2011: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along

Posted on July 26, 2011 by LJ Earnest
Categories: Open Loops

Tuesdays are open loop days at SimpleProductivity blog.

If you have the choice, would you rather be hourly or salaried? My choice is hourly. Here is a good article on why you should do the math. From Get Rich Slowly’s “Hourly vs. Salary: Which is Better?”.

This is very true for most of us: Why is it so hard to be ourselves? I have a friend who is picking up and moving to the other coast because he finds he can’t be himself here. From The Happiness Project’s “It Sounds Easy, So Why Is This Particular Element of Happiness So Hard?”.

I love this: “The best way to conquer stagnation is to disturb it.” From Pick The Brain’s “3 Things To Do If There Is No Progress In Your Life”.

I love the rules for processing email that are laid forth in this article: one click, and 3 sentences. From Write To Done’s “How I Doubled My Productivity as a Blogger by Becoming a Virtual CEO [CASE STUDY]“.

Lifehacker has an alternate method for setting priorities and remembering. From “The Task Boxes Method Prioritizes To-Dos for Visual People”

What an interesting experiment! Choose white noise as a ring tone actually makes it easier to hear and find. From Lifehacker’s “Use a White Noise Ringtone to Find Your Lost Cellphone Faster”.

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