Practice This

Looking for improvement, growth? Overwhelmed reading productivity tips, emails, RSS subscriptions? Me too. How to distill avalanches of fantastic content into something consumable, applicable, simple daily repeatable practices?
Here is my take. Reverse engineer what software engineers do, adopt and adapt their Software Development Lifecycle to Personal Development lifecycle. The principles are the same, the techniques too.

by Pixelsior

From Software Development Lifecycle to Personal Development Lifecycle
Software development lifecycle (SDLC) has several chronological phases (software folks, I know there are many schools but I am sure you agree on the following core phases …

What are the most precious things in the world? How to identify what’s priceless?
Priceless is something that is given for free, but when lost it cannot be claimed back or bought. Time, health, and trust are given for free to each one of us. When lost no money can buy it.
Time
Time is given for free. “I have no time” sounds too often. The more I hear it the more it sounds weirder to me. We are all given 24 hours a day, ain’t we? The trick is allocating right amount …

How do you carry out your message during presentation? How do you save your audience from boredom during 60 minutes of your speak? Great content helps, but is it all?
You must actively engage with your audience. Studies show you must make spikes every 7 minutes to seize your audience’s attention back. ZoomIt is effective tool to create such spikes.

by karynsig
ZoomIt is a free download and easy to use software. After you download and run it, it sits in your icon tray.
Using ZoomIt

To start using it press Ctrl + 1.
To …

Why you close your eyes when you want to concentrate and focus? You don’t?
I do. This technique falls into Resources Management bucket of the Personal Performance Engineering Practices

by ButterflySha
My take is that when you close your eyes your release very important resource – your imagination. That way external visual world distracts you less and helps unleashing the full power of your imagination.
I use this technique when I am trying to get a grip on complex problem. Even when with the customer I ask for the permission to close my eyes …

What’s my life purpose? How do I find it?
Hell of questions, huh? Steve Pavlina offers one method for How to discover your life purpose in about 20 minutes. Here is my take – find your strengths first to discover your life purpose.
Find your strengths
J.D. Meier recently published great post – Finding Your Strengths – where he distills “Now, Discover Your Strengths” book by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. It offers the list of 34 key strengths.
Go over the list and pick 5 that resonates most with you – …