As you probably know — my book “Listful Thinking: Using Lists to be More Productive, Highly Successful and Less Stressed” is coming out on January 13, 2015.
To be honest I’m quite nervous! I can’t believe the thing I’ve been working on for so long is going to be available for all the world to see.
I’m sure some of you reading this may also have dreamed about writing a book, or wondered what it would be like to be part of a book launch. Read more
Blinkist app (Photo Credit: www.allmyfaves.com)
There are so many books on my reading list, that are sadly still waiting to be read. I’ve been reading a lot of non-fiction lately like “How to Make Every Man Want You” by Marie Forleo and “Less Doing, More Living: Make Everything in Life Easier” by Ari Meisel. But between work and my day to day schedule, it’s hard to find the time to sit down and enjoy a book in it’s entirety.
However, I recently discovered a new solution to my problem– the app Blinkist!
Blinkist works the same way as sites like Cliff Notes by providing a quick and short synopsis of a book—this time on your iPhone or iPad! The app takes the full text of a non-fiction book and turns it into quick snippets of information. Rather than scrolling through pages and pages of text, Blinkist gives you the most important information from a text in just fifteen minutes! Here are some of the perks Blinkist has to offer:
1. The books are put into categories, helping you to find what book you’re searching for easily. There’s even a productivity and self-help category! Read more
A while back I had a thought to create a Meetup group for list makers. So I did — it’s called “Lists & Libations” and we had our first event last week in NYC. It was a success! I’ve posted more photos on my Facebook page.
I’m thrilled that about 15 fellow list producers could come together to share drinks and ideas. I had a little
questionnaire with some list-related questions as an ice breaker and gave out some prizes from one of my favorites — KnockKnockStuff.com.
With the first Meetup under our belt — I’m planning two more. Another one in NYC that will probably have a theme to keep us all focused! I’m hoping to get some guest speakers too. And I’m also planning a virtual meetup — called “Common List Making Mistakes & How to Fix Them,” so anyone can join in. That one is a bit of an experiment — I’m going to use a Google+ Hangout for that one. We’ll see how it goes!
Would love to hear your feedback and have you join the “Lists & Libations” meetup group.
There are lots of different ways to make lists — handwritten, apps, typed out in documents, by calling your voicemail, and even by drawing pictures. The website Pinterest.com is changing the list-making game. I have been dedicating some real time to getting to know it and it’s fabulous. It’s so much fun and once you start you won’t be able to stop! My guest blogger Jennifer Anastasi is addicted!
Go Paperless With Pinterest
by Jennifer Anastasi
Have you heard of Pinterest? I’m a do-it-yourself, crafty type so I always have a list of project ideas a mile long. Previously, I thought I was pretty organized by keeping my ideas in a 3-ring binder and going through them every few months to weed out things that I’ve done or no longer plan to do. However, I’ve ditched the binder since discovering Pinterest. Seriously, I am in love with Pinterest and it has been so much fun to use it to organize my vision boards, craft ideas and more online! No more magazine clippings, random notes and paper scraps! I’ve gone paperless with Pinterest and you can too. Read more