The Bit Literacy Paradigm

The Challenge “Man has a limited biological capacity for change,When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. ” writes Futurist Alvin Toeffler in his 1970 Landmark book Future Shock, where he coined the phrase information overload. Toeffler poignantly argues that man’s ability to deal with his reality — his “sanity itself thus hinges on man’s ability to predict his immediate personal future on the basis of information... Read More

Bruce Keener Candid: GTD and Franklin Covey

One of my favorite web sites that I find myself revisiting is Bruce Keener’s blog Keenerliving and his PDA resource for Palm OS and Windows Mobile users. He also offers a free ebook which is a portable summary of all his suggested best practices and principles from years of experience in corporate America. Keener, as an author, is both practical, humble and highly effective in his writing. He offers real gems of incite covering the finer subtleties of Getting Things Done... Read More

The Getting Things Done Phenomenon

A single Google of the phrase “Getting Things Done” (GTD) turned up 12,200,000 results and counting at the moment of this writing and a single sponsored article link headline kept taunting me, “What is Wrong with GTD?” which necessarily resulted in the delay of this posting. Read More Share/Bookmark  Read More

The Pavlina Productivity Pickle

David Allen opens Chapter 6 of Making It All Work with an introductory quote from blogger Steve Pavlina on the power of clarity, “If you aren’t yet at the point of clarity, then make that your first goal.” The quote is from Pavlina’s Do It Now post part of his series on time management in which Pavlina portrays himself as a productivity expert and maverick challenging traditional life management systems. In his article Time Management, Pavlina writes that... Read More