Self-Improvement – Page 3 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Sobering Up

2023-05-06

Trying to stop drinking alcohol worked out — for over a year now.
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Getting up Early in the Morning

2023-05-06

Using an old fashioned alarm clock it is really helpful to get out of bed early in the morning, and getting up early has a few other benefits.
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Recommendation: Kipling’s If—

2023-05-04

Beautiful poem well-suited for our times. (Yeah, it's poetry, but hell, it doesn't suck.)
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Strengths as Weaknesses

2023-04-02

Funny how a strength like being able to fast-talk can turn into a disadvantage in the long run.

Image: Jumanji
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Better than the worst

2022-12-15

Being better than the worst is easy if you keep the worst around for that reason.
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Recommendation: Unhook Plugin (for a quieter YouTube Experience)

2022-12-14

If you find the YouTube start page to distracting, Unhook might be an interesting plugin.
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Presentation on Digital Minimalism for Creativity (German Version)

2022-11-11

Combining an earlier presentation on digital minimalism with time enough for creativity.
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Recommendation: Bennett’s How to live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day

2022-08-15

A book from 1908 about personal productivity — and surprisingly good (and freely available).
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Process vs Results in (Dis-)Agreement with Decisions

2022-08-14

Can you live with a disagreeable result if you respect the process? How about an agreeable result but no respect for the process? And what is worse?
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Attention Economy (presentation in German about Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie)

2022-08-08

Just a just-for-fun presentation about attention economy (using, among others, Newport, 2019's Digital Minimalism).
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The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.