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The Send to Kindle Button

Sending web content to Kindle is now easier than ever.

via www.kindlepost.com

Are you trying to make the best use of your time while dealing with a daily avalanche of information?

I know I am.

This new function will be a nice adjunct for those of us who digest a lot of online content, love our Kindles, and need to access that information across multiple platforms.

Let us know how it's working for you.

Goodbye Google Reader - Hello Feedly

 

Feedly Layout - Tidy, Easy-to-Navigate

Were you as surprised and bummed out as I when you heard the news that Google Reader was going the way of the buggy whip?

Google Reader had woven its way into my life and become as important as my morning coffee [almost!].

I am a professional procrastinator by nature, but decided I didn't want to wait until Google Reader goes goes dark on July 1st, so I scrambled to research alternatives.

After looking at a few RSS readers, I decided to go with feedly and I am very glad I did. Fortunately, the kind--and brilliant--geniuses at feedly saw the Google Reader thing coming and prepared to lessen the pain for people like me. They are even adding bandwidth and new servers to accommodate the Google immigrants.

Is it time to drop your imaginary friends?

This Manti Te'o debacle is certainly confusing, isn't it? 

Sad too. 

You know, whether the Notre Dame football star lied about his imaginary girlfriend or was duped--swallowing that unlikely claim is like trying to swallow a raw artichoke ... whole!--there's a lesson to be learned here. 

Your imaginary friends will eventually bite you in the behind.

Let this event be the trigger that encourages you to weed out your imaginary friends. 

Don't worry about making a distinction between the imaginary friends you've invented and those who have duped you into believing they're your friends when they really aren't.

Find the fakes.

Identify them ... then drop them.

Then focus on being a real friend to those who remain.

10 Propositions About Time

1. Time is a precious commodity.
2. Time can be neither bought nor sold. 
3. Time cannot be reproduced or repeated.
4. Time cannot be duplicated; every moment is unique to itself.
5. Time affects us all.
6. Once time is past, it's gone forever.
7. Worrying about wasting time or the time we've wasted is, in and of itself, a waste of time.
8. We can make the most of our time or least of our time, but we cannot make time.
   
9. Time passes, despite the presence or lack of activity.
   
10. There's no time like the present and there's no present like the time.

Just Don't Do Something!

Stressed Man Portrait by David Dominici (FreeDigitalPhotos.net)

You have a cluttered TO DO list, don't you?

So much to do, but no time left for the things that are really important.

For getting closer to your Creator.

For connecting with your spouse and children.

For getting lost in your own thoughts. 

For learning something new.

For pondering life's mysteries.

For creating.

Does that sound about right?

Leadership Begins at Home

"Why do some of the sharpest leaders step up in the workplace but flake out when they walk into their home? Is it fatigue? Work overload? Or are they just out of their element?" (Dave Stone, Southeast Christian Church)

Those are good questions, aren't they? We've all read or heard stories of brilliant CEOs, industrial giants, and civic leaders who've failed at their primary roles as husbands and fathers.

We also know the stories of Average Joes like you and me who get so busy "providing" that they forget to provide what their mates and kids really need and crave--a close relationship with their husbands and kids.

Dave Stone, author of Building Family Ties with Faith, Love, and Laughter and Raising Your Kids to Love the Lord, suggests three critical times when you can lead your family in Leadership Begins at Home, over at Michael Hyatt's blog:

7-Plus Things You Can Do to Improve Your Facebook Experience

Are you overwhelmed by the "demands" of Facebook?

Do you worry about Facebook's ongoing assault on your privacy preferences?

Are you burdened by a load of "friends" you neither know nor care for?

Are your important email messages buried under an avalanche of Facebook notifications?

One Small Step ... One Giant Leap

Do you want to get more done?

Who doesn't?

Join the crowd.

You know what? There really is no big secret to doing more.

But there is a small step: Do the next BEST thing.

I don't mean do the thing that is next best, but rather the best thing that is next.

Don't procrastinate.

Don't overthink it.

Don't resist.

Don't try to make it perfect.

Don't fear.

Don't...whatever.

Just do it!

Do the next BEST thing.

What is your secret to getting things done? Click HERE to add to the discussion.

Speaking of Barriers - TSA Prime Example

Having discussed barriers in an earlier post, this infographic caught my attention because it profiles one of the mothers of all big barriers, known as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page to share your TSA experiences.

 Created by: OnlineCriminalJusticeDegree dot com

Restating the Obvious...

...because it warrants repetition...

There are things that are important, but not urgent.

Likewise, there are things that are urgent, but not important.

And, of course, there are things that are both important AND urgent.

Very few things fall into the latter category.

The key to your success and mine is determining what is important enough to do next.

Do the best thing next.