as a list of rules around scheduling of appointments, goal settings, planning, to do lists and prioritizing. There are six areas in your life that can be improved through effective time management: The physical – being healthy with less stress and fatigue. The career – your calling and work.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Take encouragement or learn a lesson from your past experience and use it to move on to new challenges and opportunities. Don’t let the stresses of life control you. If you’re not eating properly, or your muscles are tight from too much time in one position, or your stress level is rising, your productivity will decrease.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Learn to forgive. Develop strategies for coping with stress and hardships. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action! Let go of anger and resentment by writing a letter of forgiveness to a person who has hurt or wronged you. There is no avoiding hard times.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

You can’t help but get a twinge of envy as the new kid on the block releases an ebook to resounding online applause, followed by a fully subscribed e-course. And you add “idea for ebook and ecourse” to your to-do list, thinking that this’ll help you reach that success you wanted. Over to you! Comments Read below or add a comment.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 9, 2010

Work on difficult jobs first, or at a time when you’re at peak performance, saving the less stressful tasks for when you have less energy. If you’re on the receiving end of delegation, learn to say no if your schedule is full, or find out what isn’t urgent and leave it for another day.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Powerful Results come from taking baby steps, one after another, day after day, until you reach your goal. Elusive Goals instead of Do-able Goals An elusive goal is “save $5 thousand for down payment for a house”. A do-able goal is “save $100 every week for one year, beginning this week.”

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Productivityist

AUGUST 31, 2015

Every project you complete in multitasking-mode is punished with a loss of quality, loss of time and worst of all, you punish yourself with high levels of stress. What’s the first lesson to learn from this game? That means both sides now work independently, each chasing their own goal and reward. Don’t believe me? I’ll show you.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

What you just read is just a chapter from my upcoming ebook: “Assess – Decide – Do: Natural Productivity&#. The ebook will be launched this Friday, on September 17th, but you will be able to pre-order it at a significant discount starting this Wednesday. And I’m big time looking forward to the ebook.

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Brilliantly Better

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

So at this point, I decided to start learning it. Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. And we always can learn something new! I learned the same concept in social work. This was the problem. Well, I dont.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

It causes stress and mental fatigue and prevents you from creating great work. The more bizarre your prompt, the more you might learn. (I It’s no doubt writing a 30,000-word ebook might seem intimidating if you struggle with 500-word blog posts or stories. Learn something completely new. Keep a record.

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Productivityist

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

It causes stress and mental fatigue and prevents you from creating great work. The more bizarre your prompt, the more you might learn. (I It’s no doubt writing a 30,000-word ebook might seem intimidating if you struggle with 500-word blog posts or stories. Learn something completely new. Keep a record.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 18, 2010

Every Australian wanted less stress and to live free. However, I do not stress as much over minute decisions as I did prior to the implementation of the No-Worries-Rule. Learning this wise lifestyle has been great for me, but would be even better if I can spread this attitude stateside and beyond. Easier said than done.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Conclusion Every time a specific activity gets too stressful to be done by yourself, somebody else will think of a way to externalize it. Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. For a price, fo course. Think at accounting.

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 19, 2010

You can chose your own goal, your own improvement area, and then use my blog as a motivator and trigger of inspiration. You can offer some assets in exchange to some loyalty: the classical free ebook in exchange of a newsletter subscription. It would have been something like Brilliantly Better Blogging, for instance. This is what I do.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Always keep some buffer time to relax, take it easy and disconnect from stress. For example, investing half an hour daily in writing an ebook will do more for your blog than spending half an hour daily in commenting in other blogs. Leisure: Guitar Playing, Programming, Drawing, Reading, learning Icelandic. Well, I dont.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Always keep some buffer time to relax, take it easy and disconnect from stress. For example, investing half an hour daily in writing an ebook will do more for your blog than spending half an hour daily in commenting in other blogs. Leisure: Guitar Playing, Programming, Drawing, Reading, learning Icelandic. Well, I dont.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 5, 2010

But behind laughing, this joke tells a lot about our own goal setting approach. Goal Setting and Your Private Magic Fairy How many times you did your goal setting the same way the lost Bedouin did? Goal setting is a tricky thing. Every time you establish some goal, put yourself in the lost Bedouin shoes.

