Understanding The Game
* Written in January, but forgotten until now.
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What I would say to (my) kids on the first day of school…
Lots of people sharing (on Facebook) their experience of sending their kids off to school today… some for the first time.
Stalling 8… 9… This is your life. What do you do?
I had the disc (frisbee) in my possession today on the field. And an opponent was stalling me.
Five.
A letter to my 2-year-old son
Exercise #8 (of 30): List Your Excuses
Then… give them a 2-year life span.
Exercise #7 (of 30): Create a Model
Create a model of a clutter-free zone… then replicate the same clutter-free experience in other aspects of your life.
Exercise #6 (of 30): Create Boundaries
Right App – Right Device. Right Things – Right Place. Right Work – Right Time.
Exercise #5 (of 30): Hierarchy of Decluttering
Use this to think about how what to declutter, and in what order of focus.
#Exercise 4 (of 30): Turn the tap off
You cannot clean the bathroom floor if the bathtub is still over-flowing.
Exercise #3 (of 30): Use Triggers.
List them. Keep them within reach. Like a handful of almonds.
The reward of showing up for yourself
What it means to be a Meet-up Organizer; and have no one show up – more than half the time. #StoodUp
Exercise #2 (of 30): Use-less to you. Useful for others.
Disclaimer: First of all — this particular exercise doesn’t rank high up in strategic value. Yesterday’s exercise was intense — and working…
Exercise #1 (of 30): Big ‘Important’ Stuff? Put Them Aside for 7 Days
Overcoming the initial resistance to lose something that seems important
30 Decluttering Exercises to Prep for 2018
Introduction…
Season & Circumstance
It’s quite easy to detect when circumstances change in our lives. It’s harder to detect a change in season.
And the Good Guy wins
But not because anyone lost
Do the 7:30 am ‘Side-hustle’ here
Crazy, unreasonable entrepreneurs — we’re doing this for you…
On Death & Dying
There is a deep, mysterious beauty in death.