David Seah released a new form for a balanced life under a creative commons license and called for people to modify it. Working towards balance is nice, but I’d rather work towards awesomeness.

The 10,000 Hour Rule

I’ve previously mentioned Malcolm Gladwell for his first book, The Tipping Point. I’ve since been reading one his other books, Outliers, which discusses the circumstances that surround extraordinary individuals. One condition that is… Continue reading

Lately I’ve been trying to remember what used to inspire me. Looking back, I can see there were times when I was inspired to action and there were times when I was just inspired (but didn’t do anything).

Leo Babauta of ZenHabits recently wrote a post called “Stop Reading About It and Do It,” where he tries to inspire his readers to go out and do. While reading this post, I found myself asking “Ok, I should do something, but do what?” I was inspired, but I wasn’t inspired to action.

Inspired to Action

There are times when I am fine with just being inspired. I like watching movies or hearing stories where cool things happen. I am content to have just experienced the story and feel good about it. In those… Continue reading

Do you ever wonder what would happen if you combine the productivity power of the Hipster PDA with the awesomeness of a Moleskine? Well, I did and the result was the Moleskine Hipster PDA Case!

I am a long time reader of David Seah and I have been inspired by many of his actions on productivity. One of his solutions was to use a check rail as a way to keep tasks organized and visible. I tried setting up one in the corner of my room but I ran into a few problems:

• Not In My Face: The point of the check rail was to have the things that I needed to do constantly in my face, so I’ll remember to do them. Since I