Lisa Hendey of Productivity at Home, was interviewed by the good ladies over at Home Biz. Hear Lisa's excellent interview here. If you aren't yet familiar with Lisa's other work at Catholicmom.com, she is regarded as a family life expert. Productivity at Home represents the best of her faith-filled advice but applied in the home.
Laura Stack, a.k.a. The Productivity Pro has this post of mine linked to her newly designed blog. It's always nice to see a New Jersey to West Coast collaborative effort!
If you aren't familiar with Laura, she is a high-energy public speaker and just published her third book. Check out Laura's site, along with my podcast review of her recent book.
A few years ago, I booked Laura to speak to our faculty about productivity within an academic setting. Surprisingly, the issues that affect teachers are similar to those in corporate America.
Dustin Wax, contributor at LifeHack, provides this excellent list of productivity blogs. TDS has been included and finds itself among an impressive group of people. I find this list to be authentic and personal- Dustin does a great job of adding commentary (wait till you read #9) for each blog unlike some other lists which have come out recently which solely look at Technorati scores. Thanks Dustin for the solid work!
Girasole Productions put this 3 minute video together for me. It sums up why The Daily Saint has become so popular- people want to find meaning from their daily work. Whether your work is at home or on the road, I hope you'll enjoy this video.
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Blogging is good for you, or so we think. My first post in 2005 laid the groundwork for what drives me today- a passion for meaningful work. The power of blogging is undeniable (think: Blog Action Day) and sites like the Huffington Post are now home to one of our favorite authors, David Allen. Here are five surprising facts about blogging that are now emerging more strongly than ever before.
The Spiritual Twist
Blogging can be helpful in getting thoughts out of your head and onto "paper". As long as you don't become obsessed with your traffic, RSS subscriptions and what the other guy is doing, I think it is a tremendous opportunity and vehicle. Looking at blogging as a stewardship is also a good idea. You are there to serve, not just broadcast whatever is in your head.
What's your motivation for blogging?
College Degree has just listed The Daily Saint as one of the top 100 productivity blogs. Kudos to the many others who share this list, an impressive group of dedicated bloggers!
Here are some posts that I found helpful from the past week:
Tim Ferris: Is Technology Failing to Simplify Life?
Four Hour Work Week Journal: My Daily Schedule
Brazen Careerist: Wardrobe Shifts Create Mental Shifts
Cranking Widgets: Describing Twitter in Plain English
LifeHack: Guy Kawasaki's Thoughts on Online Life
Unclutterer: Simple Living is Trendy
Pick the Brain: You Won't Get Anywhere with Poor Social Skills
The Zen of Tech: 12 Powerful Ways to Keep Your Online Life Simple and Peaceful
Photo by Mahi Teshnah
Readers of The Daily Saint found the following articles to be uber-motivational in the month of January:
The Ultimate Guide to Setting New Year's Resolutions
3 Easy Ways to End a Meeting on Time
The Ultimate Guide to Running Strong, Timely and Effective Meetings
How Authors Can Benefit from Blogging
Humility, Confession and Customer Service
Thanks to everyone for your continued support of The Daily Saint! I believe that our readers are second to none...stop back often :)
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The next time you read a great book and enjoy the author's perspective, check out his or her blog. It says an awful lot about the person.
I'm currently reading Margaret Benefiel's Soul at Work (mini review and subsequent interview with Margaret coming soon) and Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz. I'm digging both of these authors for different reasons.
Margaret is blogging, writing and speaking publicly all the time. As a result, I want to read her stuff more often. I check out Donald's site and I see all sorts of new stuff coming out in '08. No blogging but apparently he's active and doing well. I'm not crazy about all of the up-close, unshaven photos but what can you do?
Last night I was out to dinner with a good friend and fellow author. He blogs about once a week and while it's not his natural medium, he realizes the value of blogging as an author.
In short, blogging shows your readers that you have a pulse. You're alive and doing well. Readers don't need much more than that. As long as they feel that you're capable of writing again, you're all set. Blogging also provides a way to interact with your audience in a less formal way. Donald Miller has a newsletter sign up and Margaret Benefiel pens one herself. Smart moves by two successful writers.
Resources for the Road
Writer Interrupted Webring
Author's Blogs Directory
Blogging for Writers
It's normal to wonder if the grass is greener on the other side. We do this with our jobs, our hobbies and homes. As a blogger, I've even done this with my platform, having moved from Blogger to Typepad about seven months ago.
I have to admit: I'm feeling the itch. I'm considering a move towards Wordpress and wondering what advice folks have for me. My parameters are simple: clean, simple design that allows for ease of use and enables the TDS community to interact in a convenient manner. It's also got to look like a million bucks without spending... a million bucks. You get the point.
Some resources that I've uncovered include: Problogger's piece on TP vs. Wordpress, Michael Pollock's journey from TP to WP, and TP vs. WP Analytics
What's your advice on this?
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