Not Because it is Easy

John Kennedy said we were going to go to the moon "Not because it is easy, but because it is hard."  The Apollo 11 mission was a huge success and really brought the nation and to some extent the whole world together around a scientific adventure. 

Choosing to do something because it is difficult is a great way to grow. If you truly want to extend your capabilities you have to do things that are hard.  You have to do things where you might fail.  If you only attempt to do the things you’ve done before, you might have some level of growth but nothing compared to what you are capable of.

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Focus for Results

Computers are a great tool, but they can tend to make it hard to focus when you are trying to do planning.  I’ve heard it said that the people who get the most done spend the first half of their day planning and the second half executing the plan.  However, when I’m sitting at my computer trying to do planning and research simultaneously it is easy to get distracted–especially when I’m trying to research something on the web.

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Tools that Waste Productivity

I got a blackberry cellphone the other day thinking that it would help me move to new levels of being super productive.  So far it has done the exact opposite.  The device pretty much works as expected, but at least so far it hasn’t made me any more productive.  In fact I feel that my 7100t Blackberry has made me less productive.

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