Reading Time: 8 minutesIt’s hard to get balanced and objective information about Obsidian. People either love it or hate it. Too much of the information is produced by those with OOS, or “Obsidian Obsessive Syndrome.” It’s fanboy propaganda and enthusiasm. I listened to a podcast where an Obsidian enthusiast cohost forced every topic on every episode to have …
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen I was a young man attending a religious junior college, I took a “preaching 101” class. The teacher suggested that the best way to prepare a weekly sermon was to research a topic early in the week, then do nothing with it for at least a day or two. He said that while you …
Reading Time: 4 minutesMany, if not most, of us who write experience self-doubt about whether our writing is any good, has any value, and what that says about us as individuals. Even well-published, professional writers suffer from the same feelings. Diana Gabaldon is the author of the award-winning, #1 NYT-bestselling Outlander series of novels. She has a scientific …
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow do you start a new project? If you don’t have a template, you’ll likely leave out some important steps. In Tiago Forte’s excellent book Building A Second Brain, he discusses in chapter 9 the importance of having a checklist to launch new projects. “Before they taxi onto the runway and take off, airline pilots …
Reading Time: 7 minutesIt’s almost always a mistake for me to just sit down and start writing on a topic, or start working on a project without first thinking in detail about what I want to do and how I want to do it. I need to take time first to think things through. Mind mapping is the …
Reading Time: 6 minutesJoe Moyer recently wrote a post in his excellent blog, 24 Letters, about how he writes using Ulysses. His post describes how he organizes and uses Ulysses to take his writing from ideas through completed posts. I also use Ulysses for almost all of my blog posts. I have some similar uses of Ulysses to …
Reading Time: 9 minutesWhy I’m Writing About My Roles-Based Retreat I’m writing about this because I want to share my experience in working through a personal roles-based retreat. Sometimes it’s helpful to read about someone else’s experience to determine if you too want to have a similar experience (or not). I will share the process I followed and …
Reading Time: 7 minutesOnce you determine your Why, you can focus on implementing a productivity system. There are many tools available, both digital and analog, that can help you to implement and keep up with your productivity system. The tools you use are not the solution, they are merely tools that help you to do what you’ve determined is important for you to do.