Category Archives: GTD

This is how I roll

Posted: 11:44 pm
May 6, 2011
Boss, GTD
1 Comment

I wish I had a dollar for every time I got asked”: “I wish I knew how you manage to do it all.” The real answer used to be just pure stubbornness, I worked until I got it done. But … Continue reading →

Final Ironman Update & Entrepreneurial Frustration

Posted: 7:03 am
March 23, 2011
Boss, GTD, IT Business
on Final Ironman Update & Entrepreneurial Frustration

The 90-day no-break work schedule comes to an end in a week. If you don’t know me, feel free to scroll down to the bold part. I’m taking nearly a month-long vacation as a result of it and will surface … Continue reading →

Time

Posted: 11:34 am
March 9, 2011
GTD
on Time

It’s amazing how much can be accomplished just by quick little fixes, quick videos, quick braindump in a document or training tips. If only even an hour a day went towards addressing operational inefficiencies. It’s also amazing just how hard … Continue reading →

Video killed the HR star

Posted: 12:03 am
February 22, 2011
Boss, GTD, IT Business
on Video killed the HR star

The IT Solution Provider industry has been collectively bitching about the lack of available talent for a long time. I have to agree, we have been having a really tough time trying to find even entry level IT employees for … Continue reading →

Ironman Update

Posted: 11:32 pm
January 16, 2011
GTD
on Ironman Update

The other day someone asked how the Ironman Challenge was going. Well, you tell me: putting together test servers on a Sunday evening. So what’s the Ironman deal? Working for 90 days straight – no weekends, no days off, no … Continue reading →

Are you the best?

Posted: 9:59 pm
January 6, 2011
GTD, IT Business, IT Culture
on Are you the best?

Continued as a part of the New Year review blog posts. Out with the old, in with the new? Well, a year is a loooong time and there is a lot of old stuff that needs to be cleared off … Continue reading →

What does this have to do with anything?

Posted: 2:07 am
January 5, 2011
GTD, IT Business
on What does this have to do with anything?

Can you tell the difference between a detail and the big picture? It depends on perspective. I’ve gotten a lot of email over the past few days thanking me about writing the GTD stuff that’s helped transform my own performance … Continue reading →

Maintenance (Continued)

Posted: 1:05 am
January 4, 2011
GTD, IT Business
3 Comments

Yesterday I wrote a blog post about Start of Year Maintenance cycle most successful businesses people go through. Fact is, unless you’re remarkably organized and suffer absolutely 0 external interference, you’ve got to dedicate some time to straightening things out. … Continue reading →

New Year Maintenance

Posted: 8:28 pm
January 2, 2011
GTD, IT Business
on New Year Maintenance

If you’ve got any work ethic, it shouldn’t matter what day/date it is, you should be ready to kick ass any day of the week. But even if the calendar doesn’t matter to you, it does to the government, state … Continue reading →

The Best Investment of 2010

Posted: 12:14 pm
December 30, 2010
Gadgets, GTD
on The Best Investment of 2010

I’m often asked by people that are in growth mode just what the best investments and tools for making it big are. I too have unsuccessfully hopped from one piece of software to hardware through the years always in the … Continue reading →