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Taking Action on your Passion
    1.   Establish a capture system
    2.   Eliminate distractions
    3.   Track projects and progress
    4.   Take action now
    5.   Maximize performance
    6.   Leverage technology
Establish a capture system
   1. Always on
   2. Archived
   3. Accessible
Livescribe Echo Pen
Dragon Dictation App
Evernote
Eliminate distractions
   1. Eat that Frog
   2. Never check e-mail until 8:30
      AM
   3. Freedom at the Airport
   4. Be selfish at 5am
   5. Find your central park
Track projects and
     progress
1.   Conduct a weekly review
2.   Set goals and measure
3.   Track emails
4.   Establish first priorities
5.   Energy management
FollowUpThen – track emails
Track projects and progress
   1.   Conduct a weekly review
   2.   Set goals and measure
   3.   Track emails
   4.   Establish first priorities
   5.   Energy management
Take action now
 1.   Fail often
 2.   Fail better
 3.   Be the first to market
 4.   Initiate the conversation
Maximize performance
   1.   Lark alarm clock
   2.   Sleep cycle app
   3.   Checklist Manifesto
   4.   Use social networks
   5.   Set artificial deadlines
Lark alarm clock
Sleep Cycle app
Maximize performance
  1.   Lark alarm clock
  2.   Sleep cycle app
  3.   Checklist Manifesto
  4.   Use social networks
  5.   Set artificial deadlines
Leverage technology
  1. Outsourcing
  2. Crowdsourcing
  3. Muse-sourcing
Questions?
      @brianjdixon
 brian@brianjdixon.com
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Take Action on your Passion

Editor's Notes

  1. -The faintest pencil is more powerful than the strongest memory.
  2. -The faintest pencil is more powerful than the strongest memory.
  3. -The faintest pencil is more powerful than the strongest memory.
  4. -The faintest pencil is more powerful than the strongest memory.
  5. Eat that Frog- spend the rest of your day knowing you’ve done the most irritating taskNever check e-mail until 8:30 AM- email is other people’s agenda for your dayFreedom at the Airport- freedom app and airport modeBe selfish at 5am- no distraction in the morningFind your central park- find a pond, a place to be creative and rest
  6. Conduct a weekly reviewSet goals and measureCapture ideaTrack emails- followupthenEstablish first prioritiesEnergy management
  7. -The faintest pencil is more powerful than the strongest memory.
  8. Conduct a weekly reviewSet goals and measureCapture ideaTrack emails- followupthenEstablish first priorities- mind like waterEnergy management- afternoon drag- do mundane tasks
  9. Get startedLearn from your mistakesSend the email, reach out to that person- What is the worst that could happen?
  10. Lark alarm clockSleep cycle appChecklist ManifestoUse social networksSet artificial deadlines- Parkinson’s law
  11. -The faintest pencil is more powerful than the strongest memory.
  12. -The faintest pencil is more powerful than the strongest memory.
  13. Lark alarm clockSleep cycle appChecklist ManifestoUse social networksSet artificial deadlines- Parkinson’s law- set a timer