A blog about not getting things done
Posted in getting things done, gtd, productivity on Apr 24th, 2008
IT TAKES, IT TAKES A BUSY MAN
he hadn’t made a dent
in his list for weeks.
one of the items was “call z.”
then one day z’s wife called to say
that z had died.
he was ashamed to catch himself
indulging in a feeling of accomplishment
as he crossed “call z” off his list.
(a poem by Gerald Locklin, from Children of […]
Posted in getting things done, gtd, idling, procrastinating, procrastination, productivity, sloth, slow, unproductivity, work on Mar 24th, 2008
Is that the time? Really?
Ah well, eight months since the last post might be a disaster if this blog was concerned with maximising your productivity, or how to be a millionaire by the time you are twenty, or how to achieve a three hour work week (a simple plan: undercut the four hour work week […]
Posted in "business bullshit", "work ethic", getting things done, productivity, slow, unproductivity, work on Jun 2nd, 2007
“In other words, what looks like wasting time from where you sit, could be a whirl of creative thought from where I sit. And, with due respect to Mr. Gilbreth, all the energy that’s been poured into trying to force everyone to work at the same pace and in the same way — it […]
Posted in meetings, moleskine, pigs, productivity, sloth, unproductivity, work on Mar 13th, 2007
You need three things to take effective notes in meetings: a large black sturdy notebook clearly marked with your name (a Moleskine is perfect for this: stylish, practical, and with a pocket to hide biscuits in), a pen, and a chair positioned so that no-one can see what you are writing.
Having all three of these […]
Posted in idling, productivity, sleep, slow, unproductivity on Mar 11th, 2007
There’s a worrying cult at work in the world. It proselytizes at seminars, and through innocent looking web sites. It spreads its insidious message through books that are shelved in ordinary bookshops, where even children could see them.
You can tell its adherents by their pallor, their bleary eyed thousand yard stare, the stains on their […]
Posted in "business bullshit", "work ethic", work on Mar 10th, 2007
“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.”
(William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Act I, scene ii).
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs brought in some consultants (at the cost of seven million pounds of taxpayers’ money) to help introduce ‘lean thinking’ (a concept used to improve car manufacturing) to HMRC.
Part of […]
Posted in getting things done, lifehacks, moleskine, productivity, unproductivity on Mar 6th, 2007
Save money on new books! Buy a large moleskine, and a very fine-tipped pen. Lurk in bookshops copying word for word the books you want to read, so you can read them later and for free. If you get to page fifty, and decide that it’s rubbish, simply cross out your transcription, move on to […]