About fifteen years ago, I started doing yoga in my living room. I started when I was overweight and incredibly inflexible, but after a few years I got the hang of it. I still try to incorporate some yoga into my schedule a few times a week. A few weeks ago, I was in tree pose and I made a connection that I think would be valuable for all of us. If you want to play along at home, you can try tree pose right now. It'll make my point in a way that words alone can't. Basically, you're going to balance on one leg, and the other is going to bend into it. If you do the full expression of the pose, your opposite foot will basically go … [Read more...]
Getting Things Done – David Allen
This article was originally published a few years ago at the RockStar Success Library. I had two opposing thoughts when I first came upon Getting Things Done. Thought one: “Cool, another book on productivity.” Thought two: “Oh great, another book on productivity.” There are a lot of books on productivity and time management out there, enough to make you wonder about the value of each new one that comes out. Since I work with a lot of my coaching clients about work balance, and time management, I try to give most of them at the least a quick run through. Getting Things Done lays out a pretty comprehensive system to increase … [Read more...]