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Tag Archives: time management
Back in the Kanban Flow!
I’m back like the Phoenix from the ashes–or the busy teacher in graduate school. Summer is here and I’m in Japan for the summer. I am taking two online graduate classes through Syracuse University as I slog along the path to … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Samurai Time Management
Tagged creativity tools, kanban, KanbanFlow, time limits, time management
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Bend Time Like A Samurai: Personal Kanban
Last week we trooped the family to Bushwick to visit another family. The husband was really excited by a new time management system that he was using called “kanban.” He uses it not only to organize his own life but … Continue reading
Samurai Getting it from All Directions
I loved it when Daniel Coyle, author of The Little Book of Talent and The Talent Code, mentioned the skateboarders highlighted in the documentary Dogtown and Zboys. These outsiders and misfits changed skateboarding forever. Part of how Coyle explains how they … Continue reading
Samurai Addiction: Become A User
I’m reading on the cloud these days and loving it. I bought a Kindle from a friend and am enjoying the fact that I can read a book “on the cloud.” I can read on various computers, my ipad, and … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Reading, Samurai Time Management, Uncategorized
Tagged 5 minutes, lifehack, Limit power, time limits, time management
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Push ‘n Play Samurai: Small Steps Big Results
My little music theory experiment continues. Music theory has scared me in the past but I have books that I have accumulated over the years that have laid dormant and untouched. I have decided to take one book, Theory for … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Guitar, Notebook, Samurai Time Management
Tagged 5 minutes, crack time management, lifehack, time management
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Show Us Your Crack! (Reading, Listening)
Several posts ago, I tried to get you hooked on CRACK (Crevice Reading Acquiring Cool Knowledge). This basically involves pulling out the most interesting little volume (evolume or paper) in little moments of time to up your skills or just … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Mind, Reading, Samurai Time Management
Tagged 5 minutes, crack reading, deliberate practice, lifehack, time management, zen habits
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The Happiness Decision: Samurai Book Review
Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do. –Ben Hogan You don’t have to “feel”happy to put your mind in happy places. Focusing on happiness is a decision. It’s possible that happiness is a habit of turning your mind to … Continue reading
Posted in Body, Career, Mind, Reading, Samurai Time Management, Uncategorized, Wallet
Tagged 5 minutes, creativity, lifehack, motivation, notebooks, purpose, time management, wealth habits
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All”s Fair in Love and Reading
Okay, well far as love goes, you should try to be human , respect and work things out, and let them down easy but as far as books go, love ’em or leave ’em. Here are some other important differences between love … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese Culture, Mind, Reading, Samurai Time Management, Uncategorized
Tagged 5 minutes, life-change reading, motivation, reading, time management, zen habits
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Use Time Limits: Samurai Time is On Your Side, Part 3
“Prepare yourself in the subject so well that it shall be always on tap: then…trust your spontaneity and fling away all further care.”” William James “A man grows most tired while standing still” Chinese Proverb ‘Deadlines and things make you … Continue reading
Posted in Mind, Samurai Time Management
Tagged 5 minutes, learning, lifehack, samurai time, success, time limits, time management, zen habits
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A Day at the Office: Mangakissa Samurai
Getting work done at home, with a four year old and a one year old, is a Herculean task. They are a lot cuter and more fun than a blank page or a stack of homework to grade. In New York, … Continue reading
Posted in Mind, Reading, Samurai Time Management, Uncategorized
Tagged Manga cafe, mangakissa, reading, time management
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