Comments for creative maverick http://www.creativemaverick.com JOHN WILLIAMS' BLOG ON CREATIVE WORKING, PLAYING & LIVING Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:24:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1 hourly 1 Comment on Go on, admit it; you like your job! by John http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/01/go-on-admit-it-you-like-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-10432 John Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:31:03 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1320#comment-10432 Looks like it Pete - congratulations! Looks like it Pete - congratulations!

]]> Comment on Go on, admit it; you like your job! by Pete http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/01/go-on-admit-it-you-like-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-10419 Pete Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:55:20 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1320#comment-10419 So I guess I must be the only one then... wow I am so lucky. So I guess I must be the only one then… wow I am so lucky.

]]> Comment on A business card with no contact details by Pete http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/02/a-business-card-with-no-contact-details/comment-page-1/#comment-10248 Pete Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1380#comment-10248 cool, all seems OK now, must have been down to user error ;-) cool, all seems OK now, must have been down to user error ;-)

]]> Comment on A business card with no contact details by John http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/02/a-business-card-with-no-contact-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9991 John Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:51:39 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1380#comment-9991 It is for me. It's http://www.quicksprout.com/2008/09/20/creative-business-cards-that-make-you-look-twice/ It is for me. It’s http://www.quicksprout.com/2008/09/20/creative-business-cards-that-make-you-look-twice/

]]> Comment on A business card with no contact details by Pete http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/02/a-business-card-with-no-contact-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9989 Pete Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:57:27 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1380#comment-9989 John the link to the business card article isnt functioning at present? Pete John

the link to the business card article isnt functioning at present?

Pete

]]> Comment on A business card with no contact details by San Sharma http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/02/a-business-card-with-no-contact-details/comment-page-1/#comment-9950 San Sharma Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:28:26 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1380#comment-9950 Thanks mate! And that's not true, by the way. I Googled you - and very much enjoyed your Star Wars score. :-) Thanks mate! And that’s not true, by the way. I Googled you - and very much enjoyed your Star Wars score. :-)

]]> Comment on A simple technique to help you focus by John http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/01/a-simple-technique-to-help-you-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-9880 John Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:15:28 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1309#comment-9880 Thanks Kirsten, that sounds interesting. Have you written a blog post on your hybrid time management system? Thanks Kirsten, that sounds interesting. Have you written a blog post on your hybrid time management system?

]]> Comment on A simple technique to help you focus by Kirsten http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/01/a-simple-technique-to-help-you-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-9861 Kirsten Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:05:38 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1309#comment-9861 Hi John, I just found you this afternoon via @SandyDfromNJ. She tweeted your talk on goal setting for scanners. I feel like you are talking to me about me. Wow! It is a great relief to know I am not alone - most of the time my multiple interests and chronic dissatisfaction with my wonderful job make me feel like an outcast. (I really do have a wonderful job. I'm blessed - and completely unfulfilled.) Anyway, I wanted to let you know I have been using a hybrid Pomodoro Technique and the Focus Booster program for about 4 months now and it has helped me stay focused on the projects that used to overwhelm me. Because they overwhelmed me, I would procrastinate and then the overwhelm and the dread would become a very heavy burden for me to face every day. But the Pomodoro Technique - even though it seems very regimented at first - has set me free. I can do 25 minutes - then walk away. Then do 25 more minutes and walk away. I have started setting weekly Pomodoro goals for creative projects like writing my nonfiction project for 3 Pomodoros a week. I will be hanging out on your blog more often. Thank you for your inspirations! Kirsten Hi John, I just found you this afternoon via @SandyDfromNJ. She tweeted your talk on goal setting for scanners. I feel like you are talking to me about me. Wow! It is a great relief to know I am not alone - most of the time my multiple interests and chronic dissatisfaction with my wonderful job make me feel like an outcast. (I really do have a wonderful job. I’m blessed - and completely unfulfilled.)
Anyway, I wanted to let you know I have been using a hybrid Pomodoro Technique and the Focus Booster program for about 4 months now and it has helped me stay focused on the projects that used to overwhelm me. Because they overwhelmed me, I would procrastinate and then the overwhelm and the dread would become a very heavy burden for me to face every day. But the Pomodoro Technique - even though it seems very regimented at first - has set me free. I can do 25 minutes - then walk away. Then do 25 more minutes and walk away. I have started setting weekly Pomodoro goals for creative projects like writing my nonfiction project for 3 Pomodoros a week.
I will be hanging out on your blog more often. Thank you for your inspirations!
Kirsten

]]> Comment on Tom Hodgkinson - from worker to idler by John http://www.creativemaverick.com/2009/10/tom-hodgkinson-from-worker-to-idler/comment-page-1/#comment-9373 John Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:36:47 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1201#comment-9373 I don't know much about Tom's background but you might be right about private education. I don't know how much that really enables you to get a Guardian column. I cold-called the Guardian and placed a 1300 word article in the society section with no track record at all. I don’t know much about Tom’s background but you might be right about private education. I don’t know how much that really enables you to get a Guardian column. I cold-called the Guardian and placed a 1300 word article in the society section with no track record at all.

]]> Comment on Tom Hodgkinson - from worker to idler by danny hearn http://www.creativemaverick.com/2009/10/tom-hodgkinson-from-worker-to-idler/comment-page-1/#comment-9372 danny hearn Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:14:04 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1201#comment-9372 Ohh i've met Tom. Really nice chap, the only thing i'd say to counter Idling, is that Tom comes from quite a privileged background being educated privately. Without that step up and access to vital contacts i'm not sure you could easily just land a highly paid guardian columnist role? Ohh i’ve met Tom. Really nice chap, the only thing i’d say to counter Idling, is that Tom comes from quite a privileged background being educated privately. Without that step up and access to vital contacts i’m not sure you could easily just land a highly paid guardian columnist role?

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