Dear Diary

Mailbox App

Theres a couple of daily tasks that I love (1) making lists, (2) getting coffee to create lists and (3) marking things off my lists.

I believe Action Method created a good way to get things done, even if it seems just like colored lists. I wonder why the Clear App is not something that Behance invented, its totally what I should have expected. It feels good getting things done!

There’s also some daily tasks that I dislike (1) waiting in line at the bank, (2) attend meetings and (3) e-mail. The first two are self explanatory but the last one is a little harder to crack.

Google made it easier by eliminating all SPAM that is actually not an attachment from someone else. I can create filter based on the contacts I have on my address book but one of the issues that still persist is the content on the e-mails.

Your priority might no be my priority.

And now comes Mailbox App. Everything that e-mail should be is there! Take a look - having peace of mind that inbox can be zero is a dream come true.

It was love at first sight. I want to get my life back, instead of being run by technology.

Dec

You’re The Average Of The Five People You Spend The Most Time With

Jim Rohn

Nov

Nine Dangerous Things You Learned In School

We live in an exciting and interesting time — one when some of our most commonly accepted ideas, traditions and principals are being challenged. This past week featured a fascinating read in the Wall Street Journal asking “Are Playgrounds Too Safe?”, making the case that “decades of dumbed-down playgrounds, fueled by fears of litigation, concerns about injury and worrywart helicopter parents, have led to cookie-cutter equipment that offers little thrill.” The result being children less compelled to play outside, potentially stunting emotional and physical development and exacerbating a nationwide epidemic of childhood obesity.

Recently Forbes featured an article smartly challenging things many of us grew up being taught and often adhere to still. But in today’s world, the rules of our parents’ past are ones we have to ask in all earnest and respect — do these rules still apply?

Via curiositycounts

Nov

‎”Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker

Nov

Never, Never, Never Give Up!

Winston Churchill

Nov

Alex:: "Even I think it's nerdy, and I'm fluent in Elvish."

Oct

Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different.

C.S. Lewis

Oct

48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers

Never outshine the master.
Never put too much trust in friends; learn how to use enemies.
Conceal your intentions.
Always say less than necessary.
So much depends on reputation. Guard it with your life.
Court attention at all costs.
Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit.
Make other people come to you; use bait if necessary.
Win through your actions, never through argument.
Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky.
Learn to keep people dependent on you.
Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim.
When asking for help, appeal to people’s self-interests, never to their mercy or gratitude.
Pose as a friend, work as a spy.
Crush your enemy totally.
Use absence to increase respect and honor.
Keep others in suspended terror: cultivate an air of unpredictability.
Do not build fortresses to protect yourself. Isolation is dangerous.
Know who you’re dealing with; do not offend the wrong person.
Do not commit to anyone.
Play a sucker to catch a sucker: play dumber than your mark.
Use the surrender tactic: transform weakness into power.
Concentrate your forces.
Play the perfect courtier.
Re-create yourself.
Keep your hands clean.
Play on people’s need to believe to create a cultlike following.
Enter action with boldness.
Plan all the way to the end.
Make your accomplishments seem effortless.
Control the options: get others to play with the cards you deal.
Play to people’s fantasies.
Discover each man’s thumbscrew.
Be royal in your fashion: act like a king to be treated like one.
Master the art of timing.
Disdain things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best revenge.
Create compelling spectacles
Think as you like but behave like others.
Stir up waters to catch fish.
Despise the free lunch.
Avoid stepping into a great man’s shoes.
Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
Work on the hearts and minds of others.
Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect.
Preach the need for change, but never reform too much at once.
Never appear perfect.
Do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop.
Assume formlessness.