Does perfectionism get in the way of getting stuff done for you? Maybe reframing the question to progress not perfection would help.
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Does perfectionism get in the way of getting stuff done for you? Maybe reframing the question to progress not perfection would help.
Some thoughts on email inspired by a recent New York Times opinion piece by Adam Grant, “No, You Can’t Ignore Email. It’s Rude.” My favorite rule of thumb: To get less email, send less email. Other people will be less inclined to fill my mailbox with replies if I don’t send requests/replies to them in the first place.
Thomas Friedman has noticed some differences in the way people think about collaboration and pulls on the dictionary for some assistance.
How often do knowledge management efforts get bogged down in the technology? Here's a current media example of the inevitable result. Toyota Europe knew about and fixed a problem a year before a US recall for the same problem.
With apologies to my dear friend Luis Suarez and his goal of eliminating email, there are just times when email does the job fairly well.
Liz Lawley points us to this moving story of a soldier who has left his son a journal / guidebook.
I've just tried the No-Knead Bread from NY Times' The Minimalist. It's superb and truly easy.
Kris Olson at Wiki That suggests that "What's Missing Is a 'Home' for Groups" in response to Clive Thompson's life hacking article. I suspect wiki's aren't quite enough, and I don't know where we will end up.