Precision Change

Hey Precision Change fans,
Recently my friend and partner on this project Ryan Oelke had to make some tough decisions about what he could be involved in, and unfortunately Precision Change didn’t make the cut. As we all know, especially us productivity geeks, there is always more to do than we could ever possibly do, and [...]

Much of the productivity material on the web focuses on hacks, tips, and tricks to increase productivity at work–learning keyboard shortcuts, installing new organizing software, keeping a time log, reducing distractions, etc. This is all fine information, but if we implement these techniques of becoming more productive and are just as stressed, we have failed at the most important thing: becoming stress-free, happy people.

Autokinetics is the first technique I’ve ever seen to explicitly help you access an energized, creative flow state in 10 minutes or less. It’s also a perfect counterpoint to systems like GTD because it involves no “work” whatsoever, and actually cultivates an effortless, purposeless state of mind and body where creativity flows like a fountain, and doing and being merge into easeful activity. In Clay Collins‘ language, it is the ultimate “anti-hack.”

What do people really want from being more productive?

By getting more things done, we believe we will make more money, have more time, and therefore have more happiness. But what are you going to do with that money and time? …

Almost everyone writing, speaking, or participating in personal development is trying too hard. Our culture is infused with an ethic of being the best, raising the bar, endlessly achieving more. What ever happened to good enough?

I just read a short book called The Underachiever’s Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great by Ray Bennett, M.D. It’s appropriately very short–you can read it in 30 minutes, after which you feel you accomplished something…something very small. …

Hey Precision Change readers,

Duff here. I just installed a shiny new comment system, thanks to the great folks at Intense Debate, because I’m really wanting to stir up dialogue around these topics. Nobody has the final answer here, including our expert interviewees. (Of course, please keep the dialogue constructive and respectful.) …

If you are in Boulder, CO, read on! (Teleseminar version possibly in the works too.)
Do you have 1000’s of emails sitting in your inbox right now, many unread, all nagging at you to do something about them? Have you declared email bankruptcy, hoping that “if it’s important, they’ll write back?” This sucks, eh? But you’re [...]

You ever play chess? I prefer to play chess against people who can whoop my butt, because I’ll have to play at my edge, and I’ll be sure to pick up some really good moves. Are you the kind of person who only plays chess against children because you want to think of yourself as [...]

Last year I finally did it. I got myself to exercise nearly every day. And instead of being a chore, it was a wonderful thing I looked forward to!

How did I pull this off?

Well, I wasn’t born loving exercise. I’m a skinny intellectual who in the past would have loved to download his mind into the matrix rather than care for and feed “human body 1.0.”

Welcome to Precision Change, a new blog about technologies of transformation, from personal productivity to personal power, mastery to meditation, self-development to self-transcendence.

Unlike other blog sites that recycle tired old aphorisms and over-generalizations, we will focus on precise, practical ways to bring about change using the richest and deepest models available, backed by real experience. We will wrestle with complex issues while keeping it simple.