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Workflow: Beyond Productivity Now Available
Two and one-half years, 500+ pages, and nearly 100,000 words after Creating Flow with OmniFocus, Workflow: Beyond Productivity is now available:
Preview available to members of the OmniFocus & Workflows mailing lists
Workflow is an advanced textbook ready to reward the diligent reader, interested in not only productivity, but also creativity and mastery.
The text dives deep into the individual components of the workflow. While each individual has his or her own unique systems, the basics of the workflow remain. Intention, organization, sessions, practice, mastery, motivation, and more are explored at both a practical and psychological depth. Terminology and definitions work in concert with each other, while they are also presented individually so that you can decide where and how to improve your individual workflow to whatever degree you may wish.
What you will not find is a series of quick fixes or how-to lists. However, you will find an in-depth examination, from basic concepts to an advanced understanding so you can build the secure foundations needed to truly develop meaningful work.
Workflow is application independent. Though the text is also a companion to Creating Flow with OmniFocus, it is a standalone work, ready to support you regardless of the tools you may wish to use.
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What is Productivity?
Productivity is many things. For some, it is about doing a lot in a little time.
But, truly, productivity is so much more. It is about:
- Setting yourself up for success.
- Being focused where you want to be.
- Doing things that you find meaningful.
- Being creative, sometimes even in harsh environments.
- Forging your own paths.
- Finding your voice and delivering it well.
- Knowing and actively deciding on your obligations.
- Knowing where and how to say “no”.
- Avoiding procrastination.
Too often, many of us fall into just going along with and fighting whatever the world throws at us. “Go with the flow!”, we say. Meanwhile, we might think, “I’d like to do that one thing. Maybe one day I will.” The days go by. The goal never arrives, and then we wonder why or blame circumstance.
But when we learn to take charge of our lives and the world
around us, we start living life with intention.
Of course, striking out may seem scary. It takes courage to live life with purpose and on purpose. Roadblocks and worries, fears and concerns show up everywhere.
This is my passion. I want to help you to find that sense of your own unique play to meet the world so that you can:
- Create a life that is yours.
- Find and follow an inner guide in a way that works for you and those you care for.
- Decide on your obligations and meet them while building the world you want.
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Scientists say nerves use sound, not electricity
Now, I'm not sure if I buy into this article yet, but it sounds entertaining. "The common view that nerves transmit impulses through electricity is wrong and they really transmit sound, according to a team of Danish scientists." - CBC news The conventional wisdom is...
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