Working Tools 3 min read Free

More things about Things

There is absolutely no point in having a task management system, unless you use it. So, I find it essential to check in with it, at least daily. On the other hand, to a reader’s point, fiddling with a task management app is NOT the same as getting the tasks done
Sean 1 2 min read Premium

Reunion

"An alliance with the Chechens will give us all the opportunities, we crave. Sean, more wealth, status and prestige than you could get in a thousand lifetimes. Ivan, a territory of your own. Absolute control and respect.”
Working Tools 4 min read Free

All the Things...

An effective system is a trusted system. The idea is to free up resources in the brain, by putting meetings, events, deadlines and tasks somewhere else. So, the first thing to do is spew everything out of the head, into the system.
Sean 1 3 min read Premium

Walking into Trouble

“I know, Sean. My apologies.” Sergei spoke gently. “Sometimes, being dead can be a distinct advantage in our line of business. Ivan has been looking into some other matters for me.
Working Tools 2 min read Free

Working Tools: Task Managers

The analogue solution to task management has always been lists. “Things to do”. If you will. To solve the tricky problem of future tasks, say an insurance renewal, mankind came up with planners. But I'm off on a tangent.
Sean 1 2 min read Premium

Plotting

He had no doubt that if he did deliver what he’d promised, and SB or the Chechens suspected him, his life would literally be over. On on side death, and the on the other, prison, ignominy and shame.
Living the Dream 2 min read Free

Make mine a sparkling water.

“Hangxiety”, an unadvertised joy of the heavy drinker, the stress and fear of having absolutely no idea what was said, what was done, by whom, to whom, for a large portion of the evening. I've struggled through days, feeling crap, producing nothing but a series of bad smells.
Sean 1 2 min read Premium

Squeezed

I have enough to send you to prison forever. I can pin the black market bomb on you. Not just you. I can paint a picture that'll have your Russian moll looked up for decades too. I bet she’d be popular in prison.”
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