Why You Should Listen To Nickelback
Nickelback takes a beating.
They have a small, loyal fan base—but most social media regards them as the laughing stock of professional and popular musicians.So, let me start with this: I’m not a fan.
I don’t listen to Nickelback.
They don’t click with me. But if you’re laughing at them, please consider something important:
They’re beating you.
Are you doing what you love everyday?Are you closely followed by people who love your work?Can you go directly to all of your fans and sell out an event?
They’re successful.
Before you criticize Nickelback for their art, please consider the reality that they are successful by many definitions!
Art is art.
Let me be the first to feel the wrath of the internet and say:“Nickelback certainly does not deserve the disproportionate punishment they’ve received from the public ear. “If you beat them, then I think we can start to argue.
2 Minute Action
Who is someone you’ve judged recently?Maybe it’s a company who has just rebranded. Maybe it’s a celebrity with a new haircut. Whatever. Take 2 minutes right now to investigate that judgement. Are they beating you?Congrats, you’re now taking one of the first steps towards empathy, non-judgement, and tolerance.
[TOOL] Evernote Vs. iOS Notes
I just caught myself looking at a comparison review of Evernote and the iOS Notes app.
I pay $8/month for Evernote and I have been for years.
But I’ve noticed that I haven’t really used Evernote over the past few months. I had exclusively been using iOS Notes.
That money is being wasted!
But why?
Evernote has always been better.
- Evernote could record your voice and save it as a note.
- Evernote could scan your whiteboard notes and make THOSE searchable.
- Evernote could upload everywhere and do everything.
Over the past few years, they built more apps, more extensions, and more features.
Scannable. Skitch. Web Clipper. And many others.
It became a brain.
And then . . . I realized I didn’t actually want a brain.
I wanted a note taker.
The number one feature that mattered to me was how quickly I could get my notes app launched so I could capture my thought.
That was it.
None of those other sexy features actually mattered!
iOS Notes has fewer features, looks less sexy, and doesn't scan anything.
But it does what I need it to do.
What a lesson about productivity and business!
It’s so easy to get distracted by features and extensions and compatibilities.
It’s harder to focus on the minimum viable feature.
The one thing that actually solves the problem.
Time to unsubscribe to Evernote.iOS Notes wins!
2 Minute Action
If you could only get one thing done today, what would it be?
What other things will definitely happen and impede this from getting finished?
Is this one thing dependent on anything else (like someone else’s work) to get done?
How can you get around it?
Just thinking like this for 2 minutes will make all the difference in actually checking things off.
Focus like this makes you immune to distraction.
And if you fall into the vortex of sexy app features (like I just did), it’s this learned habit of thinking that will get you out.
Why You Should Stop Focusing On Productivity
Most people who talk about productivity, motivation, goals, or learning end up talking about one thing: tasks. Most people are focused on how to do more tasks faster.Most people are figuring out how to turn gears faster in a gearbox.Please understand that this is your life.You've got this one and that’s it.The world doesn’t need more widgets.In fact, if you look at the top 5 regrets of the dying, you’ll see “working too much” and “living someone else’s life” at the top.Its up to you how you spend it.
2 Minute Action
Take 2 minutes to meditate, today.Self-reflection and focus.Develop these skills and then only the important tasks will show themselves.