30 ways to simplify your life.

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  1. Set two goals to achieve in 30 days and focus just on them
  2. Limit playing video games or television watching to 1 day a week.
  3. Clean out your wardrobe to just the things you actually wear.
  4. Find 5 things every day that you can either throw or give away.
  5. Give away the books that you have already read to your local library or to a friend.
  6. Cook all of your own meals for a day.
  7. Give up relationships that don’t help you grow.
  8. Spend 30 minutes cleaning your place before you go to bed.
  9. Drink only water.
  10. Spend 30 minutes working out.
  11. Cancel your subscription the paper and subscribe to their rss feed instead.
  12. Get a DVR and batch your tv show watching to one period of time.
  13. Only check email twice a day.
  14. Answer all of your voice-mails at the same time unless they are urgent.
  15. Reduce the amount of activities your family participates in.
  16. Get rid of your desktop and only have a laptop
  17. After 6:00 turn off your blackberry.
  18. Take everything off of your desk and only put back 2 items.
  19. Rise Early
  20. If you have a blog, focus on one or two topics.
  21. Stop drinking soda.
  22. Take time to pray or meditate every day.
  23. Have coffee/tea with a friend once a week.
  24. De-clutter one room a week.
  25. Turn your wifi connection off when you work on projects.
  26. Remove all the icons off your desktop and access them via command lines.
  27. Remove any software off your computer that you don’t use.
  28. Get rid of all your CD’s and save them to a hard-drive.
  29. Take the TV out of your bedroom.
  30. Only check the news once a day.
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A Better Way to Learn

Yabusame – Tim Ferriss from Kevin Rose on Vimeo.

Tim Ferriss has a lot of credits to his name:

  • Record holding Tango dancer
  • Speaks multiple languages
  • Author of NYT best selling book, twice.
  • TV Star
  • Internet Star

I mean seriously this guy gets things done. What I want you to see from this video is the way he breaks down an extremely difficult task into something he can do. He takes unfamiliar movements and uses movements he is familiar with to conquer them. In the video above he likens reloading his bow with reaching for a lost scuba mask, brilliant.

He learns fast because he takes a very scientific method of learning.

  • Break down the key movements or ideas
  • Relate them to familiar activities
  • Recognize your strengths and weaknesses
  • Train better than you need to. (He needs to reload in 9 seconds, he trains to reload in 7)
  • Learn by watching pros
  • Have confidence

Those are just a few of the learning keys you are going to learn by watching this 45 minute video. The greatness of the way he learns is that you can use it for anything.

Do you a way of learning that helps you get things done faster? Leave it in the comments.

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10 Blackberry Apps for Trainers

Blackberry 9700 Bold Onyx

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So, I wrote up a post on 10 iPhone apps for trainers but don’t think I forgot you Blackberry users. I use both so I have the unique experience of using both devices for different reasons. I tend to use my Blackberry more on the business side and my iPhone for fun. That doesn’t mean

  1. HandyLogs Money: Rating 4 stars, Cost free: Keep track of your mileage, hours, and expenses all in one program. I love this because I have to do all 3 and it can get quite complicated if you don’t stay on top of it. Traveling around to each training, buying your meals, it is a lot of information to keep track of. Great App for this purpose.
  2. UPS Mobile: Rating 4 stars, Cost free: When I am traveling about, sometimes I need to drop off a package. The company I work for uses UPS so this app is perfect for me. I can find UPS locations and track my shipments all from the palm of my hand. It may not seem like a big deal, but it really saves me a lot of time.
  3. Cortado Flight Mode: Rating 5 stars, Cost $2.99: Before you take off on that plane click on Cortado Flight Mode. It will download all of your emails in totality so that you can read them in flight mode. Nothing is worse than trying to catch up on email and not being able to see the rest of the email because your Blackberry didn’t download all of it. This gives you the ability to actually get work down. Of course you could just ignore it and relax…
  4. Fuze Meeting: Rating 4 stars, Cost free: Attend and manage meetings from your Blackberry…wow nuff said. This works on your phone and on your desktop. You can even desktop share with your phone, this is the future of conference calls. No more breaking out that lap top to log into a meeting. Love this app.
  5. eOffice: Rating 3 1/2 stars, Cost $14.99: Basically like Documents to Go but cheaper. Most Blackberry’s come with a free trial of Doc to Go, but after that you are out of luck. Give this one a try I think for most people it will work for your needs. Even works with open office.
  6. Evernote: Rating 2 1/2 stars, Cost free: Don’t let the ranking fool you. This app is great. You can get it for the iPhone as well. A tip to make your experience better is to create your account on www.evernote.com first and then download and run this app. You can track, memo, record, and just about anything you can think of in terms of remembering stuff. The logo is an elephant for a reason. This app has saved my hide quite a few times. You can make a voice note about that question one of your students asked and email it to yourself, or take a picture of that TV you eventually want to buy. It really is a great app for storing information you want to keep track of.
  7. Gwabbit Premium: Rating 4 stars, Cost $9.99: I just have the free version and  I love it. Every time I get an email it looks in my address book to see if I have a contact made for that person. If I don’t it makes one automatically. If there is already a contact but the email has new information like a fax number, it will update the contact. This app has probably saved me hours of time.
  8. Drivesafe.ly: Rating 3 1/2 stars, Cost free: Driving and cell phones don’t mix. This app actually does something that will probably save your life. Say you get a text message and because you are addicted you read it. BAM! Right into a telephone pole! This app will read your text to you and send an automated message to your friend telling them that you are driving and will get back to them later. It also does this with your emails. A simple app that does a great job of what it was made to do. If you drive at all for your job, you need this.
  9. AllSport GPS: Rating 2 1/2 stars, Cost $19.99: If you run, bike, or snowboard this app is for you. Trainers can’t be working all the time. We have to be out in the world experiencing the things we talk about every day. This app tracks things like calories burned, distance, time, PR’s, ect of any sport you are doing. (Probably not swimming). I love using it to track my speed…I am a speed nut.
  10. Qik Live Video Streaming: Rating 2 1/2 stars, Cost free: Go to www.Qik.com, set up an account, and then download this app. Now you can live stream to the internet any time you want. What is so great about this is that people watching you live are able to send you messages so you can respond to them live. Got a team you need to do a Q&A with? Give them your qik.com page and have them get a text when you go live. A great way to stay connected on the fly.

Got any Blackberry apps that you love to use that I didn’t mention? Email me or hit me up on Twitter.

I am a trainer & I have an Blackberry Bold 9700, those are my qualifications for this post.

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