Life on Richard Borges

Increasing Productivity

Sun, 30 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Since early this year I been reading up on, continuing to improve on how I stay motivated and increase my productivity. This is what is working for me:

The book Getting Results the Agile Way. Reading this book and following the J.D.Meier’s advice has been a big plus on how I get things done on a daily, weekly and more, basis. In addition to setting a goal for 3 things for the day, 3 things for the week and so on, I have been keeping a focus on these ‘hot’ areas:

Working remote

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Its been over 12 months since I have been working remotely. I have been interested in working remotely (Working from home WFH) for some time. I would try to WFH a day here and there, but not consistently.

After about 3 weeks of being asked to WFH ( due to the coronavirus restrictions) I had to make a few adjustments to make me productive. I already had a place in my study with a decent work table and chair. The new additions were :

Epic year

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

New Year’s resolutions don’t always seem to stick, when you visit them in February. So this year I’ve waited till the end of January to make mine. I was inspired by this post The Ultimate Guide to your best year ever which breaks it down real nice. Here are a few gems:

decide this will be your best year…ever. Will you do your life’s work (programming) starting this year?
adopt a growth mindset, adopt an abundance mindset, adopt a mastery mindset
“Who do you need to become, to be the kind of person you want to be?”
“Who do you want to be, and what experiences do you want to create?”
Word for the Year: Epic
Daily habits, set Goals and Inspired actions
A attitude of Gratitude
“Don’t Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much of Today” - Will Rogers

What a fantastic post, and it is written by none other than J.D.Meier of Getting Results the Agile Way fame. I purchased that one a while ago.

Keto

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

[Updated 14 Feb 2020] In addition to weight loss and mental clarity, some people have reported being able to reverse type 2 diabetes with a keto lifestyle. My personal benefits have been:

higher energy levels
mental clarity

I have been on this journey since Aug 2016 and have benefitted from non-scale victories.

To get started with keto [a low carbohydrate high fat diet], begin by listening to this podcast Getting started. There are over a hundred episodes in this podcast, so take your time and at a minimum, listen to the first 13.

Year 2016

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Get Stuff Done !

Got a whole lot of “to-dos” on my plate, covering : personal development, career growth, fulfilling some long outstanding dreams. amongst others. How exciting. Its going to be fun.

What else is new today?

Tue, 27 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Inspired by ASP.Net MVC, Silicon Beach Sydney, Udemy and Guitar Online!

Microsoft 30 days learn

Also this speech by Tim Minchin UWA Address (2013) - YouTube