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Productivityist

JULY 17, 2014

That feeling stresses me out which leads to me working into the evening hours, not being present during dinner with my fiancée and, ultimately making her mad at me—all while feeling like I am falling behind. My ebook chapters. The goal of the Zero-Based Calendar is to have every hour accounted for. My daily journaling.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

The trick for any of them is to learn to use MULTIPLE TAGS so that you can find them, otherwise – for example, your searches will pull up a thousand documents with the word ‘HTML’ in them. Zen to Done Productivity eBook Increase your AdSense Earnings Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 23, 2010

3 Monitor Your Writing Goals It’s easy to get caught in some other things and forget how many articles you set up to write for the current week. In a head to head challenge you establish a common goal with one of your blogging friends. At the end of this process, the ebook is released, usually for free. As easy as that.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 16, 2010

You became so immersed in your activity that you forgot the goal. I learned tons of stuff about project management , programming, getting things done , negotiation, financial planning and a lot more. And yet, I don’t face the associated stress with such a powerful slump. Well, you don’t have the sensor for it anymore.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 19, 2010

We have goals, objectives, paths but we’re the only ones knowing their real meaning. Spread the word: Save This To Delicious Subscribe to posts Related Posts 3 Life Lessons How To Write An Ebook Using MacJournal Getting Things Done with an iPhone – total black belt productivity Can You Solve The Puzzle Of Your Life?

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Brilliantly Better

MAY 17, 2010

Without a goal to direct it, without a plan to make it something material, it will remain in its raw form. When was the last time you took into account your own desires and goals, without getting infected by external intentions? Without a goal to direct it, without a plan to make it something material, it will remain in its raw form.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 17, 2010

Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. Goes to show that no matter how well we think we know something, there is always something to be learned from the insight of others. Tagged as: acceptance , frustration , motivation Liked it?

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

It’s about keeping what you’re saying in sync with your mind, goals and attitude. If you can’t focus , move away from the road and let others reach their goals. Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. Be elastic, be slim.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Make a mental list of all the awesome things that will happen if you achieve your goal In my case, that would be earning some money, and spreading the knowledge among people who will truly benefit from it. This step will help you clarify exactly why you want to achieve your goal in the first place. Well, I dont. What is the difference?

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 2, 2010

Running is also a very good way to squeeze the stored stress in your body. Unconsciously, during stressing phases, you contract your muscles, putting yourself in a fight or flight situation. Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want.

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 25, 2010

Learn how to assess imbalances, how to get rid of the deadlines (replacing them with livelines, that is) and how to create the life you want. Reply 5 Ruben Berenguel August 25, 2010 at 5:37 pm Indeed, keeping up (and trying to be nice) with comments can be stressing. I learned early on not to take negative comments personally.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 10, 2010

You’re no longer attracted by the same things or persons, you’re no longer driven by the same goals. Update Your Life Device Drivers Redesign your social circle, your friends, your goals. It may be stressful and painful in the beginning. Sometimes the only way to learn something new is to teach others. Start over.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

Not only because I coded every single line of it, but because this app is the tangible result of more than 3 years of testing, learning and writing about personal productivity. Third: I am obsessed with learning new things. Learned how to create a project and what the folder structure means. Program received “BAD_EXC” message.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 22, 2010

By now many of my readers know that I had an online business for the last 10 years, that I successfully sold two years ago, and that experience was the inspiration for one of my most read ebooks so far “ 30 Sentences For A Millionaire Mindset ”. And that ebook will really give you 30 sentences to create a millionaire mindset.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

Here’s a thought: What if that dropping readership, that dwindling traffic and that lack of discussion lets you invest your time in better projects, ones that help you get closer to your goals? We’re the early adopters of blogging, shaping it and changing it as we learn about its potential. What could you do differently?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Set aside the services we offer, strip away the great ebooks, the recommended resources, everything but the content. That’s like being able to attend a workshop given by an expert authority three times a week and learn how to improve your business without paying a penny. We want you to learn, to better your business, to succeed.

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Men With Pens

MAY 19, 2010

Keep a steady schedule so that friends and families can learn which days you work, and when. Being overly busy creates a false sense of energy, but it really just adds extra stress. Shaking up your environment, even for just 3 minutes of outside time, makes a huge difference to combat stress and overwhelm.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

that have helped me be more successful in reaching my goals each time I worked with a freelancer. I let go of lots of stress and very little money – we didn’t even work together enough for it to bring in much money to my business. However, you’ll have a huge learning curve in doing freelancing.

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