Dealing with the Noise

2008-09-03 20:38:42 by Pete Hindle in irregular (2 comments) permalink

I’ve got some changes in my life coming up ahead, and I’ve been thinking about how I’m going to be focusing my attention. One of the really big thinkers in this area is Merlin Mann, and in a post on his blog he lays out some points for dealing with the constant flow of stuff we get from the internet. I like them so much I thought I’d share them here:

• identify and destroy small-return bullshit;
• shut off anything that’s noisier than it is useful;
• make brutally fast decisions about what I don’t need to be doing;
• avoid anything that feels like fake sincerity (esp. where it may touch money);
• demand personal focus on making good things;
• put a handful of real people near the center of everything.

From dealing with the art world, I’d say that the first and last items on that list seem to be so important. But I guess it could be applied to a lot of different areas. Check it out: Better, by Merlin Mann.

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