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Hierarchy of Reading
Abraham Maslow made the concept of hierarchies of progression in systems popular via his work on a hierarchy of needs. Below is a theory about the hierarchy of different types of readers.
Survival Reader
Only reads when critical to survival. This type of reader regularly denounces [...]
Posted in Creativity, Education, Personal, Productivity
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10 Steps for Planning a Great Event
The most difficult part about planning an event is knowing where to start. At Gangplank, we plan a lot of events. We have created a simple process that allows us to jump right into planning.
We assemble those involved in the [...]
Posted in Community, Gangplank, Productivity
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Hacking Standups – I Feel Exposed
At Integrum we regularly find new things to try as a result of our regular team retrospectives. Recently, the team had a lot of discussion about what it takes to make teams great. There was a lot of discussion about [...]
Posted in Agile, Integrum, Productivity
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40 Sleep Hacks to Get Your Sleep On
Working in an industry with people that seem to be incapable of being up at a reasonable time regularly always fills me with ire. Recently, I stumbled across a free e-book of 40 sleeping hacks. It made me realize that [...]
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Notes From Fierce Leadership
Quotes and notes from Fierce Leadership by Susan Scott.
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinions. — Jack Kerouac
Your most valuable currency is relationship. Emotional capital.
Conventional measures of business success shouldn’t be ignored. Human [...]
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Sunday Book Review: Making It All Work by David Allen
Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life by David Allen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Really good content, but a lot of rehashing from original GTD. If you haven’t read GTD in a [...]
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Sunday Book Review: Ready for Anything by David Allen
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life by David Allen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book had a lot of good content, but it was dry at best. Read it for the content, but make sure [...]
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Four Adaptations for Ubiquitous Capturing of Your Ideas
Remember you mind is a pattern matching machine. There is no switch to turn it off. In fact, the further out of your routine you get the more active can become. In order to take full advantage of it, you [...]
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Two Lessons to Survive Your Work and Get Things Done
Recently reading “The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life”
taught me a lot about the skills we use everyday that when adjusted can increase our chances for survival. Two items that were cited as significantly increasing [...]
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Todays Emergencies, Were Yesterdays Ignored Requests
Stop lighting your own house on fire. Every time you find yourself dealing with a fire (emergency or crisis) in your work, remember it was lit with your own match. In fact, while you are fighting that blaze, I bet [...]
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