Taking Notes Changed My Life
I really mean the above statement!
A common thread I have on this blog is the importance of having the ability to take notes whenever you can. Every second between you having a thought, and recording it is a second closer to you forgetting the note. This is a key involvement of GTD when processing actions to Get Things Done.
For me, I carry a Moleskine wherever I go and now I am armed with my new shiny iPhone 3G. I have a post on OmniFocus for the 3G coming soon as I am loving the ability to sync my tasks and carry them around with me. I have also started using Evernote and the application between the web, iPhone, and desktop client is really slick. More to come on that as well.
The Secret of Thinking Big
After my last post about the review of The Magic of Thinking Big, I have just found this amateur video on YouTube about the book that I thought I would share.
The Magic of Thinking Big – Book Review
One book that I have read quite recently was The Magic of Thinking Big, by Dr David J. Schwartz.
The book is written by Dr David J. Schwartz who was a professor at Georgia State University before starting a consulting firm that focuses on leadership development.
The front cover of the book drew me in with the blurb of "Set your goals high then exceed them!" Being one for believing in the importance of setting goals I thought the book seemed like a good read and the reviews on Amazon where non too shabby so I decided to invest the time in reading the book.
WordPress iPhone App
Just a quick post as I am writing this blog post from my Hotel room in Winchester as I am working away for a while with a client.
The cool thing is that I am writing this using the brand new Wordpress App for the iPhone.
The App allows you to add multiple blogs and view, edit, and write new posts.
Zig Ziglar – Prime the Pump
I think Zig Ziglar is just great.
If you do not know who he is, he is a Southern American Motivational Speaker and has been on the speaking circuit since the 1980s. I have blogged about Zig before and his Motivational Podcast.
One of the videos on Zigs podcast is one with his very famous Water Pump. This was Zigs trademark in the early days and I urge you to watch this, and hopefully you will make the connection to the words that Zig is saying.
Great OmniFocus GTD App Review at Apple Briefs
Just been reading a great review of OmniFocus over at the Apple Briefs website.
I had never come accorss the Apple Briefs website before but my Google Alert that is set to Track for OmniFocus brought it to me.
it is a pretty good and true review of OmniFocus and is worth a read.
Freeline Report on Getting Things Done
Just watched this little video from YouTube. It is the Freeline Report for free online GTD Apps.
Worth a watch and the Freeline Reports are actually pretty good for 2 minute snippets.
How to Get Rich – Felix Dennis Book Review
One of the books I read whilst away in Portugal was the How to Get Rich book by Felix Dennis.
I bought this book a few months ago following an Amazon suggestion. The title intrigued me as wealth is something that I am constantly striving for and I read many books on the subject.
I must admit that I had not heard of Felix Dennis before reading the book although I had come across Dennis Publishing. Dennis Publishing has published magazines such as Maxim, Micro Mart, PCW and others including a range of Kung Fu magazines and books on people such as Bruce Lee. Felix has amassed a fortune of over $700,000,000 from his publishing empire and he now spends most of his time writing poetry on the island of Mustique in the Caribbean.
iPhone Meets the Moleskine
Being a Moleskine and iPhone fan I thought I would share this neat little video with you.
Not much use that I can think of but 2 minutes of light fun :)
OmniFocus, GTD for iPhone Update
I have just been reading a great post over at 43Folders about the impending release of OmniFocus for the iPhone.
It is worth a read as Merlin Mann from 43Folders.com has acted as a consultant on the OmniFocus project.
One new thing that this post brings is information about location aware contexts. So, this means that the iPhone can prompt you what needs to be done based upon where you are. Now, that sounds very cool to me and a feature that I am sure will be great to use. I eagerly await this release, hopefully on the 11th of July although I have not seen any firm dates yet.
