Chris Hess

Tag: Productivity

  • Pick One Thing

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    One of the problems I have had for a while, is having too many good things to be working on. In a video I watched today, Robin Sharma talked about saying no to other fantastic opportunities. This is hard for me. I often succumb to the shiny object syndrome (where you jump to the next…

  • Where do you start?

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    So if you want to make changes to your life, professionally, physically, spiritually, where do you start? Robin Sharma suggests getting up at 5 AM and staring there. In particular, having your “Holy Hour” (20 mins of exercise, 20 mins of learning/reading, 20 mins of Journaling/gratitude) and that this will help you be “World Class”.…

  • Tim Ferris 

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    I would say there are a few things that I observe. Most people immediately jump into a reactive work flow. First thing in the morning, inbox. As one billionaire put it to me, email is everyone else’s agenda for my time. So setting aside, at least, an hour, maybe, two hours to focus on your…

  • Google Docs – Share Folders!

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    I read a few weeks back that the Google Docs Api had the ability to allow you to share your folders but that the interface didn’t have it yet.  I don’t know how people find things like that – going through the api code I guess… but anyway I logged in today and sure enough…

  • iPod touch

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    So today is my birthday and this week I treated myself to a new toy. I am terrible when it comes to buying things because I never want to spend money on things… But I decided I had some money from my b-day and I had thought about it quite a bit and I figure…

  • Honey Projects…

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    I read an article last night that gave me some very good ideas. It started with a poem: I always eat my peas with honey I’ve done it all my life They do taste kind of funny But it keeps them on my knife – anonymous In IT we are often doing the same things…

  • nowdothis.com – an anti-multitask solution

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    Piggybacking on my post from last night I thought I’d share a website that was brought to my attention that I’ve used a bit at work.  Its called nowdothis.com The idea behind it is that you go in and setup a list of tasks and it gives you the first task on the list.  Its…

  • A reason not to multi-task

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    Tonight I was given a reason not to multi-task and I thought I would share it. See I always have this problem, TONS of things going on all the time in my head. What this usually leads me to do is work on bits and pieces of a bunch of things. I’ve been trying to…

  • Project Based, Daily Todo List

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        So yesterday, halfway though the day, I was having trouble getting myself motivated to do ANYTHING at work. I work as a web application developer (full time and freelance) and I am constantly in the middle of a bunch of projects. Lately, I’ve been struggling to keep on track or work on what (I think)…

  • Mornings are SO important!

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        I just read an article on how important mornings are to the rest of your day.  I totally agree with the idea of this post.  I might even say the same thing for a week.  I was actually just thinking about it this weekend.  Last week was a rough week for me.  It really…