Protocol 80 Productivity Blog

Over on Get Rich Slowly they have posted up a collection of recommended personal development sites, several of which I haven’t come across before, which is always a good thing.

Personally,  I try to keep the number of blogs I monitor at anyone time fairly small - but keeping a bigger stock to check when I have more time then usual is handy. But my picks right now are probably not all that suprising:

• LifeHacker
  

  One of the most comprehensive blogs for getting the most out of your life with a healthy variety of content to satisfy my craving for some more random entries every now and again.

• 43Folders
  

  Another great blog which I constantly refer people to when they want to get a head start on their GTD systems, as the overview they have over there condenses both a good introduction and good lead points for more discovery.

And a couple that are missing that I read regularly:

• Positive Sharing
  

  A blog for an in development book that focuses on the concept of seeking happiness at work, an often forgotten ideal which takes a refreshing new angle over the usual attention to simply being more productive and efficient.

• D * I * Y Planner
  

  Since I favour paper based planners over digital, then the supply of various templates for printing your own stock for various purposes comes in handy, and the blog keeps up with plenty of articles on general productivity and ideas for new ways to organize your life and planner.

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Here’s a refreshing new idea, a book about being happy at work. I’ve seen lot’s of things that indirectly lead to been happy at work, as a rule models like the “Seven Habits” result in a generally happier state of being, GTD reduces stress but  happiness is a by-product, not the goal it’s self usually.

What really caught my attention with this book is the fact it looks at a more holistic approach to happy work places, it’s not about building shared visions and mission statements and the normal rar-rar activity that rely more on hype then real genuine contentment with working. Or at least that’s the impression I’ve got from reading that parts available already.

It’ll be interesting to see where the whole project goes.