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 also to manage workflow in his job in software development. He even gave me a [...]
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Bend Time Like A Samurai: Personal Kanban
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Samurai Time Management, tagged crack time management, lifehack, samurai time, time management on September 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Samurai Getting it from All Directions
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Guitar, Samurai Time Management, tagged crack time management, deliberate practice, Guitar, learning strategies, time management on June 26, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
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 developed their talent was that these skaters “trained” in ever changing environments. The Zboys were [...]
Samurai Addiction: Become A User
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Reading, Samurai Time Management, Uncategorized, tagged 5 minutes, lifehack, Limit power, time limits, time management on June 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
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 my iphone. Ironically, it is not available on the actual kindle. I am reading The [...]
Push ‘n Play Samurai: Small Steps Big Results
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Guitar, Notebook, Samurai Time Management, tagged 5 minutes, crack time management, lifehack, time management on May 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
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 the Contemporary Guitarist, pulverize it into little digestible bits and put it into my samurai [...]
Show Us Your Crack! (Reading, Listening)
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Mind, Reading, Samurai Time Management, tagged 5 minutes, crack reading, deliberate practice, lifehack, time management, zen habits on January 30, 2013 | 2 Comments »
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 have fun. In the last post, I introduced you to the concept of “honey” and [...]
The Happiness Decision: Samurai Book Review
Posted in Body, Career, Mind, Reading, Samurai Time Management, Uncategorized, Wallet, tagged 5 minutes, creativity, lifehack, motivation, notebooks, purpose, time management, wealth habits on August 19, 2012 | 9 Comments »
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 positive places. There is also a key role for tears. Sometimes you need to wring [...]
All”s Fair in Love and Reading
Posted in Japanese Culture, Mind, Reading, Samurai Time Management, Uncategorized, tagged 5 minutes, life-change reading, motivation, reading, time management, zen habits on August 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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 and reading: Having multiple ‘partners’ is healthy in reading. You can read several books and [...]
Use Time Limits: Samurai Time is On Your Side, Part 3
Posted in Mind, Samurai Time Management, tagged 5 minutes, learning, lifehack, samurai time, success, time limits, time management, zen habits on July 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“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 more creative…’ Jack White of the White Stripes I am at a mangakissa in Japan [...]
A Day at the Office: Mangakissa Samurai
Posted in Mind, Reading, Samurai Time Management, Uncategorized, tagged Manga cafe, mangakissa, reading, time management on July 25, 2012 | 4 Comments »
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, I retreat to the Writer’s Room. In Japan, I resort to going to a mangakissa, [...]
Push, Relax, Have Fun, Repeat: How I ‘Read’ Japanese News
Posted in Body, Mind, Reading, Samurai Time Management, Uncategorized, tagged 5 minutes, immersion, learning, memory management, motivation, time management on July 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quick little Samurai success formula to take on whatever you want to do or know more about in life: Push. Find little windows where you can push yourself to learn a little more and push. Write down a new word, concept, do push ups until you are tired. Relax. Congratulations on pushing yourself. [...]
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