Focus, Focus, Focus: Rule #1

Have you ever noticed how many things there are to do on the Internet? MP3s to listen to, Videos to watch, Groups to join, Chats to finish, Emails to write, it’s really busy work. And yet, it’s also quite frustrating because you sit down to write an email, and 2 hours go by, you’ve done a 100 things, but your email sits there with the words “Dear John, Thank you for your email. I’m…” and your cursor accuses you of being too easily distracted.

It’s certainly true for me, as a webmaster/blogger. I’ve got at least six discussion groups, seven or eight domains, several blogs, numerous websites, a dozen email addresses, goodness knows what. I kind of want to do a survey of my resources that I currently administer, as that would help a little, I think, to focus on things that no longer serve much of a function. I can get rid of them.

So I’m making a commitment now to focus, focus, focus on the priorities. This will be my 2007 New Year’s Resolution! Or at least the first one!

Good Reading – Fear and the risk of fear!

Fear Can Cost You Money

A recent article shows how fear can lead us to make the wrong decisions. This is true for financial decisions as well.

How Americans Are Living Dangerously

It would be a lot easier to enjoy your life if there weren’t so many things trying to kill you every day.

OLPC vs. iPhone
Which of these two items will have a bigger impact?

Should Oil Be $40 or $70?
Declining Commodity Prices Signify Weakening Economy

Blog Views or Page Views
Does it really matter how high it is?

It’s All Donald, All The Time
Donald Trump provides a look at his finances. But should we believe this showman or not?

Sweet Revenge
BusinessWeek Mag looks at “The power of retribution, spite, and loathing in the world of business”. Makes good reading!

The Small Fry Sour On Search Ads
Online Search Ads drive out smaller retailers, where next for them?

Stock Picking Strategy: Dogs of the Dow
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity looks at this old strategy… Should you?
Good Reading

Mess, Glorious Mess!

Saying Yes to Mess – New York Times

IT is a truism of American life that we’re too darn messy, or we think we are, and we feel really bad about it. Our desks and dining room tables are awash with paper; our closets are bursting with clothes and sports equipment and old files; our laundry areas boil; our basements and garages seethe. And so do our partners — or our parents, if we happen to be teenagers.

I just took a look at my desk/office/room this afternoon. I was quite shocked how messy it was, but then everywhere I work becomes like that in just a few days. And I have always been like this. My roommate from Uni. said that piles were kind of my thing! And boy! Did I have a lot of them? It seems even now that the creative pile is a constant companion of mine! One day, I will post a graphic for you to ‘enjoy’.

Having read this amusing article, I now feel a lot less guilty! I’m after all quite “CREATIVE”. Now I’ve just got to convince my other half! I will show her the article.

Happy 2007