Comments on: Why Last Month Was The Most Productive Of My Life http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/ Personal Development Blog to Plug You Into Your Identity Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:59:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Monday Magic on August 17 | DSWA Coaching Center.com http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5920 Monday Magic on August 17 | DSWA Coaching Center.com Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:56:50 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5920 [...] Working or Thinking?  We all know there is a difference between the two.  Finding that difference in the minutia of everyday living is a different matter.  Take a little time to explore the difference with Glen Allsopp and try his idea for a month.  You can read about the Most Productive Month of His life by going here.  [...] [...] Working or Thinking?  We all know there is a difference between the two.  Finding that difference in the minutia of everyday living is a different matter.  Take a little time to explore the difference with Glen Allsopp and try his idea for a month.  You can read about the Most Productive Month of His life by going here.  [...]

]]> By: Glen http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5505 Glen Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:55:33 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5505 When I first started blogging about 4 years ago it would really get me down haha. I would be angry for a few days that people could say what they say. Now...I don't even think about it. It's quite amusing to me really. I know your site is going to grow quickly Karen so I'm sure you will experience the same ;) Sadly, I know some great bloggers who stopped writing because people feel like they have to comment and force their opinions on others and they couldn't handle it. I like that line of thinking ;) When I first started blogging about 4 years ago it would really get me down haha. I would be angry for a few days that people could say what they say.

Now…I don’t even think about it. It’s quite amusing to me really. I know your site is going to grow quickly Karen so I’m sure you will experience the same ;)

Sadly, I know some great bloggers who stopped writing because people feel like they have to comment and force their opinions on others and they couldn’t handle it.

I like that line of thinking ;)

]]> By: Glen http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5504 Glen Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:53:46 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5504 I marked your last comment as spam so any future comments will be moderated. If you think insulting people means that your task turned out perfectly, then...awesome :) I marked your last comment as spam so any future comments will be moderated. If you think insulting people means that your task turned out perfectly, then…awesome :)

]]> By: Glen http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5503 Glen Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:50:28 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5503 Of course Kris :) Of course Kris :)

]]> By: Barking Unicorn, Denver, CO http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5502 Barking Unicorn, Denver, CO Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:00:13 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5502 Compassion is not disrespectful of another's suffering, but acknowledgment of its nobility. Kindness is the giving of help to another without obligation or expectation of reward - not even the rewards of thanks or seeing one's help put to use. Compassion is not disrespectful of another’s suffering, but acknowledgment of its nobility.

Kindness is the giving of help to another without obligation or expectation of reward – not even the rewards of thanks or seeing one’s help put to use.

]]> By: Kris Cahill http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5501 Kris Cahill Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:51:47 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5501 I must say I agree with the spirit of what Barking Unicorn is saying here. Though I appreciate the wisdom of discipline, I know it doesn't work for me to do the same tasks daily. I must leave room for creative flow as well. I'll make a list and stick with it, but the days I do that best are the days I leave room for myself to just be and not be perfect. It's amazing what I can create as a result. That said, I see that everyone has a unique way of doing what they do. There is no one answer for everyone. I respect each one's choice. I must say I agree with the spirit of what Barking Unicorn is saying here. Though I appreciate the wisdom of discipline, I know it doesn’t work for me to do the same tasks daily. I must leave room for creative flow as well. I’ll make a list and stick with it, but the days I do that best are the days I leave room for myself to just be and not be perfect. It’s amazing what I can create as a result.

That said, I see that everyone has a unique way of doing what they do. There is no one answer for everyone. I respect each one’s choice.

]]> By: Barking Unicorn, Denver, CO http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5500 Barking Unicorn, Denver, CO Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:47:05 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5500 Glen, my point is that there are no unproductive activities. From every action issues karma: multiple effects, products, productivity. Among the karma of any series of actions ("activity block", ye schedulers might say) there may not be the products you Desired. But as Thomas Edison said, "Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless." Every single morning I remind myself that nothing is going to go as I planned it, and everything is going to turn out perfectly. And it does, always. The effort I wasted trying to "stay on task" is handsomely rewarded now that I spend it paying full Attention to what the Universe sets before me and seizing opportunities instantly, as my pet snake seizes a mouse whose tail-tip barely flickers. "Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them." ~ Alan Watts. While others chase futures that do not exist and therefore cannot be caught, I feast in the Abundance of the present instant, what is here and now. Glen, my point is that there are no unproductive activities. From every action issues karma: multiple effects, products, productivity.

Among the karma of any series of actions (“activity block”, ye schedulers might say) there may not be the products you Desired. But as Thomas Edison said,

“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”

Every single morning I remind myself that nothing is going to go as I planned it, and everything is going to turn out perfectly. And it does, always.

The effort I wasted trying to “stay on task” is handsomely rewarded now that I spend it paying full Attention to what the Universe sets before me and seizing opportunities instantly, as my pet snake seizes a mouse whose tail-tip barely flickers.

“Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.” ~ Alan Watts.

While others chase futures that do not exist and therefore cannot be caught, I feast in the Abundance of the present instant, what is here and now.

]]> By: Karen http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5499 Karen Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:29:04 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5499 I think the more obnoxious commenter you get, Glen, means the more successful you are becoming! :D I've really noticed an influx of weird or angry people lately... and that must mean you're doing something right!! I think the more obnoxious commenter you get, Glen, means the more successful you are becoming! :D I’ve really noticed an influx of weird or angry people lately… and that must mean you’re doing something right!!

]]> By: Glen http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5497 Glen Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:21:01 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5497 Why would I be happy at doing an hours worth of work in a whole day? Actually, it doesn't matter. What does matter is that it worked for me and might work for others. If you're happy 24/7, I will accept that quote ;) Please read the whole article. This isn't about becoming robotic or a workaholic (hint: not using twitter), as stated, this is about being more productive in the time you do dedicate to productive activities. On that note however, thanks for stopping by! I appreciate the comment Why would I be happy at doing an hours worth of work in a whole day?

Actually, it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that it worked for me and might work for others.

If you’re happy 24/7, I will accept that quote ;)

Please read the whole article. This isn’t about becoming robotic or a workaholic (hint: not using twitter), as stated, this is about being more productive in the time you do dedicate to productive activities.

On that note however, thanks for stopping by! I appreciate the comment

]]> By: Barking Unicorn, Denver, CO http://www.pluginid.com/productive-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5495 Barking Unicorn, Denver, CO Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:24:16 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=2329#comment-5495 Writing down everything you do is PRODUCTIVE??? Getting angry about what you DIDN'T accomplish instead of happy about what you DID is PRODUCTIVE? "For every minute you spend angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." ~ Emerson, arguably. Glen, Glen, Glen... I feel compassion for your self-inflicted suffering. I was Twittering when you came to my Attention for the first time. What I was doing was not productive but it produced a connection I value. Had I been focused on being "productive" I'd have missed you, perhaps forever. "Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will take you...." Sheng-yen. Writing down everything you do is PRODUCTIVE???

Getting angry about what you DIDN’T accomplish instead of happy about what you DID is PRODUCTIVE? “For every minute you spend angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ~ Emerson, arguably.

Glen, Glen, Glen… I feel compassion for your self-inflicted suffering.

I was Twittering when you came to my Attention for the first time. What I was doing was not productive but it produced a connection I value. Had I been focused on being “productive” I’d have missed you, perhaps forever.

“Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will take you….” Sheng-yen.

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