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Productivity Personas
I wrote a post on Productivity Personas at Sources of Insight .  It's simply a way to identify and label some common behaviors you see in yourself and others when it comes to producing results.  Once you know the personas, you can effectively Read More...
Posted 08 June 09 03:41 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Sources of Insight is 6 Months Old
Sources of Insight is 6 Months Old .  It's growing up fast.  I'd like to say I have the perfect plan, and everything's gone as planned, but I don't and it hasn't.  Life's funny like that.  What I can say is that I've made the most Read More...
Posted 18 March 09 05:52 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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The Zen of Results and Evernote
I tested Evernote with my time management system, The Zen of Results .  Evernote is like ITunes for knowledge.  Check out how easily The Zen of Results fit with Evernote: It took me under 5 minutes from start to finish.  It was intuitive Read More...
Posted 22 December 08 10:18 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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The Zen of Results Free E-Book
Personal productivity is one of my passions.  As one of my little experiments while I'm out of the office, I put together The Zen of Results E-Book .  I turned a slide deck into a PDF to see if it makes it easier to share.  It's brief (17 Read More...
Posted 10 December 08 09:10 by J.D. Meier | 12 Comments   
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3 Great Results for Today
What are 3 great results for today?  That's the question I ask to bootstrap my day.  As simple as it sounds, I find it's the most effective way to cut through the fog each day.  There's a lot of things I can do and there's lots of activities Read More...
Posted 29 October 08 04:59 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Life Frame
What is your life frame? What are the key buckets in your life that you need to balance across? If you have a frame, you can balance your life through thick and through thin. If you have a life frame, you can more thoughtfully allocate your time and energy Read More...
Posted 20 March 08 05:53 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Success Strategies
As part of my improvement sprint focused on leadership, I'm making my way through The First 90 Days , by Michael Watkins. In a nutshell, it's a guide for how new leaders can be successful. I think it's actually relevant for any new role or situation. Read More...
Posted 17 January 08 04:39 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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The Zen of Zero Mail
You too can have a zero mail inbox, if you choose to. I chose to go zero mail in my inbox when I first joined Microsoft years ago, and I'm glad I did. With a single glance, I know whether I have new mail to deal with. I never have to scroll to see what Read More...
Posted 14 January 08 05:48 by J.D. Meier | 14 Comments   
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Focus and Energy
A colleague drew a chart on my board today. I'll summarize like this: Procrastinators - Low energy and low focus Disengaged - Low energy and high focus Distracters - High energy and low focus. Purposeful - High energy and high focus I like new lenses. Read More...
Posted 10 January 08 04:26 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Reward Yourself in the Moment
Happy New Year! It's a new year and many of you will be setting new goals for yourself as part of your New Year's resolutions. I want to give you an important nugget you can use when you implement your goals and start to face some potential discomfort Read More...
Posted 01 January 08 10:36 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Rituals for Results
Routines help build efficiency and effectiveness. Consistent action over time is the key to real results. If you add continuous improvement or Kaizen to the picture, you have an unbeatable recipe for success. The following are some of my rituals for results: Read More...
Posted 27 December 07 03:56 by J.D. Meier | 6 Comments   
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Kaizen
Kaizen is a Japanese term for continuous improvement. A little Kaizen goes a long way over time. From a personal development standoint, it's key for overcoming resistance . Read More...
Posted 25 December 07 04:48 by J.D. Meier | 6 Comments   
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Results-Focused Teams Over Role-Focused Teams
In my experience, talent and passion are the keys to effective teams. It's not better defined roles. In PM Tip#14: Great teams have members that defy roles , Brad Abrams writes that the best teams defy traditional roles and responsibilities, and I agree. Read More...
Posted 25 October 07 09:02 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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Patterns and Practices for New Hires
Whether you're a new hire or taking on a new job, here's some principles, patterns and practices to be more effective. They're lessons learned from the school of hard knocks and they represent some of the proven practices that have worked for others and Read More...
Posted 08 October 07 04:44 by J.D. Meier | 9 Comments   
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Collection Pools
How do you store your notes and reference information in a way that’s low overhead and easy to find? The key is to created a limited set of places to look that you trust. I use a small set of what I call Collection Pools. I think of them as pools because Read More...
Posted 04 October 07 03:58 by J.D. Meier | 6 Comments   
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