Monthly Archives: June 2011

The Power of Putting a Question Mark on Tasks

June 30, 2011 If you use a task system a lot, like most MYN users do, one of the things I bet you hate are tasks that never get done—tasks that just sit on your list. If too many sit … Continue reading

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Don’t use a Due Date, Use a Start Date!

June 22, 2011 There is a concept in MYN that actually represents an important new principle of task management. It’s to favor start dates on all tasks, over due dates, when scheduling tasks. What do I mean by that? You’ve probably … Continue reading

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Why we Procrastinate and What to Do about it

June 16, 2011 I did an interview with John Assaraf the other day and we discussed the topic of procrastination. John is doing a series on that and he wanted my thoughts on why we procrastinate and what we can … Continue reading

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In SmartPhone Market Share, Android Continues to Take Off

June 6, 2011 According to the data released by ComScore this Friday. The data, which was for the month of April, 2011, puts Google’s Android platform at 36.4%, Apple at 26%, RIM (BlackBerry) at 25.7% and Microsoft at 6.7%. By … Continue reading

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Why the Focus on Urgency in the MYN System?

June 5, 2011 I sometimes get comments from people just learning the MYN system that essentially state this:  “The juice of what we do at work is in our most important items; so shouldn’t we be focusing on our goal-based … Continue reading

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Contest Winner!

June 1, 2011 The Contest winner for the Nook Color e-reader/tablet is Richard Owen of Reston Virginia. Congratulations Richard! Richard mentioned he has all three editions of the Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook book, so I think the right … Continue reading

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