Life is too small not to always look for exceptional thoughts and things.
Here’s some sites that I’m currently working on, and some from the past.
They include mobile apps, charities, hotels, lawyers & medical clinics that I’ve worked with in the areas of:
and more…
“People often remark to me that “GTD does take a lot of discipline!”
Actually, it doesn’t, any more than taking showers and brushing your teeth require discipline, once the initial unfamiliarity has been overcome. How long does it take to get there? As long as it takes.
You’ll be another day older tomorrow, no matter what. So just keep returning, when you stray. Write things down. Decide outcomes and actions. Organize and review them. And you’ll feel more and more uncomfortable when you don’t.”
—David Allen
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Either pushing yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or just coasting quietly down a solitary path just watching the earth spin beneath your feet.
But when you are through, exhilarated and exhausted, at least for a moment everything seems right with the world…
WMY teaser final – 021714DN02 from David Norman on Vimeo.
I love running for going against the grind, pushing myself daily in all kinds of weather, and then applying that to my daily personal / business life.
Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life…trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour and deal with the decisive moment.
That’s one of the reasons why I organise the yearly “tvrdak race” with my good friend Richard Voda. for those around Bratislava to deal with and overcome unexpected obstacles when running through life…
…Apart from a handful of 3km and 10km local competitions without doing any training whatsoever for them, I haven’t done much running at all in the past.
However in October 2010, thinking that a baby might be on the way, and how unfit I’d become, I created the habit of going for a simple 5km run, ideally 3 times a week on a small river island near my flat.
I didn’t think I’d keep it up for long, but 3 years along the line, I’m still running 2-3 times a week, usually in the early morning. Some days I run fast, some slow, some a mix of intervals. I leave it up to how I feel on the day, and record each run in my Runkeeper app.
My goals are not to run any long distances or achieve any great speeds, but mainly to:
Of course there are many other side benefits, such as the ideas I get along the way, the complete solitude of that half hour alone, being out in nature in the early hours of the morning and a chance to listen to some motivating music.
In addition to my 5km 3 x a week, it’s my goal to also run 2 half marathon contests per year ( half marathon – 21km ) as well as a couple of obstacle courses to check if my overall running health is declining or increasing, and a obstacle run or keep my overall determination to win in check.
You can on become a runner if you run, so start today and start light. Remember that it only takes 2 weeks to lose strength and 6 weeks to gain so keep that in mind when you start running, or decide to take a break.
This short claymation video is a good refresher on the proper running form. Using the tips illustrated in the video may help prevent injuries and make running more comfortable, especially if you’re running barefoot.
The main tip is to land midfoot, rather than on your heel, because heel strikes generate more impact.
Running Form in 30 Seconds from Greatist on Vimeo.
For lots more on this pose running technique, see Pose Tech or the similar 100-up form.
Only one person and one person only will determine how good of a runner you become…
You will become as good as you let yourself be. That one person is you.
Start by deciding a purpose for every run you take and know what that purpose is before you start – whether that is to just relax, beat your personal best, increase speed, endurance etc…
The Top 10 apps I use daily:
RunKeeper:Free – Premium 15€ yearly
Does technology motivate you to keep fit? Well using this app certainly does. It records all my runs, walks, bike rides etc and lets me know how far and how fast I’ve gone and become.
Evernote:Free – Premium 34€ yearly
Emptying my brain into this help me to record, organise and more importantly – do everything that I feel is important to me. True GTD skills can be applied digitally here from anywhere I am in the world.
Dropbox:9 GB Free or 100 GB costs €100 yearly
All my files accessible from anywhere and secure if my computer or their server goes down.
Lastpass:Free – Premium €9.68 yearly
Over complicate and forget all the passwords I’ll ever use behind one single secure password, that opens all my sites instantly.
Ohlife:Free – Premium 14€ per year
My daily journalling / diary keeping each evening sent to here by email with a photo, safe and secure.
Free & pay per country area
Makes sure I don’t get lost. All I need is my phone with me (and charged up of course, but my solar charger can handle that 🙂
Moneywise pro:Free – Premium €4.50
Keeping track of my everyday expenses
Google Calendar:Free
Keeping track of all my time/date related appointment / tasks.
Gmail:Free
Helping me get to inbox zero every day by archiving (not deleting) any email that I might one day have to refer to again.
Google Drive:Free
Goodbye Word, Powerpoint and Excel (the only reason I didn’t move to an apple mac for the past 10 years). Anything that’s sent to me in those formats, I can open here. Does the same as those programs, but without any computer slowing expensive software from Microsoft Accessible from anywhere, even on my tablet and smartphone and can be shared with others for live collaboration.
These I use almost daily, but didn’t make the “top 10” list…