Category: Everything else

Hope you’ve had a great monday!! :)

I decided to take a 2 day enforced break from all online activities (well, almost) and it was a good decision.

Also, was nice to give my friends on my facebook list a break from my relentless flow of feeds.

And to all Singaporeans, wish you a very happy national day!

I have fond memories from an outing to view the National Day Parade last year..

And most importantly, United beat Chelsea 3-1 to take the community shield.

Very nice and bright start to the season, and boy, did we look hungry and sharp! Here’s to many good times this Barclays Premier League season!

Much to my boss’ amusement, I LOVE daily numbers. I really like being able to measure everything and have gotten into the habit of asking for ratings for everything for a while now (Thanks RealAcad)!

I find it useful to see what works and what doesn’t and the results are always VERY insightful. For example, I’ve got rated much better on days I’ve made small bits of work that has had a good impact on a person’s productivity versus days when I’ve produced (atleast in my own perspective) pretty good work.

Numbers never lie.. (well almost never..)

And in many ways, I have a daily scoreboard system every day, simpler than when I described it here

All in all, measuring is helping things get done as per plan and helping me change and adapt to new situations as well. So, here’s getting into the long weekend celebrating the power of measurement systems!

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Haha..

Good morning. Have a great day! :)

This is a practice that’s been adding quite some value over the past couple of weeks for very simple and practical reasons.

Printing out the calendar helps ear mark appointments and also in a way track what I’ve been doing during the day.

The to-do list is invaluable. Helps me with my points system for the day as I put work tasks, personal tasks etc on it and plough through it during the day! Makes it more interactive and fun.

Additionally, the act of coming in the morning and setting up the to-do list and printing it gives a whole feeling of ‘I’m all set and ready to go’. Typically, I work on it the previous night and the morning just includes the fine edits.

If you do not have Einstein-esque smarts, being super organized is definitely a boon.. ;)

Haha.. Happy mid week!

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This is probably the one most defining aspect of Bill Gates’ success with Microsoft.. :)

Happy Tuesday!

is a customized list of fast action packed songs that I use every day now in the ‘doldrum‘-like period after lunch.

The morning period is generally pretty productive thanks to the ‘start-of-the-day‘ enthusiasm and the evening is the most productive thanks to the ‘end-of-the-day‘ enthusiasm.

The most un-productive component is the afternoon, especially the period after lunch. All forces of nature seem to egg us to catch some shut eye. Anyway, the wake up list has been a nice solution that has given me an energy boost from time to time!

I’m guessing that as time progresses, I will get used to keeping up the intensity during the work day but for those who have similar troubles, this is something to try.

The key part here is to call it ‘Wake up‘ because it’s more a psychological trigger after a while – whether or not the music has the effect..

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Here’s to a good week..

Have a nice day! :)