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How To Streamline Inputs

Posted on January 16, 2012 by LJ Earnest

One of the best ways to swamp yourself is to have too many things coming at you from too many directions. If you were in a canoe and the waves started coming at you from all sides, it is guaranteed you would go for a swim. It is also the same with the information we take in.

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Do You Have Brain Thrash?

Posted on January 13, 2012 by LJ Earnest

Since we have a computer metaphor going here for revamping your life, I wanted to talk a bit about thrash. Thrash is where “computer resources are used to do a minimal amount of work, with the system in a continual state of resource contention.”

Humans can thrash too, except we have a nicer word for it: multitasking.

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Eliminating Time Wasters

Posted on January 11, 2012 by LJ Earnest

Since we just looked at how we spend our time, you had to guess that we would be looking at how to get rid of time wasters.

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Doing A Time Audit

Posted on January 9, 2012 by LJ Earnest

In knowing how you are spending your time, you can find the places for improvement. As we reboot our lives, we need to have an accurate assessment of how you are spending your time. Enter the time audit.

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Life Reboot: Thinning Projects

Posted on January 6, 2012 by LJ Earnest

In the last article, I talked about how to figure out what your projects are. Chances are, that if you made a complete list, you will find it is much longer than you thought.

If your project list doesn’t seem do-able, you need to thin your project list.

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Projects, Open Loops and the RAM Dump

Posted on January 5, 2012 by LJ Earnest

As part of taking stock of where you are, you need to consider what is not only on your schedule, but what is on your project list. By having an accurate idea of what is outstanding for you, you can decide what to get rid of, what to complete quickly, and what to defer.

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How To Plan A Week Off…To Get Things Done

Posted on December 23, 2011 by LJ Earnest

As I mentioned in my last article, I am in need of a reboot. I am using my week off between the holidays as a way to jump-start that process. Here is how I am approaching it so that I relax, yet get things done.

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Are You Feeling A Need To Reboot Your Life?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by LJ Earnest

2012 is almost here. While I normally take this time of year to reflect on the past year, and dream up the future, this year it seems especially necessary. For the past two months I have been barely hanging on as my commitments and projects have swallowed me up, leaving bits of unfinished tasks behind. I need to reboot.

I find that in talking to people, they are also in the same boat. The rush of frantic activity seeps into our lives and we are drowning. It’s time to head for land and regroup.