Entries Categorized as 'Personal development'

Easier said than done

Date February 18, 2008

There is so much information to be found on the internet. A lot of this information is about how to get things done on a personal level. How to lose weight, how to manage your time, how to make money online, even how to raise your children.
Most of these tips are just things we already […]

Get rid of distractions, part 2

Date February 13, 2008

Yesterday I wrote about getting rid of distractions on your computer while doing important stuff.
There are also distracting factors in your surroundings, that you need to control. I am don’t have them all under control yet, but writing about them really helps to focus on what to do, while sharing it with others.
Common distractions

Loved ones […]

Get rid of distractions

Date February 12, 2008

Over the last couple of days I’ve noticed that there have been a lot of things that call for my attention when I’m writing. Or doing anything important, for that matter. And every time I’d given my attention to it, and I went back to what I was doing, I had to take a couple […]

How hard is it to say ‘No’?

Date February 11, 2008

I am at a point in my life where I need to make decisions on my career. However, there is on dangerous factor that can mess everything up: New possible commitments!
Opportunities… They keep coming!
Right when I decided to scratch some of the opportunities I have from the list, there are suddenly a couple of new […]

Make a choice already!

Date February 8, 2008

I am one of those persons who is capable of doing almost anything with their lives. I am gifted in many ways.
But that brings other problems. The biggest problem is to decide which of the possible paths to enter. These people usually “taste” something of everything they can do. They can do a lot, […]

No place like home

Date October 28, 2007

Right now, Barbara and I are still staying in the aparthotel. After looking for a house for a while, we found one. The only problem was the tenants are moving out on the 31st of October, so we had to extend our stay here.
Less fun
This is actually a lot less fun than I thought. This […]

Creating the right to-do list

Date September 19, 2007

I have been creating to-do lists for a while, but they didn’t really work. Why? Because they were just lists of work I still have to do. I only listed the names of the companies and persons whose work I was doing.
I decided to expand my to-do list. Now, instead of just listing the jobs […]

Wow, that was a while ago!

Date September 18, 2007

It’s been more than 10 weeks since I wrote the last post. There is so much that has changed in this period of time, guiding the lives of my wife and me in a total different direction… and country.
The new job
My wife Barbara, a demographer, was recruited as Deputy Program Manager Statistics of the Caribbean […]

Testing a new time schedule

Date June 1, 2007

Running my own Web development business has always been hard. I never managed to follow the instructions of all those time management trainings. So my schedule was always hectic.
In this whole mess of a schedule, my priorities were misplaced: I had the Blind Squirrel Problem. I knew sending out those invoices is important, but I […]